{"id":2455,"date":"2020-06-26T07:26:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2020\/06\/26\/pc-gaming-becomes-ubisofts-biggest-earner-anno-1800-leads-the-way\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T07:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:26:25","slug":"pc-gaming-becomes-ubisofts-biggest-earner-anno-1800-leads-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"PC gaming becomes Ubisoft&#8217;s biggest earner, Anno 1800 leads the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/2918\/ohpvg4bjcaz.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> System Requirements <\/p>\n<p>Low vs Ultra Screenshots<\/p>\n<p>GPU Performance Chart<\/p>\n<p>CPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>GPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Comments <\/p>\n<p>Anno 1800 <br \/>Have your say<\/p>\n<p>User Review<\/p>\n<p>7.53<\/p>\n<p>Optimisation<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-down-35352\" class=\"thumb-btn-35352 thumbDown   \" data-thumb-val=\"-1\" title=\"I think Anno 1800 is not well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-up-35352\" class=\"thumb-btn-35352 thumbUp   \" data-thumb-val=\"1\" title=\"I think Anno 1800 is well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p>6.9<\/p>\n<p>Most Demanding<\/p>\n<p>100+<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft is somehow the publisher which cannot stop growing. The French giant has posted its latest quarterly earnings report, revealing higher than expected revenue thanks to the success of Rainbow Six Siege, Anno 1800, Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey, and <em>\u201cPlayer Recurring Investment\u201d<\/em>. That\u2019s microtransactions, to you and me.<\/p>\n<p>The big winner though was PC gaming. It\u2019s been a long time coming but PC is now Ubisoft\u2019s biggest gaming platform bar none. The latest fiscal reports show PC games revenue has now eclipsed PS4 revenue for Ubisoft.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A grand total of 34% of Ubisoft\u2019s quarterly revenue came from PC, up from 24% last year. PS4, meanwhile, has shrunk from 38% to 31%. It\u2019s quite an interesting statistic when we consider there are now millions more PlayStation 4\u2019s in the wild than Q1 2018. This could perhaps be a signifier that some have grown tired of the aging console and moved to PC, although it\u2019s difficult to draw any certainties from it.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft itself said the launch of Anno 1800, a PC exclusive, was a core driver for the improved performance of the PC platform. <em>&#8220;The 34 percent was pushed by Anno, which is a PC-specific game, but even with that launch, we had a very good performance on PC overall,&#8221;<\/em> said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle scrolling-ad-item\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0052787453283862\" data-ad-slot=\"2741061911\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/2918\/nwqytgruemh.png\" title=\"ubisoft-q1-2019-revenue-pc-gaming-share\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft\u2019s year-on-year revenue was down 9.2% from 2018, although it was always going to be hard to compete with the sales monster that was Far Cry 5. Despite that though, Ubisoft claims The Division 2 is the bestselling game in the industry for 2019, while player engagement in AC Odyssey and Rainbow Six Siege continues to increase sharply. It now means an incredible 86.7% of Ubisoft\u2019s net revenue comes from its back catalog rather than brand new releases.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Our first-quarter net bookings came in well above target, thanks to the very robust performance of our games \u2012 notably Rainbow Six Siege and Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey \u2012 and a very strong increase in player recurring investment for PCs and consoles, led by record-high engagement levels per player,\u201d<\/em> said Guillemot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs well as this very good start to the fiscal year, the positive reception for our games at E3 has confirmed our full-year expectations. Ghost Recon Breakpoint was highly visible among content creators and earned a record-high sentiment score out of all E3 games. Watch Dogs: Legion made a huge impression thanks to its innovative gameplay, putting the franchise back in the spotlight. Our games line-up for fiscal 2019-20 \u2013 which also includes Rainbow Six Quarantine and Gods &amp; Monsters \u2013 is one of our strongest in the last five years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An interesting turn of events, for sure, and indicative of PC gaming&#8217;s growing dominance as a platform. We&#8217;ve come a long way from delaying games or skipping PC entirely for fear of piracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>System Requirements Low vs Ultra Screenshots GPU Performance Chart CPU List That Meet System Requirements&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[368,305,1398,280,269],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-biggest","tag-gaming","tag-leads","tag-pc","tag-ubisoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}