From the “quadruple A” epic to the Ragged Crusade: the price of Skull and Bones collapses in less than three weeks after launch
Shortly before we went to press the “alarm” seemed to have subsided, but the physical market was temporarily beaten Skull and Bones with a little ceremony price cut. Following a troubled development, the second title of Ubisoft to aim towards the… pirate threshold requested at the checkout he found himself having to ask $25 less at US Best Buys. The transalpine publisher had to respond several times regarding the discrepancy between the increased price of the game and the live service elements included. In a statement to the press bordering on arrogance, Yves Guillemot coined the term “quadruple A” to justify the costs with the ambition of the title.
Ubisoft’s second $70 game, Skull and Bones, has had its price slashed by $25 at Best Buy less than three weeks after its release.https://t.co/SZiOa5nEpm pic.twitter.com/rwDePuwZ9i
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Boardings, Ambition, Audacity, Sinking: the “quadruple A” of Skull and Bones is not enough, the price plummets
“You will notice that Skull and Bones is a full-fledged game,” began the Ubisoft top management in the interview aimed at defend the price of the game (with the “condemnation via poor praise”, to use an English term). “It is a very ambitious title, the completeness of which will soon be noticed by players. Really, this is a complete triple… quadruple A title, which will be satisfying in the long run.” Ubisoft has released a free trial version of the game for all platforms on which it is available. In it, you can play the title for eight hours, and then transfer your progress to the full version upon purchase. Even Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which became the first game to touch the seventy mark due to the long troubles of the pirate simulator, received a discount after two weeks.
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