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[Sidewinder]

Pretty good that Steep is already profitable when the Switch version isn't even out yet.

I'm glad, I really enjoy that game.

 

[Certinty]

Nice to see. Watch Dogs 2, Steep and The Crew were all great.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Steep over R6: Siege? Hmmm.

Siege isn't a new IP

 

[Diprosalic]

It had a pretty small development team and only about half the development time of a lot of their new IPs.

and it showed.
at least it only doomed winter sport games for the next 5 years and not for the next 15 years .

 

[Dartastic]

Can't imagine that Steep was profitable.

Me either. Either the budget was very low, or a surprising amount of people bought it.

 

[wildfire]

Steeps dev team was tiny. It was made by Ubisoft Annecy which only employs 140 people. They are usually a team that helps the larger teams work on the "Big Projects" for Ubi.

Game likely didn't have to sell all that much to break even

I don't know what's cuter.

The days when 140 man is a small team for a mega studio.

Or that team proved their salt by making a passion game like Steep.


Either way EA should take notes the next time they give their own support studios a solo project, well supposed to be.

 

[Kthulhu]

Can't imagine that Steep was profitable.

Bruh, what? It's illegal for them to lie at a meeting like that.

 

[Cels]

they even gave away the crew for free, i thought that was a sure sign the crew sucked, and now today they announced a damn sequel

i am totally out of touch

 

[GunBR]

I couldn't care less for any Ubisoft game since Stick of Truth, but it's good to see the company doing so well

Maybe that way we can have a new Rayman

 

[yurinka]

I don't know what's cuter.

The days when 140 man is a small team for a mega studio.

Or that team proved their salt by making a passion game like Steep.

Not all 140 people worked on Steep, the studio was also working in other projects at the same time.

And Annecy was in charge of the game, but like all AAA the work is split into different studios: testing, localization, PR, marketing and frequently a good portion of the art assets are handled by external teams. But in Ubisoft's case, most of this stuff is handled internally and they frequently mention publicly the main teams working on it, in addition to include them in the game credits.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Steep over R6: Siege? Hmmm.

This is about their new IP, R6 Siege is not new IP

 

[Cuningas de Häme]

Ubisoft has been steadily improving in these past few years. Even Uplay is decent nowadays.

I like that at least Ubisoft is doing different games, you rarely see winter sports games these days. For Honor is a neat idea too and I'd love to buy it in the future, but I doubt that I'd ever have time for it.

 

[Falchion]

I'm glad Watch Dogs 2 made money, they fixed so much compared to the first and I'd hate to see the series die now.