Ubisoft confident in Prince of Persia sales performance

  • Posted December 11th, 2008 at 05:50 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Ubisoft’s Chief Financial Officer Alain Martinez has said that his company expects Prince of Persia to turn in a solid performance at retail, noting the chances of the game shifting 2.5 – 3 million copies "is clearly achievable".

“If it goes to four or five [million], then there is an upside factor for the company," said Martinez, during the UBS Annual Global Media Conference. "If it goes to 1.5 million, then there is a downside factor."

He also observed how competition has toughened up as a result of crowded market conditions, though noted the publisher has raised its guidance "three times this year". Elsewhere, Martinez said the company is "repromoting" Far Cry 2 and is hopeful the FPS will prove a strong seller over time, with sales projections targeting in the region of 2.5 – 3 million.

Stay tuned of our review of Prince of Persia in the near future.

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  1. quikyndut

    • 5:52am GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 1

    Some confident of your's-_-"

  2. LegendaryAim

    • 7:06am GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 2

     It will be hard thats for sure gamers are really strapped for cash this year because of the amount of games available

  3. stovich

    • 9:15am GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 3

    4 - 5 mil? Now he's dreaming. PoP may be good, but not that good. I'm not picking it up simply because I can't stand cel-shaded art design in games. It seemed promising until I seen some screenshots. Pass.

  4. darthrazorback

    • 9:47am GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 4

    Far Cry 2 has such a negative buzz that it will NEVER achieve 2.5 million.  Perhaps had the devs actually fixed many of the problems in the game, they would have created more good will and the buzz would have been different.  Far Cry 2 will end at 1.7 million tops.

  5. gingo

    • 10:49am GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 5

    psn id: gingo.. i cant see this getting as many sales as assassins creed or far cry 2 but i think the 2 million mark is about right for it

  6. SamuraiClarke

    • 12:09pm GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 6

    Might buy this game in January.

  7. mikeghtmare

    • 3:46pm GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 7

    great game, highly recommended to PoP lovers.  A bit too easy, but still a good experience, can't wait for the next one, hopefully it gets more challenging

  8. techna

    • 5:42pm GMT - December 11th, 2008
    • 8

    Mikeghtmare, I agree. This game was easy but a good game overall, it was entertaining for me. If they make another one , I hope it will be longer and challenging.

  9. regissreg

    • 9:29am GMT - December 12th, 2008
    • 9

    I Have the game through my Gamefly, and The Graphics are Beautiful.

    @ Stovich,,, This game is far advance for  a cell shaded game. you only notice the cell shaded through cut scenes. Im not a big fan of cell shaded games either, but this game change my judgement  on cell shaded games.

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