Ubisoft Reports Good News With Financial Numbers, Including Ghost Recon Wildlands Sales

Ubisoft recently reported its financial earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, which came to an end last month, and based upon what we've seen thus far, it's had a pretty successful quarter. And for that matter, it's all been powered by one game in particular – Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

The company released the game last March, and, as a result of its success, it managed to report sales that were 45.2 percent higher in comparison with last year's fiscal period, with a figure of 202.1 million pounds – even higher than Ubisoft's usual predictions. Just over 80 percent of those sales managed to come from digital revenue, which increased by 55 percent over the previous year's numbers. And back catalog games managed to rack up 94.3 percent of total stages, higher than the previous year's 91.1 percent.

Ubisoft noted that Wildlands had become the company's biggest hit to date, eclipsing the likes of For Honor and setting the stage for what will no doubt be a tremendous second half of the year, led by the likes of South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Just Dance 2018 and Assassin's Creed: Origins. Wildlands had a tremendous amount of sales both physically and digitally across all platforms, and did well in North America, Europe and Japan alike.

Not only that, but the company is seeing big success from its forthcoming games as well. The Crew 2, which will arrive later this year, and the open sea pirates battling game Skull and Bones both managed to rack up very impressive registration numbers for their collective betas, reaching record levels. The company noted this as "very promising".

The company also discussed Far Cry 5, which has gotten major buzz since its reveal last month, with a change in locale – a cult-laden city in Montana – promising big things for the series. Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer for the company, noted that the game will have "significantly higher potential" than the previously released Far Cry: Primal, perhaps even to the point where expectations will be around the same lines as Far Cry 3 and 4. Sales expectations weren't noted yet, but the company expects the sequel to be a big hit.

We'll see how well Ubisoft does over the next few months, but we're just as excited for its future line-up as you are. And, hey, who doesn't like Wildlands?!