Assassins Creed 2 Lost Money ($54.02 Million)
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No s***. What do you get when you mix a medicore game with tons of DRM
crap. A loss. Now watch them blame all the dirty pirates out there for
this one, lol, fools. Here is the story from Gamasutra :French
Splinter Cell publisher Ubisoft recorded a decrease in sales and a loss
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, blaming worldwide economic
downturn.
The company on Tuesday recorded a 17.7 percent drop in annual sales to
€871 million ($1.08 billion), and posted a loss of €43.7 million ($54.02
million).
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said in a statement, “The global economic
crisis had a pronounced impact on the video game industry in 2009, which
contracted by nearly 10 percent year-on-year.”
“Ubisoft’s sales were hit particularly hard, falling 18 percent over the
full year despite a stabilization in the second half of the year, when
figures came in on a par with the corresponding period of 2008-09,” he
added.
Fourth quarter sales were €200 million ($247.32 million), slightly
higher than guidance but lower than the €206 million ($254.76 million)
recorded for the same quarter a year ago.
During Q4, Ubisoft said that it had strong sales ofJust Dance for Wii,
which has seen 3 million units sold-in. The publisher also said that
November’s Assassin’s Creed II has reached nearly 9 million units
sold-in during the fiscal year.
Ubisoft noted the strong reviews of Red Steel 2 for Wii, and said the
game’s performance was in line with recently-revised forecasts. In
addition, sales of Avatar exceeded forecasts, “notably on Wii,” Ubisoft
said.
Guillemot said during a conference call that Ubisoft will continue to
support Nintendo’s platform, but with a focus on family-friendly titles.
Vijay’s joy on his Velayutham success at his residence!!
‘Velayutham’,
the film that was released this Diwali is declared a big hit and the
makers of the film is more than happy about the outcome of the film and
for the fact that it has been making collections at the box-office.
Recently, the film crew celebrated the success of the movie. ‘Ilaya
Thalapathy’ Vijay organized a small party for his friends and makers of
the film at his residence yesterday night. Vijay antony, Director Jeyam
Raja, actor Jeyam Ravi and few other film biggies graced the party.
A cake was arranged to mark the event and Vijay celebrated this grand
success with his friends. It is heard that Vijay himself served the
pieces of cake and shared his joy with everyone. Recently, a press meet
also held on the eve of movie’s success.
‘Velayutham’ features Vijay, Genelia D ‘Souza, Hansika Motwani,
Saranya Mohan, Santhanam in the lead and produced by Aaskar
Ravichandran.
enna koduma sir ithu?!!!
Game (Original) Lost... Film (Copy) Won ah?!!!!!!!!
