Third quarter of the 2013 fiscal year sees downed sales

Ubisoft managed to getAsssassin’s Creed: Thar Be Piratesout on about every console for the holiday season, butWatch Dogsis stilla few months away, delayed out its prime position to launch with the PS4 and Xbox One.

For the sales quarter ending on December 31 of 2013, sales are down 35.2 percent ($709 million) from the same quarter, 2012 ($1.09 billion). This isn’t a shock to Ubisoft, though. It landed within the company’s own revised sales projection of $628 million to $736 million.

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And while digital sales are down 4 percent in the quarter, they’re already up 12 percent on the year. Similarly, sales of older titles (notablyFar Cry 3andAssassin;s Creed 3) are down 21 percent for the quarter, but still up 6 percent on the year.

The Divisionnot being dated likeWatch DogsandThe Crewprobably implies a delay. But Ubisoft is releasingChild of Lightin Apriland that’s all I really want anyway.

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