PS3 and 360 Games Account for Nearly Half of Ubisoft’s Sales

Ubisoft has released some interesting figures on just how well their games sell on the various platforms. They didn’t provide any hard numbers, only percentages, but it’s enough to get some insight into what Ubisoft execs look at when deciding whether or not a game should be released on a particular system.

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners have nothing to worry about, as those two systems are two of the biggest sellers, with the 360 and DS tied with 26% of game sales for the full fiscal year running from April 2007 through March 2008. PS3 accounted for 20% in that period, while the Wii was only at 10% and PCs, 7%.

Of course, you have to keep in mind certain things, like which games were released for each system and when. In the 2006/2007 fiscal year, the Wii was responsible for 14% despite the system being released in November of 2006. (By comparison, the PS3 did only 2% in that period.) Why the big difference? Part of it can be attributed to not having another release like Red Steel for Wii, which was a big seller when it was released, despite being terrible. Compare that with this holiday season, when Assassin’s Creed sold extremely well on both 360 and PS3.

While the Wii’s number isn’t particularly impressive, what I see is Ubisoft making an effort to push more on the Wii front, as the potential for big sellers on the system is obviously there. As for the poor PC, we’ll have to see if Assassin’s Creed can duplicate the success it saw on consoles, however unlikely that might be.

via MTV Multiplayer