Assassin’s Creed II has moved nearly 9 million units worldwide, according to Ubisoft financial results released today. Ubisoft also reports a 17.7 percent loss year on year with €871M ($1.1 billion USD) in sales in 2009-10.
CEO Yves Guillemot wrote, “This global economic crisis had a pronounced impact on the video game industry in 2009, which contracted by nearly 10 percent year-on-year. Ubisoft’s sales were hit particularly hard, falling 18 percent over the full year despite a stabilization in the second half of the year, when figures came in on a par with the corresponding period of 2008-09.”
The good news is that Q4 sales were up by 1.9 percent year over year to €210 million ($266.7 million USD). Much of this sales boost was from Just Dance and Assassin’s Creed 2 sales.
Of course, the company expects to be profitable in 2010-11, as do most companies. Guillemot says the upcoming technologies, like PlayStation Move and Natal, will allow Ubisoft to capitalize on the casual gaming segment.