In The Division, the official number of registered players is known. It stands at 9.5 million!
Yves Guillemot, the co-founder and CEO of the French publisher Ubisoft, has presented the figures for the 2016 fiscal year. According to him, the latest blockbuster games from Ubisoft, The Division and Far Cry Primal, had the most successful video game launches ever. The performances of both games exceeded Ubisoft’s expectations, according to the CEO.
The Division currently has 9.5 million registered users. Active players would average three hours a day playing the MMO shooter. Also, the Season Pass has been adopted by 20% of the agents so far.
The revenue that The Division must have generated for the publisher is highlighted by a look at the revenue from the last quarter: While just under 170 million euros were generated in the same three months of the previous year, in 2016 it is a staggering 624.9 million euros. That’s an increase of 267.7%!
The most successful console of the last quarter for all Ubisoft titles was, by the way, the PlayStation 4. Almost half of all sales went to Sony’s gaming console. The Xbox One (31%) and the PC (14%) were relegated to the back. The last-generation consoles each accounted for only one percent.
The launch of The Division was on March 8, 2016. The sales figures for the first 24 hours after release have already broken Ubisoft’s company record.
