Ubisoft is in a situation that cannot be wrongly defined as critical.at least judging by the performance of its shares, which have been up over the last year dropped by 60.38%. The loss in value was 18.23 euros per share, with the current value being 11.96 euros per share, which has also been decreasing in recent weeks. If we consider the last five years, the decline has been 80%.
A difficult situation
In 2024, Yves Guillemot’s company was banking heavily on the launches of the Xdefiant live service, which took place at the beginning of the year, and Star Wars Outlaws, which came out a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the first, after an initial sprint, declined week after week, becoming a problematic title to maintain, while the second produced sales below expectations, despite the impressive marketing campaign that accompanied it.
In the last few hours there has also been talk of a possible postponement of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, unconfirmed, due to the publisher’s withdrawal from the Tokyo Game Show 2024 and the cancellation of the game’s press presentation. If this were to happen, it is likely that the shares would suffer a real collapse, considering that it is the most anticipated game of the company.
To say, currently on the stock market Ubisoft is worth less than Paradox Interactivewhich itself does not come from a particularly splendid period.
The fear is that among the possible means to stem the crisis there will be some new layoffs. Furthermore, the hypothesis of a sale to third parties is gaining ground, which in this way would ensure the possession of many prestigious intellectual properties, even if it is not certain that they would guarantee the maintenance of the current development teams.
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