+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 13, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 13, 2010 US, January 13, 2010 - Ubisoft announced during its third quarter 2009 fiscal update this morning that both Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E will now be shipping during its 2011 fiscal year, which begins on April 2010. Ubisoft did not provide a specific release date for either title, only confirming Splinter Cell: Conviction will ship in April. No release date for R.U.S.E was provided. This news highlights the financial troubles for Ubisoft, as the company now expects to end its fiscal year with a current operating loss. "Despite a number of highly successful titles, such as Assassin's Creed II ? which is expected to reach 9 million sell-in units by the end of March 2010 ? and Just Dance ? our great Wii success during the holiday season ? Ubisoft has not met its financial targets," said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft hopes to rebound in fiscal 2011 as the company plans to focus more on developing titles for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "Ubisoft has already demonstrated its capacity for success in the high-end games market thanks to Assassin's Creed II, with sales 40 percent higher than for the first title," Guillemot added. "The 2010-11 line-up ? which is stronger in franchises for Xbox360 and PS3 ? reflects our refocused efforts and should enable us to both win market share and enhance our profitability." Source: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060703p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokthraka Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 this is good for me! I actually have time to save money now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massiveterra Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Delaying Splinter Cell is a terrible decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted January 13, 2010 MVC Share Posted January 13, 2010 That is actually about perfect for me. I've already got a few games to play in January/February that will be taking up a ton of time so around April I should be ready for something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 That is actually about perfect for me. I've already got a few games to play in January/February that will be taking up a ton of time so around April I should be ready for something new. My thoughts exactly. I'm excited to play the new Splinter Cell, but I can wait until April. It'll give me more time to play the current new releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 13, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2010 AGAIN? This is like the 4th time for SC, wtf :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konstanov Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 WHAT THE ****! NO SPLINTER CELL NEXT MONTH? I HATE YOU UBISOFT SO DAMN MUCH! WE'RE SO DAMN CLOSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massiveterra Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The game has been completed for a while now. I really don't understand the strategy around it. Are they afraid of competition? Battlefield? Bioshock? Because there would be no way they would be afraid of Final Fantasy XIII. Completely different audience. My gamefly release date changed to 4/30. If I were Ubisoft I would be more scared of competition with Red Dead Redemption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 13, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 13, 2010 I remember hearing about Splinter Cell Conviction ages ago. I'm not the biggest Splinter Cell fan (Played Double Agent and I didn't exactly love it) but this game had me interested. Meh. The length of time to make it is making me interest wane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massiveterra Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Apparently this game is a sort of "reboot" for the franchise because the feedback from Double Agent wasn't too hot. They made the controls for this a lot more user friendly (or easy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The official site for it still has February, Ubisoft really need to sort things like that out before announcing delays. I'm disappointed to be honest, this was on my must have day 1 release list and my interest is getting less and less every time they delay it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Never trust a Ubisoft release date. Ever. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackdoom Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) They have delayed SC:C for a couple of times now, haven't they? 2010 is offering great games right from the start. In my opinion, it is pointless to delay Splinter Cell, and then just have it compete with another highly awaited release. Edited January 14, 2010 by CrownedClown03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisan Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Ugh........I was hoping for: Jan: Mass Effect 2 Feb: SC: Conviction March: Assassin's Creed 2 Now I have nothing for Feb.......granted I probably wouldn't have been done ME2 by the time SC:C hit in Feb, I was still planning on getting it. Now with SC:C coming out in April, I probably won't be getting it until I am done both ME2 and AC2. Oh well, guess they figure they do not want to pull too much of the PC market away from AC2 by releasing SC:C before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Here we ****ing go again! Seriously Ubisoft, this is just plain **** now. Talk about screwing us PC gamers. Now a focus on consoles? Ever wonder why sales are going down? Stop delaying PC releases, and do more of them. FFS. :angry: Oh and piracy? Puhleeze. Okay rant over, but sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I dont mind that either honsetly :) Still so many games to complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 :( I really wanted RUSE to release. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHouseBunny Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Spot on for me as well, many nice games coming this year so it will be expensive to buy all =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Makes me wonder why i bother with PC gaming anymore, i should just get a crapbox 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted January 14, 2010 Global Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2010 Wow, look at everyone moaning. It's not like it got delayed by a year or something. It went from late feb to late April. I figure ubi wanted to space things out for the year, nothing wrong with that at all. It's also not like there is no games to play till then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Ill moan if i want to moan the games been delayed so much and im sick of being shafted over by dev houses that started out on the PC giving console priority and delaying PC ports, Codemasters did it with DIRT2, Ubisoft with Assassins Creed 2 and Splinter Cell, its getting beyond a joke now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massiveterra Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 No offense, but why wouldn't devs want to focus their priorities more on consoles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2010 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2010 Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed to ?add more polish?, says Ubisoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 No offense, but why wouldn't devs want to focus their priorities more on consoles? Theres nothing wrong with focusing on consoles but dont do it at the expense of the platform that put them where they are today. I dont want to buy an RROD box or a blu-ray trojan horse and pay ?40+ per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2010 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2010 Theres nothing wrong with focusing on consoles but dont do it at the expense of the platform that put them where they are today. I dont want to buy an RROD box or a blu-ray trojan horse and pay ?40+ per game. :laugh: More so at you paying ?40+ a game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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