Ubisoft today raised its guidance for fiscal 2007-08 on the back of overall strong performance from its games. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 sells-in around 2 million units. Which is better than the company expected, no doubt because the Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 PS3 version’s online mode had to be patched to work. My guess is it sold so well because of the many ads on TV. Online promotions included the likes of Mega64 comedy ads…
Looks like they found those “terrorists” vacationing in Vegas!
Yves Guillemot, President and CEO of Ubisoft, stated “As expected, 2008 is off to be a record year for the videogame market and our games have performed remarkably well in this context. Assassin’s Creed and our Games For Everyone brands continued their strong performance and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had a better than expected start. One year after the great success of the first title, the second iteration, which provides another unique multi-player experience in the much enjoyed Tom Clancy environment, is ranked among the top games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in almost every country.”
The Ubisoft Group now expects full-year 2007-08 sales of around 920 million Euros compared to a previous guidance of approximately 875 million Euros, announced on January 23, 2008, and current operating income before stock options to represent around 14% of sales, versus the previous estimate of at least 13%. Sales guidance for the fourth quarter are in consequence raised to approximately 210 million Euros compared to a previous guidance of around 165 million Euros.