Ubisoft Believes Next Assassin’s Creed Title Will Not Outperform Previous

<p>Ubisoft have shared their views on how well the next entry into the Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed series will do at retail and it&&num;8217&semi;s surprising to learn that they are not expecting Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed IV&colon; Black Flag to outperform last year&&num;8217&semi;s Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed III&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The revelation came from CEO Yves Guillemot who spoke during an investor conference saying&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;To come back to Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed IV&comma; in our numbers we have&&num;8230&semi; we expect less than last year&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the conference continued&comma; Yves Guillemot said that this although the company didn&&num;8217&semi;t expect it to outperform Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed III&comma; there is a greater potential due to the game&&num;8217&semi;s pirate theme being more relatable&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;We are actually pushing to achieve more than last year because we think the pirate segment is a great segment that can generate a lot more on a worldwide basis than what was achieved last year&period; But we wanted to be prudent on our expectations so that it can probably be a bonus if it comes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;ubisoft-not-expecting-assassins-creed-iv-to-outperform-assassins-creed-iii-6408409">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;350798f3-57e9-44bb-b056-887d09ac6f74" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;