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youtube video producer endymion recently released a video revealing that according to his sources within ubisoft, although the sales of "star wars: desperados" are weak, the projects that really put ubisoft into financial trouble are the company's so-called "4a masterpieces" ""blue sea and black sails". according to the source, the project will cost between $650 and $850 million.

endymion shared: "i was told that the project that killed ubisoft wasn't actually desperados or shadows, it was actually black sails."

"my source told me he's seen multiple different versions of the game, several versions over the years that were completely different. he said he was told black sails' budget would be between $6.5 and $8.5 over 10 years. between billions of dollars.”

"the failure of "black sails" is very serious for ubisoft, and it is the real reason why the company is gradually dying like this. if you can believe it, it is really not "desperados" or "(assassin's creed) shadows" so they put a lot of resources into this game, but in the end they couldn’t make ends meet.”

ubisoft ceo yves guillemot once described black sails as "the first triple-a game" in response to investors asking why the game was priced at $70. after the game was released, many players found that its quality was not even as good as "assassin's creed: black flag" more than ten years ago, so "4a game" became a joke used by players to mock ubisoft.

after the game was released, insider gaming reported that there were about 850,000 players at the launch of the game, including users who had a free 8-hour trial. the same report also stated that the game has a budget of approximately $200 million and is "not expected to recoup" the cost.

in fact, no company suddenly faces crisis, and "blue sea and black sails" seems to be only part of ubisoft's failure. over the years, the company's products no longer seem to be trying to innovate as before, but are repeating the same old tune and being too conservative. the company's influence on "correctness" did not just start recently, but the contradiction is only now erupting.

it's hard to think about what "assassin's creed: shadow" can do to reverse ubisoft's "headwind situation" after being delayed for 3 months - "black sails" also announced a further 3-month delay after poor feedback from the trailer. month, but currently the game is played by less than 200 people on steam.