Ubisoft Says Delays, Cancellations Were Because It Was Making Too Many Games at Once

Ubisoft has really been through that recently, after years of game delays after game delays, with an urgent investor call following news last month that it canceled three unannounced projects. We did… 4 projects plus just canceled last year. But in today’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Yves Guillemot reassured investors that all cancellations are necessary to make room for the rest of the game.

“We canceled some games because we needed to make room for other games in development at the company. said. “We know we’re going to launch a lot of games in fiscal year 2024, and we’re giving space to other games that are in the works at the company, so now we have the right number of games. I feel

“Looking at 24 months, the number of company games working at the company will drop significantly, which will give more space to all games in progress. Many of these games will be post-launch content. will also have, and it will take a certain amount of team and talent to actually create that content.”

This makes some sense: if Ubisoft’s team is spread across many projects, and many of those projects are not doing well, cancel the ones that are not doing well and support those teams to projects that seem more promising. And the promise of more games over the next two years (Fiscal Year 24 starts in April of this year) is a multi-year commitment from Ubisoft. Certainly reassuring after a relatively drought.