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Ubisoft delays Skull & Bones from Q4 2018 to April 2019 or later, was targeting 4+ million copies
- Thread starter Nirolak
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They had to delay it because early in development the team understood that it's gonna be a game about navel battles.
Good delay it so I can get off the boat and walk around, I feel like 2 years is a reasonable amount of time to put in a single player mode but then again I know nothing.
How many units did for Honor sale ? I keep thinking 7 million but I think that was registered users maybe 5 million?
How many units did for Honor sale ? I keep thinking 7 million but I think that was registered users maybe 5 million?
Yes, because every character in a fighting game have the exact same moveset as everyone else. Oh, and you can only play online against other people.
Oh, I see someone else here hates Ubisoft too
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Mainly Unity team, but with new leads I guess. Other teams are helping with different aspects of the game. Basically exactly like Origins.
First I'm hearing you can't get off the boat. That would be really lame. So it's just naval battles? No other pirate activities? Meeeeeh
In the Ubi holiday earnings call, earlier this year, didn't Yves suggest 2018 would focus on DLC for Origins and made no mention of the franchise returning to annual release schedule?
I mean I hope AC comes again this yeah but there's not many solid leaks for this leaky franchise
I genuinely knew nothing about this game, which surprises me because I've really grown to love Ubisoft as a developer.
FWIW, the Splinter Cell team seemed to pitch a new IP to Ubisoft several years ago and I wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft decided to retool that new IP back into Splinter Cell after seeing the demand for Splinter Cell.
This is listed as "unannounced project" instead of cancelled project so I would guess it might still be happening.
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A bunch of people were very vehement that this was 100% not what he meant when he said that, presumably because they knew of a 2018 AC game.
I'm expecting this to be greatly expanded into something resembling a more open world online adventure game (like Sea of Thieves) instead of just ship-based multiplayer matches. Pirate Division or Pirate Destiny, if you will.
Cool I hope it's the Origins trilogy rumored to continue with a Part 2
Seemingly, PvE content will let you get off the boat. They really should've shown that last year. 'Cause a game where you spend ALL your time on a ship is not interesting at all. Actually Nirolak, where'd you hear of this?
Huh. If that's the case then I guess Splinter Cell is possible, but I wouldn't say it's the game we're getting for the fall.
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IIRC they said it was all on the boat, but they said in their interviews that there was a bunch of PvE stuff.
Maybe that's changed since then.
Probably not. That's a huge change in scope and I'd say 4m is actually too low if its a proper pirate game. If this is just an excuse to get people to stop complaining about ship to ship combat then their estimates are about right.
There are different types of ships.
There is a narrative campaign.
Not sure how being an online game equates to shallow.
When people said they wanted a pirate game, I'm not sure this is what they meant.
Ok? Then don't buy this since this isn't attempting to be that game. It's not solely on Ubisoft's shoulders to make a AAA 1P Pirate game. They've done that once before already.
It actually should be praised that the biggest non-1P developer is doing something more niche and specialized instead of just making Far Cry Pirates.
I mean. I'm not buying it. But what you're saying is silly. I would be interested in being a pirate along the lines of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag but without the assassin junk. This is a lost sale because to me (and many) Ubisoft didn't build their game right. And if it were another publisher that'd be fine, but Ubi usually aims for big sales. Why do you think this is targeting 4m instead of 8-12?
I am still believing in Ubisoft doing the right thing and the unannounced franchise title is Splinter Cell. I assume they have high expectations for Division 2 here, I do not see the Crew 2 selling like gangbusters.
AHAHAHAHA. The Crew 1 did great, expect TC2 to do better.
I'm silly because I don't go in to threads of games and complain when they aren't making the game that I want?
Ubisoft makes tons of different types of games. Why is the game targeting 4 million copies sold? Probably because this is a much smaller scale project with a lot smaller budget than what they usually make?
And that's okay.
I said what you were saying was silly. I didn't call you silly. There's a difference. Especially because this game could be the game you want and the game that I want.
Source? Also, I wonder if the ACIII team got mixed into the Unity team or if that team just completely vanished.
Any chance Ubi skips the holiday season to avoid some of the heavier hitters and drops Crew 2 this summer, Division 2 and the next AC early next year?
Otherwise, I don't see how the conclusion from this can be anything other than "AC is coming out this fall."
Otherwise, I don't see how the conclusion from this can be anything other than "AC is coming out this fall."
Given Ubi's success with online games, and there GAAS in terms of sales and reception, 4 million could be under selling it if it's good enough
4 million is not big for a game that's coming out on platforms with more than 100 million install base combined...even for a niche title. Ubisoft has a knack for supporting their games and positive post launch vibes. It'll hit that target easily as long as the game is good.
Probably the Syndicate team.
I don't think there is a Unity team anymore.
the crew sold ok, but did not retain very well, even after hitting games with gold on Xbox. I hope they all sell well and have player bases. I think Ubisoft is the rare pub/dev that actually has been taking chances and trying new things. The crew is different then the other racers out there, For Honor is unique, even if it was not for me, Steep wasn't something I heard a clamor for but was well received, even skull & bones is different than your usual fair, however the delay may hurt as there are starting to be other options for ship warfare/pirate games.
I'm guessing Ubisoft is beginning to realize these games need more content in the beginning. The framework around this title came across as an enhanced version of Black Flag sea battles. People expect more from a $60 title, this is why Rainbow Six and For Honor both struggled at first.
This would make sense.
Looking at their slate, The Crew shipped around 2 millions, so I assume The Crew 2 may go to 4 maybe 5 millions. We got the Division with no solid numbers, but it must be +5 millions, I'd wager The Division 2 may do the same. Only Assassin's Creed could make for around 9 millions of the projections, I want Splinter Cell too, but It can't make these numbers.
I forgot that this or starlink even existed because i assumed SoT was the big pirate game being pushed and that toys to life games were dying.
I'm not sure on the numbers for division but it sold like 5 million it's first week and over 20 million registered users, even with a ton of free weekends it's moved I'd say 7-10 million copies.
maybe that's what they're looking into? it really was just For Honour with boats (i love for honour). I don't really see what the delay could be otherwise if not to add content. what they showed off at e3 didn't look like it was super ambitious on a technical scale or content wise. Am definitely interested in it though