Ubisoft CEO Defends Skull and Bones Premium $70 Pricetag Insists Its AAAA Quality
Uh-oh.
Despite being delayed six times so far, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot is highly confident in Skull and Bones, so much so that he is tempting fate, invoking the dreaded "AAAA" moniker. The last developer we can recall doing that was the ill-fated Striking Distance Studios with The Callisto Protocol, a game with a sad ending.
Guillemot made the comment during a Q&A session conference call (thanks, VGC), discussing the company's Q3 sales for its fiscal year 2024. One knowledgeable caller suggested that Skull and Bones appeared to be following a live-service format (recently revealing a Year 1 Roadmap) and asked why Ubisoft insisted on charging $70 when a free-to-play model might be better suited.
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