Ubisoft has reportedly disbanded the staff behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown, having allegedly opted to prioritise serving to out different tasks with “higher gross sales potential”.
That is based on french outlet Origami in a YouTube video posted in that language, which cites sources at Ubisoft Montpellier, and has since had a translated abstract by a ResetEra consumer verified by IGN.
In keeping with this abstract, the report claims that The Misplaced Crown did not meet inner gross sales expectations at Ubisoft, with the studio having now opted to divert its builders into engaged on different tasks with “higher gross sales potential”.
It additionally cites Prince of Persia’s “core recreation growth staff” as having fought to try to get a sequel greenlit, and extra expansions past the Masks of Darkness DLC that got here out in September, with Ubisoft higher-ups allegedly expressing considerations that the previous may cannibalize long run gross sales of the primary recreation.
“I’ve heard and skim ‘It was one of the best recreation manufacturing in my whole life’ three or 4 instances in a single weekend whereas getting data on the sport’s growth,” French journalist Gautoz, the report’s writer, added in a tweet, “One after the opposite I used to be advised it was seen as a beacon of hope to create a protected house for those who have been burnt out by Past Good & Evil 2. The staff has been disbanded by Ubisoft.”
VG247 reached out to Ubisoft for remark, and recieved the next assertion from Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown senior producer Abdelhak Elguess: “I am extraordinarily pleased with our staff’s work and keenness at Ubisoft Montpellier to create a recreation that resonated with gamers and critics alike, and I’m assured in its long-term success. Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown is now on the finish of its Put up-Launch roadmap with three free content material updates and one DLC that launched in September.
“We at the moment are specializing in making the sport out there to extra gamers: it was lately launched on Steam, and will likely be out there on Mac by this winter. A lot of the staff members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different tasks that may profit from their experience. We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is happy to carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
A Ubisoft spokesperson additionally confirmed to us that there have been no layoffs as a part of this course of.
In our overview of The Misplaced Crown, our EIC Dom Peppiatt wrote that the sport is: “a Metroidvania that’s discovered from one of the best, however with out sacrificing any aspect of its personal character – for higher and for worse”.
