Ubisoft reports Q3 FY2015 results

Ubisoft has released its sales figures for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014.

Sales for the third quarter of 2014-15 came to €809.7 million, up 55.8% (or 49.5% at constant exchange rates) compared with the €519.7 million recorded for third-quarter 2013-14. The third-quarter sales figure was higher than the target of approximately €730 million.

The bottom line was helped by very good performance delivered by the two Assassin’s Creed titles, Far Cry 4 and The Crew, with respective sales of 10 million, 7 million and 2 million units (sell-in). Just Dance 4 also sold-in 4 million units. Watch Dogs reached 10 million units sold (sell-in) since its release.

The publisher saw a 157.0% surge in digital segment revenues to €138.0 million in the third quarter. For the first nine months of 2014-15, revenues generated by the digital segment came to €274.1 million, up 120.3% year on year, and representing 21.2% of Ubisoft’s total sales compared with 15.3% in the same period of 2013-14.

In calendar 2014, Ubisoft was the number 3 independent publisher in the United States with 10.1% market share (compared with number 4 and 7.8% in calendar 2013). It was also number 3 in Europe with 14.3% market share (compared with number 4 and 9.1% one year earlier).

Ubisoft expects fourth-quarter 2014-15 sales to amount to approximately €146.0 million, down by approximately 25% compared with the fourth quarter of 2013-14, which saw the release of South Park The Stick of Truth.

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