Skull and Bones, the new action-adventure game from Ubisoft Singapore, has achieved “record-high player engagement” since its launch on February 16 for Windows PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, Ubisoft has announced. Ubisoft shared the news today as part of its announcement for Raging Tides, the game’s first season, which is now available for free worldwide.
Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ popularity:
Since launch, Skull and Bones has achieved record player engagement, with over four hours of average daily playtime, the second highest ever at Ubisoft.
Raging Tides introduces:
- Tides of Terror: Increasingly difficult seasonal events where players will fight against La Peste’s Fleet of Pestilence. Players will eventually go against him in a World Event, culminating in a final showdown where they will seek out his base of operations, the Blighted Bastion, for an epic battle.
- New World Events: Players will encounter Elite Warships from megacorporations like the DMC (Opwelling), and local factions like the Clan of Fara (Mizerja). Merchant Convoys carrying high-value loot will also be present along trade routes in the Indian Ocean. New Bounties: Player can pick up bounties leading them to terrifying legends such as the mysterious Ghost Ship (Rode Maangodin) that haunts the Open Seas, or the terrifying Sea Monster (Zamaharibu) that awaits unsuspecting pirates in the depths.
- New Leaderboard rewards: Higher-tier weapons and equipment. Seasonal Smuggler Pass: Three free tracks allow players to acquire new gameplay items and blueprints to further optimize and customize their ship’s loadout. There will also be free cosmetics from captain and ship cosmetic sets to resources and Pieces of Eight. The Premium pass also adds extra cosmetics and Gold premium currency.
- Quality-of-life improvements
Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ first season:
Skull and Bones’ post-launch content will see players grow their pirate empire and face new threats as the world evolves with each new season. In Season 1 “Raging Tides”, players will embark on a perilous journey against the vicious Pirate Lord Philippe La Peste and his legendary pirate ship, La Potence. From dominating a Legendary Pirate Lord and World Events to growing an empire, this first addition to the post-launch plan signals the start of an exhilarating journey on the high seas.
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How high?
Record high!
Yeah, but what does that mean actually?
.... it's really high trust us bro!
Empty metrics are meaningless.
Define "player engagement". Does install+uninstall = engagement?
Wernt they just saying horrible engagement the game is a flop just last week?
"Grimlakin, post: 82820, member: 215" wrote:Wernt they just saying horrible engagement the game is a flop just last week?
Sales were bad, seems the couple players who got the game realy like to play it.
It's like Famous Daves: World Famous BBQ, winner of the best BBQ from a Restaurant named Dave 18 years running!
"Grimlakin, post: 82820, member: 215" wrote:Wernt they just saying horrible engagement the game is a flop just last week?
They released addon content + there is a free trial going on. I'm sure that has nothing to do with "record high engagement"
Yeah, I was thinking the same. I did the post on the weekend where it was reported they'd only had roughly 850K players, which included those who were playing using the free 8-hour trial offer. @DrezKill reminded how they marketed this game as AAAA so 850K is pretty abysmal imho since most AAA games are in the millions within a week or so. Gotta love those marketing/PR folks though for spinning things any way they can to save a sinking ship.
oh hey, what do you know?
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/despite-low-sales-skull-bones-reportedly-achieved-record-player-engagement/[/URL]
This makes me wonder which gaming publisher is the most out of touch with players?
UBISOFT, Square Enix, or Embracer?
Those are my nominees.
"MadMummy76, post: 82842, member: 1298" wrote:This makes me wonder which gaming publisher is the most out of touch with players?
UBISOFT, Square Enix, or Embracer?
Those are my nominees.
I'd throw EA in there as well.
"Peter_Brosdahl, post: 82848, member: 87" wrote:I'd throw EA in there as well.
yeah, cancelling the respawn SW fps was a bad move imo.
Also let's not forget 2k games
Also capcom with their anti modding campaign as of recently.
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Join Discussion →How high?
Record high!
Yeah, but what does that mean actually?
.... it's really high trust us bro!
Empty metrics are meaningless.
Define "player engagement". Does install+uninstall = engagement?
Wernt they just saying horrible engagement the game is a flop just last week?
Sales were bad, seems the couple players who got the game realy like to play it.
It's like Famous Daves: World Famous BBQ, winner of the best BBQ from a Restaurant named Dave 18 years running!
They released addon content + there is a free trial going on. I'm sure that has nothing to do with "record high engagement"
Yeah, I was thinking the same. I did the post on the weekend where it was reported they'd only had roughly 850K players, which included those who were playing using the free 8-hour trial offer. @DrezKill reminded how they marketed this game as AAAA so 850K is pretty abysmal imho since most AAA games are in the millions within a week or so. Gotta love those marketing/PR folks though for spinning things any way they can to save a sinking ship.
oh hey, what do you know?
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/despite-low-sales-skull-bones-reportedly-achieved-record-player-engagement/[/URL]
This makes me wonder which gaming publisher is the most out of touch with players?
UBISOFT, Square Enix, or Embracer?
Those are my nominees.
I'd throw EA in there as well.
yeah, cancelling the respawn SW fps was a bad move imo.
Also let's not forget 2k games
Also capcom with their anti modding campaign as of recently.