Kotaku: imagine

Ubisoft Made Less Money Last Year, Had Some Huge Franchises

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:40:39 MDT

Profits were up, income was down and the Imagine games sold tons in the last 12 months, according to year-end financial results released by Ubisoft today.

The company took in $890.2 million in the 12 month period ending on March 31, 2009. Up from $852.8 million the year before. But operating income was down from $158.0 million from $183.0 million.

The company boasted that its casual line netted nine million units sold for Imagine games, two million units for the My Coach line and five million sold for the Petz games.

New Ubi games Shaun White and HAWX managed 2.8 million and one million units, respectively.

The company also signaled that some sequels sold better than their preceding titles in their series. For Far Cry 2, that unit sales increase from its predecessor was 64% and up for Prince of Persia by 10%. Brothers in Arms was said to be up 35%. (We've asked Ubisoft p.r. if those percentages are in terms of units or sales.)

Imagine: 1 Million Imagine Sales

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:30:00 MST

It stings a little to report on this, but sometimes, we must bite our lips and bring the bad news, as well as the good: Ubisoft's Imagine series has passed 1 million in sales.

The popular series of titles, targeted at young girls, is most well-known for its DS titles, but it also appears on the Wii and PC. They passed the million mark last month, after selling 300,000 units in December 2008 alone, and...

Yeah, look, that's about all you need to know.

Ubisoft's Imagine range hits 1m sales milestone [casualgaming.biz]

Ubisoft Announcez $224 Million In Q2 Salez

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:00:00 MDT

French video game publisher Ubisoft announced its quarterly results today, which are up over 37%, resulting in a second quarter take of about $224 million (€175 million). The company attributes its better than expected results to Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and Soulcalibur IV for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But you know where the real money is coming from — the Petz, Imagine and ENER-G series.

According to Ubi's by-platform breakdown, an impressive 39% of the publishers sales came from Nintendo DS titles, almost twice that of its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases, each of which accounted for 20% of sales. That might help explain why there are seven games in the Imagine line and five in the Petz line due over the next three months, about one a week.

Ubisoft pushed back strategy game Anno 1401 A.D. and an "as-yet unannounced franchise" into its 2009-10 fiscal year.