Fandom Pulse is reporting (paywall), according to a “Ubisoft insider”, that the beleaguered video game company is pushing back on Steam to try and get certain data points removed from public view. This would include data points like peak and concurrent users. The insider continues by saying that Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. That’s a far cry (get it?) from the 5 million in the first month some investors were hoping for at launch.
The report also alleges that Ubisoft isn’t alone. Other companies would also like Valve to stop reporting numbers that they’d rather paint their own way on investor calls, or just dodge entirely like Ubisoft has done on recent calls where the lackluster performance of Star Wars Outlaws has come up.
I’m far from the average consumer but I think the last Ubisoft game I bought was Farcry 5… before that I think it was Farcry 3. And before that Was AssCreed Ezio saga. Everytime I gave them a chance the game was passable but had some serious flaws that they doubled down on as far as I could tell in press releases for other games.
I really enjoyed the division, with some friends it was a fun playthrough. The last farcry we did not even finish.