Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders are doing okay, as you’d hope given Ubisoft just reaffirmed hopes for more Assassin’s Creed-y things and live services in the future

Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders are performing solidly, in keeping with Ubisoft. CEO Yves Guillemot has additionally stated that, regardless of having not had the very best final little bit, the writer can be sticking to 2 very acquainted forms of video games as its major focuses going forwards.

Talking at Ubisoft’s presentation of its newest monetary outcomes, Guillemot asserted that the twice-delayed Shadows is performing in keeping with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey when it comes to pre-orders forward of its at present scheduled launch subsequent month. That is fairly good assuming these numbers translate as Ubisoft hopes, with Odyssey being AC’s second most profitable entry relating to gross sales.

The CEO was additionally requested what Ubisoft’s future would appear to be release-wise (thanks, VGC), and his response is one thing that’ll in all probability not suprise you.

“We’ve been investing considerably for an enormous pipeline of merchandise for the approaching years alongside our two verticals, [these] being open-world motion journey in addition to ‘Sport as a Service’-native experiences,” the exec stated, “And that’s what we need to ship yr after yr.”

He went on to call Shadows, “large plans” for Rainbow Six Siege, Anno 117: Pax Romana, and cellular recreation The Division: Resurgence, as stuff the corporate has coming, including that “all that is coming alongside nicely”. Whereas Ubisoft is underneath a good quantity of stress to hit large with Shadows, as chatter about a potential sale and normal cash individual discontent have adopted Star Wars Outlaws underperforming Ubisoft’s sales expectations.

It is also value noting that Guillemot was speaking to shareholders right here, who clearly are likely to care principally about how a lot cash these plans would possibly internet them, therefore Guillemot describing Murderer’s Creedy issues and The Crew: Motorfesty issues utilizing phrases like verticals.

How do you’re feeling about Ubisoft sticking to those two sorts of recreation as key focuses going forwards? Tell us under!