Assassin’s Creed 3 has sold 12 million units to date, making it the best selling game in series history and its fastest selling. To Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat, this is an indication the franchise is not suffering from fatigue and that the multi-studio policy with the franchise is paying off.
“Right now there are more and more coming into the franchise, so I don’t see that day. It’s our breakthrough. When you have quality content, the frequency of coming out with the game is not an issue at all,” describes Mallat. “On the contrary, people expect more and more of that content. So it’s natural to be able to provide that content. The gamers are happy and it’s our job to make them happy.”
“Every Assassin’s Creed has one dedicated core team working more than one year on their projects. We call that a roadmap. It takes into account the creative content – the settings, the where and what – the technology and the team. What I described with the roadmap is we have several teams,” he added. “The team that has delivered Assassin’s Creed 3, they’re not working on Black Flag. They’re resting. They are refreshing their minds and then working on something else that is not announced.”
Source: Eurogamer
