Ouchh... là, on peut dire que ça fait un peu mal.. Ubisoft dit que les bonnes ventes de leurs jeux Wii (en partie beaucoup de bouses) et DS (dogz et cie...) leur aident à développer les jeux PS3 et Xbox360.

D'après ce que je comprends, Ubisoft va continuer à nous mettre des bouses (sauf Rayman) sur Wii et DS (à la Dogz...) et continuer à faire des bons Tom Clancy-like..

Ah oui j'oubliais. Ubi a annoncé le superbe Nitrobike (presque copie conforme d'un Excite truck)... ... .. pour la Wii.

Ubi's casual games fund 360 and PS3 development

Buying into Ubisoft's casual range of games is going to fund its hardcore efforts.

August 26, 2007 - The development and subsequent sales success of casual games on Nintendo's Wii and DS is an extremely profitable business for Ubisoft, according to the company's CEO Yves Guillemot, who told Reuters at the Games Convention in Leipzig last week that these games help to finance the costly development of games for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.

Guillemot explained that the development of casual games costs anywhere from 1 million euros to 4 million, depending on how many platforms they're being created for. By comparison, a normal Wii game costs about 5 to 10 million euros, while an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 one costs from 10 million to 20 million.

Casual games are expected to contribute 20% of Ubisoft's revenue this year, which is up 10% on last year. Meanwhile, the entire games industry is attracting many more customers which are, according to Guillemot, going to grow the market tremendously. I expect the market to grow by 50 percent in the next four years, he said, concluding, It's a very exciting time for all the developers and publishers.

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