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[Sentenza]

There's obviously no platform split for the AC franchise, but most of Ubisoft's revenue comes from consoles, as per their filings in the most recent earnings report: Ubisoft FY25 Q3 PR (page 6).

It's really not a huge leap to believe that the lion's share of AC sales comes from consoles and not PC.

let me remind you that "consoles" includes multiple platforms. Even the Switch.

So yeah, Ubisoft makes most of its money on ALL CONSOLES COMBINED rather than on PC.
But even assuming a dominant Playstation (which STILL includes PS4 and PS5, incidentally) at say 40% and a completely negligible XBOX (at less than 5%) with the rest being Nintendo, these revenues in the chart you are pointing would still suggest that on average a PC release for them generates 75% -give or take- of what a Playstation one does.
So MORE THAN ENOUGH to get the pulse on how a certain release is doing overall.

 

[rodrigolfp]

PC players don't like action games like Wukong, MH Wilds, Elden Ring, AC Shadows??

 

[mathello]

I know it is hard to imagine, but there are people who shop at the epic or gog stores too.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

With a daily CCU check, my fellow chuds, well versed in statistics and High Calculus, can predict sales and potential studio layoffs.

 

[Sentenza]

I know it is hard to imagine, but there are people who shop at the epic or gog stores too.

Yeah, like for most releases.
Not statistically significant, though.

 

[rodrigolfp]

There's obviously no platform split for the AC franchise

Some times there is.

https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/AwOkNohhzmR1qBmQ4Nj4h/096beaa470c05f39f77417742e4d25b8/Ubisoft_FY24_Earnings_PR_English_final.pdf

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Some times there is.

https://staticctf.ubisoft.com/8aefmxkxpxwl/AwOkNohhzmR1qBmQ4Nj4h/096beaa470c05f39f77417742e4d25b8/Ubisoft_FY24_Earnings_PR_English_final.pdf

Uhm, where is the platform split for AC franchise sales in the report you've linked? Quote the relevant material. I'll wait.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Uhm, where is the platform split for AC franchise sales in the report you've linked? Quote the relevant material. I'll wait.

Where is it in yours? I will wait.

 

[Shmunter]

It’s a big enough sample to extrapolate from with reasonable accuracy

 

[Sentenza]

Uhm, where is the platform split for AC franchise sales in the report you've linked? Quote the relevant material. I'll wait.

Where is it in yours? I will wait.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Where is it in yours? I will wait.

There's no AC franchise sales splits in any of their recent earnings material that's been shared so how would I have the platform splits to begin with?

All that's been reported is the breakdown per platform for all the revenue generated in a quarter which I already mentioned so stop butting in and wasting my time with this low effort troll bait.

There's obviously no platform split for the AC franchise, but most of Ubisoft's revenue comes from consoles, as per their filings in the most recent earnings report: Ubisoft FY25 Q3 PR (page 6).

It's really not a huge leap to believe that the lion's share of AC sales comes from consoles and not PC.

 

[rodrigolfp]

There's no AC franchise sales splits in any of their recent earnings material that's been shared so how would I have the platform splits to begin with?

All that's been reported is the breakdown per platform for all the revenue generated in a quarter which I already mentioned so stop butting in and wasting my time with this low effort troll bait.

So you have data out of your ass about the AC splits but it's me trolling. Sure, sure.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

So you have data out of your ass about the AC splits but it's me trolling. Sure, sure.

I see that you're reading comprehension is seriously lacking since I never implied that I have that data to begin with.

 

[rodrigolfp]

I see that you're reading comprehension is seriously lacking since I never implied that I have that data to begin with.

Or your numbers for split revenue is seriously lacking as you conveniently only showed the one where the split is "large".

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Or your numbers for split revenue is seriously lacking as you conveniently only showed the one where the split is "large".

That's called a speculation or a guesswork based on the data that's been made available through their latest FY report (e.g. breakdown of revenue by platform).

Stop wasting my time.

 

[rodrigolfp]

That's called a speculation or a guesswork based on the data that's been made available through their latest FY report (e.g. breakdown of revenue by platform).

Stop wasting my time.

Stop wasting our time with useless numbers.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Stop wasting our time with useless numbers.

You're the one who butted in adding nothing useful to the conversation and to this thread.

Anyway, we're done here.

 

[rodrigolfp]

You're the one who butted in adding nothing useful to the conversation and to this thread.

Anyway, we're done here.

You added nothing too.

 

[Thyuda]

The opposite might also be true.

For instance with Veilguard, I don't see this as a primarily PC focused release and the steam ccu was pretty accurate when it comes to success. I think Steam CCU is a bit like BMI: Not always accurate but for 80-90% of cases, it very much is a good indicator.

 

[Denton]

This is 100% accurate to the above exchange.

 

[Humdinger]

That's simply because you are putting all these sites on the same level, while on the contrary some have a strong reputation for having a good understanding of these stats and some other are notoriously atrocious at it.

You may be right, but which are the good ones? Which site has a good track record for being a reliable predictor of actual sales numbers? When I asked that question in the relevant threads where this was being discussed, the answer I got was, "None of them."

If you have a site that you think does a good, consistently reliable job of predicting actual sales from Steam CCU and other data, let us know.

edit, 4 days later: Notice that this question went unanswered.

 

[Pandawan]

Steam CCUs aren't the ultimate data point​

Nobody considers Steam CCUs as the ultimate data point.

We use Steam CCUs to project them and compare them so that we can roughly guess whether the game was a failure or a success.

Everyone understands that the conclusions we get are not 100% accurate, sometimes not accurate at all, but it is the best we can do in the absence of another data source. And often it really is the case that low CCU numbers means low sales and vise versa.

 

[jm89]