The success of making Assassin's Creed into an annual franchise has Ubisoft considering doing the same with a few of their other big franchises. As of now only the Rabbids and Assassin's Creed are the major series that get games each year.
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"What is impressive with the release year after year of Assassin's Creed is our ability to deliver every time with a high level of innovation and creativity in a large and very diverse open world," boasted Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Ubisoft's fiscal year results call with investors today. "There is no other open world console game that is coming on a yearly basis. This is achieved through great execution by providing more resources and by putting in place a very compelling network of leads and associate studios."
"We are applying the very [same] product template to our other strong franchises to bring them back to Assassin's Creed blockbuster profitable status," said Guillemot.
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It is assumed if Ubisoft does expand more series into the annual phase, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon would defiantly get the special treatment. Ubisoft did mention in another report they want to make their Ghost Recon series into the "Call of Duty" killer.
The next Nintendo console will also play a huge role in this new plan due to Ubisoft mentioning how easy it would be to "port" Xbox 360 and PS3 games with little effort and bring their big series to the console as another source for income.
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