Ubisoft Sales report.

Ubisoft's Q3 Sales REport came out yesterday and included some surprise announcments for the next year.

Ubisoft reprted that sales went up 13% to AUD$1 billion. They say this is because:

• "The diversity and quality of Ubisoft‘s games line-up for the holiday period, with a targeted offering for each type of consumer.
• A solid showing from franchise titles launched during the quarter, particularly Far Cry® 2 and Rayman Raving Rabbids® TV Party which generated sell-in sales of 2.9 millionand 1.5 million units respectively and offset the impact of a slower take-off for Prince of Persia® (2.2 million units).
• The creation of a new multi-million units selling franchise œ Shaun White Snowboarding œ which was the quarter‘s number two sports game in the United States and recorded2.3 million units sell-in worldwide.
• The ongoing success of the Group‘s casual games, notably the very robust performance turned in by the Imagine® range fueled by the success of Imagine Teacher and Imagine Wedding Designer. For 2008, Ubisoft‘s market share for Nintendo DS games is 13.5% in Europe and 12,0% in the United States."

They also reported that games to be released before March 31 include Tom Clancy's Hawx, Tom Clancy's End War (PC) and Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game.

Finally, they revealed titles expected to be released between April 2009 and March 2010. These titles include:

• Assassin's Creed 2
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction
• A new Ghost Recon game
• 4 New movie based games
• More casual games for the Wii and DS

Here is UbiSofts game release schedule for January - March 2009:

Games Release Schedule

Fourth quarter (January œ March 2009)

BROKEN SWORD
Wii™, Nintendo DS™

CHRONO TRIGGER (AUSTRALIA œ DENMARK)
Nintendo DS™

CSI: NEW YORK (EUROPE)
PC

DISGAEA 3 ABSENCE OF JUSTICE
(AUSTRALIA œNORDICS - FRANCE)
PLAYSTATION®3

DRAGONQUEST® HAND OF THE HEAVENLY BRIDE
(AUSTRALIA œ NORDICS - BENELUX - FRANCE)
Nintendo DS™

FASHION STUDIO: PARIS COLLECTION
Nintendo DS™

GREY‘S ANATOMY: THE VIDEO GAME
Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PC

IMAGINE® BALLET DANCER (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

IMAGINE® CHEERLEADER (US)
Nintendo DS™

IMAGINE® FAMILY DOCTOR
Nintendo DS™

IMAGINE® FASHION PARTY
Wii™

IMAGINE® ICE CHAMPIONS
Nintendo DS™

IMAGINE® MOVIE STAR (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

IMAGINE® POP SUPERSTAR (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

JAKE POWER ™: SOCCER STAR (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

JAKE POWER ™: FIREMAN (US)
Nintendo DS™

JAKE POWER ™: HANDYMAN (US)
Nintendo DS™

JAKE POWER ™: POLICEMAN (US)
Nintendo DS™

JOJO‘S FASHION SHOW ™
Nintendo DS™

LAST REMNANT (AUSTRALIA œ NORDICS)
PC

MONKEY MADNESS (EUROPE)
Wii™

MY ENGLISH COACH™ LEVEL 1
Nintendo DS™

MY FITNESS COACH (AUSTRALIA œ UK)
Wii™

PETZ ® MY BABY PANDA (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

PETZ ® HORSESHOE RANCH
Nintendo DS™

PETZ ® MY KITTY FAMILY (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

PETZ ® MY MONKEY FAMILY (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

PETSHOP STORY (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

RHAPSODY: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE (AUSTRALIA œ NORDICS)
Nintendo DS™

SCRABBLE® 2009 (UK œ FRANCE - AUSTRALIA)
Nintendo DS™

STAR OCEAN: SECOND EVOLUTION (EUROPE)
PSP™

TENCHU: SHADOW ASSASSINS
Wii™

TENCHU: SHADOW ASSASSINS (US)
PSP™

TOM CLANCY‘S ENDWAR™
PC

PLAYSTATION®3,
TOM CLANCY‘S H.A.W.X™
Xbox 360™, PC

TOTALLY SPIES AGENDA (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

VACATION SPORTS
Wii™

WORD ACADEMY (EUROPE)
Nintendo DS™

WORLD IN CONFLICT®: SOVIET ASSAULT
PC