The video game industry is sometimes unfair. There are titles that deserve to sell millions of copies because they offer a quality experience to players, but the reality is that many of them don’t even reach a sufficient sales figure to meet the company’s expectations. This is what happened with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which sold 300,000 copies in the month of its launch last January.
We recently reported that Ubisoft confirmed that the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been disbanded to focus on other projects. One of these projects is the return of one of Ubisoft’s most beloved franchises, Rayman. Despite this, the company has faced criticism from players, the press, developers, and even executives from other companies such as Michael Douse, the publishing director of Larian Studios, the team responsible for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Larian executive criticizes Ubisoft for its handling of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
The head of Larian Studios took to his social media to criticize Ubisoft’s management and express his displeasure at the cancellation of the sequel to one of the company’s best games in recent years. “The last notable game on their platform was Far Cry 6 in 2021. The Crew, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and Avatar came in 2023 and didn’t perform well, so it can be assumed that subscriptions were low when Prince of Persia was released in 2024, meaning people weren’t visiting their store much,” he said, referring to Ubisoft Connect.
“If it had been released on Steam it would not only have been a market success, but there probably would have been a sequel because the team is very good. It’s a failed strategy. The hardest thing is to make a game with an average score of over 85. It simply shouldn’t be done the way it was done,” he said about Valve’s store and the Montpellier team. Various reports indicate that to date Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has sold over a million copies across all platforms, but it seems that Ubisoft’s goal was to reach many more players.
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