Ubisoft looks to the future in its quarterly results: “20% of our investments are for F2P games”

They also indicate that they will support their most important sagas and speak of the “resurgence” of Beyond Good and Evil 2.

Ubisoft has presented its quarterly results and, as companies usually do in these cases, they also take a look for the future, especially after having announced Tom Clancy’s XDefiant , a new FPS game that combines several of its sagas and that is committed to a strategy free-to-play to form a community.

It seems that the aforementioned XDefiant will not be the only similar job. Ubisoft notes that “20% of our current investments are in free-to-play games to expand the universes of our brands and bring them to a significantly wider audience across consoles, PC and mobile devices.”

From Ubisoft they are happy with the first results of the yearThe French firm is satisfied with the first quarter of the year, indicating growth in several aspects. “2021-22 has started as planned and we met double-digit back catalog growth in Q1 versus Q1 2019-20 and a normalized comparison period, thanks to the strength of our broad and diversified portfolio of games. said Frédérick Duguet, CFO.

Looking ahead to their future plans, and although important releases such as Riders Republic or R6 Extraction have been delayed , they point out that they are focused on “building quality and depth in Ubisoft’s game catalog , which ultimately leads us to significantly significant audiences. higher and recurring income “.

To meet these goals they discuss various games, such as their plans to add engaging content to Assassin’s Creed over the next few months and years. Far Cry 6 to grow with the great moment of the saga or Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope to continue the success of the first installment. They also cite the goal of expanding the catalog with games like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the Star Wars game .

Finally, they do not forget two other games that have a long development, indicating the “resurgence” of Beyond Good and Evil 2 or the arrival of IPs focused on player participation, such as Skull and Bones .