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.
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