Ubisoft 'a little disappointed' with Assassin's Creed Nexus VR sales, not increasing investment in virtual reality

刺客信条Nexus VR “收效尚可”，但Ubisoft CEO表示销售情况令人失望，因此在进一步的VR投资方面持谨慎态度。

During the Q&A session discussed at French game publisher Ubisoft's third financial quarter 2024 results (reported by VGC), Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot was asked aboutQuest 3. Apple VisionProGuillemot expressed disappointment with sales of Assassin's Creed Nexus and confirmed that the publisher is reluctant to invest massively in VR until it is "fully developed".

Here is the full answer.

We're a little disappointed with what we've achieved with Assassin's Creed in VR. While it has performed moderately well and is still selling, we expected more sales and therefore we will not be increasing our investment in VR at this time as it is imperative that VR makes a breakthrough. While we are very impressed with what Apple has come up with and think it is an excellent piece of hardware, we will continue to view the VR business as an area that we must focus on but not invest too many resources in until it is fully developed.

其次，与大多数VR开发者相比，平面AAA游戏厂商的期望通常要高得多。虽然Ubisoft没有公布具体的销售数据，但Nexus的最早游戏成就（感谢JustDaven）显示至少有22万名玩家实现了这一成就。然而，这一数字并未考虑到潜在的退款。值得注意的是，尽管Quest 2到目前为止已售出约2000万台，但用户留存率和平均游戏消费并不一定能直接转化为强劲的销售业绩。

相比之下，VR游戏仍然是由独立工作室主导的领域，期望值迥然不同。去年12月，Project Demigod在Steam和Quest App Lab上市前就实现了10万销量。上个月，Ghosts of Tabor在这两个平台上在最近的重新上市前取得了1000万美元的收入。

In our Assassin's Creed Nexus review, we praised the game. We named it our Quest Game of the Year for 2023 and found it to be a "powerful adaptation" that delivers "some of the most enjoyable moments we've experienced in Assassin's Creed."