Ubisoft reveals 2m SC: Conviction sales

By Robert Purchese Published 23 July, 2010

"Number four" publisher in the US this year.

PC and Xbox 360 game Splinter Cell: Conviction sold nearly 2m copies from launch until the end of June, Ubisoft has revealed.

This "solid performance" coupled with the "sustained sales" of Assassin's Creed 2, Just Dance and Avatar, helped the publisher earn €161 during the months of April, May and June. That Q1 FY2010 performance was up 94 per cent year-on-year.

For Q2, Ubisoft has H.A.W.X. 2 (hands-on impressions published yesterday), R.U.S.E. and Racquet Sports, among others. Earnings are expected to be much lower, at €83m.

Other statistics of note were 45 per cent of all Ubisoft Q1 game sales being made on Xbox 360; only 17 per cent were made on PS3.

It was also interesting to hear Ubisoft refer to itself as "the number four independent publisher" in the US for the first six months of 2010. Ubisoft was "number two" in Europe - obviously Pure Football did the numbers [what, 3/10? -Ed].

Ubisoft's July-to-September schedule looks like this:

  • Assassin's Creed II (MAC)
  • Assassin's Creed II: Game of the Year Edition (PS3, Xbox 360)
  • Gold's Gym Dance Workout (Wii)
  • Imagine: Resort Owner (DS)
  • Master All Classics (PSN)
  • Puzzler Collection (UK)
  • R.U.S.E. (PC, PS3 Move, Xbox 360)
  • Racquet Sports (PS3 Move)
  • Raving Rabbids: Party Collection (Wii)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (PSN, XBLA)
  • Silent Hunter (iPad)
  • Sports Collection (DS)
  • Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
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About Robert Purchese

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Comments (13) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • NimbusTLD #1 2 years ago

    Assassin's Creed II (MAC)

    Umm... what??

  • AnsemsApprentice #2 2 years ago

    ...Thanks for that Ubi, I can sleep better knowing you took the 4th highest ammount of money from us during that period. ZzZzZzZzZzZzzzz--no Ezio stop it, I don't like you in that way... Well I don't like it up the arse for starters, barkin' up the wrong tree mate...ZzZzZzZzzzzz

  • Ignatius_Cheese #3 2 years ago

    Erm, whats the difference between the Assassin's Creed 2: Game of the Year Edition and Complete Edition...?

  • matrim83 #4 2 years ago

    Great, 2M sales. There goes any chance of SC getting back to its roots. Thanks a lot guys. :|

  • Lunaticorc #5 2 years ago

    Hope Ubisoft invests that mighty profit of €161 wisely.

  • Kenshin001 #6 2 years ago

    @Nimbus, both AC2 and SC:Conviction are headed for the Mac. Ubisoft claimed Conviction would never come out on a non-MS platform but looks like they changed their mind.

  • chrisno21 #7 2 years ago

    Exactly a whole €161 can go a long way towards drinks for the staff 4th place party.

  • Salaminizer #8 2 years ago

    Other statistics of note were 45 per cent of all Ubisoft Q1 game sales being made on Xbox 360; only 17 per cent were made on PS3.

    I'd be surprised if it was different, SC is not on the PS3 :p

    anyway, I hope their DRM rot in hell

  • NotSoSlim #9 2 years ago

    You realise what a prat mickey is when here compares a one platform game to a two platform game.

    Think all the trolling has clouded his judgement.

    Edited by 1 at 23/07/10 @ 14:06

  • Feanor #10 2 years ago

    They'd sell more copies of their PC games if they just used Steam instead of their insane always-online DRM that puts off so many potential customers.

  • Cjail #11 2 years ago

    I am a huge Splinter Cell fan (and in this case sadly a PS3 owner) but really I expected Splinter Cell to sell a lot more.
    Don't take me wrong 2m is a solid result but some games with less history than the Splinter Cell franchise (Killzone 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, and even Mirror's Edge) sold like it.
    After this results I just hope for an upgraded PS3 release so that Ubisoft might reach the 5 million units sold.
    Edited by 4 at 23/07/10 @ 19:00

  • waggy79 #12 2 years ago

    "Great, 2M sales. There goes any chance of SC getting back to its roots. Thanks a lot guys. :| "

    If by getting back to its roots you mean being shit, then im glad it won't. Conviction is the best Splinter Cell made IMO.

  • Feanor #13 2 years ago

    Being spotted in Chaos Theory wasn't an automatic game over, either, and it was a much better game.