Ubisoft sees 35% drop in sales
Ubisoft reported 520 million euros ($709.5 million) in sales for the third quarter of the 2013 - 2014 fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2013. The sales represent a 35.2 percent drop year-over-year. Ubisoft reported total sales of 813 million euros ($1.1 billion) for the first nine months of the fiscal year, a 24.8 percent decrease compared to the nine-month-period earnings one year prior. Additionally, it reported a 4 percent decrease year-over-year in digital sales, which amounted to 53 million euros ($72.3 million).
Ubisoft cited the "console transition period" among the reasons for the company's losses in the quarter, pointing to back-catalog sales of 53 million euros ($72.3 million), a 21 percent contraction. The publisher also saw "lower-than-expected sales" for Rocksmith 2014, but said it shipped 10 million units of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. All in all, it expects approximately 1,000 million euros ($1.36 billion) in sales for the full fiscal year 2013 - 2014.
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