Today Ubisoft announced its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year 2021-22, related to the period ended on December 31, 2021.
Below you can find a summary of the publisher’s results during the quarter. While bookings were down year-on-year, Ubisoft calls them “in line with expectations.”
The press release included the usual comment by Chief Executive Officer Yves Guillemot, who beasted the “richest pipeline of games in Ubisoft’s history” to come.
Chief financial officer Frédérick Duguet also commented.
On top of that, we also get a list of highlights for the company’s quarterly achievements. Interestingly, we also hear that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction has reached 5 million unique active players.
- Third fiscal quarter: Net bookings of €746.1 million, in line with the target rangeBack-Catalog up 10% YoY and up 37% vs. Q3 FY20, together with back-catalog PRI growth,highlighting the strength of Ubisoft’s recurring businessAssassin’s Creed® Valhalla life-to-date net bookings and PRI were up respectively over 70% and over 80% vs. Assassin’s Creed OdysseyTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege reached 80 million unique active players life-to-date, adding 10 million players over the past twelve monthsFar Cry 6 ranked in the Top 51 of 2021 calendar year new releases and saw playtime per player and PRI per player increase respectively 45% and 30% vs. Far Cry 5Strong player reception for Riders Republic with playtime per player and PRI up respectively 60% and 4x vs. Steep
Below you can find a breakdown of the publisher’s sales by platforms and region.
- Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla life-to-date net bookings and PRI were up respectively over 70% and over 80% vs. Assassin’s Creed OdysseyTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege reached 80 million unique active players life-to-date, adding 10 million players over the past twelve months
Interestingly, in Q3 PlayStation and PC games had the same dominant share of sales in Ubisoft games, while PlayStation is still at the top for the nine months.
Xbox games follow, with the Switch at the bottom.
If you want to compare, you can check out the results related to the previous quarter, which were published in October.