Ubisoft Expecting Low Sales Figures For Red Steel 2

17 Jan 2010 at 22:20:07 by James Chalmers

Ubisoft has cut its estimated sales figures for upcoming Wii title Red Steel 2 by half.

The announcement came from Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot (via TotalVideoGames) while speaking at a financial conference call earlier this week regarding the sale figures of Avatar.

"For Avatar we said 2.5 million units and our expectations were more in the 3.5-4 million [region]."

He added, "On Red Steel we decided, in our expectations, to divide the quantity by two and previously we had around a million."

While not confirming why, the main reasoning is expected to be down to numerous other big name titles on the Wii not selling as well as predicted, despite Nintendo claiming the top spot in the latest NPD figures for December.

Back in November EA hinted it was moving away from developing for the Nintendo Wii due to poor sales and a "unpredictable" market. Could we see the possibility of Ubisoft looking the same way after it releases Red Steel 2?

Red Steel 2 has suffered numerous delays on its return to the Nintendo Wii and at the current time is scheduled for a Q1 2010 release. Check out our IGTV E3 interview with one of the Red Steel 2 level designers here.

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