2009

creator of an organization
with global reach
INTERACTIVE Ubisoft’s far-reaching, international organization enables the Group to hire the

EXPERIENCES best talents in the industry, optimize cost structures, directly establish valued
commercial relationships with retailers and better understand and anticipate
gamers’ needs throughout the world.

More than 5,000

talented people
(nearly 4,000 dedicated to creation
2 nd
largest internal creative workforce in the industry)
21
distribution offices and
20 studios in 28
countries worldwide
A developer, publisher and distributor of video games,

NORWAY
Ubisoft has grown at an astonishing pace over the past
twenty-two years, positioning itself as one of the key

SWEDEN
DENMARK
NETHERLANDS
UNITED KINGDOM
players in today’s entertainment industry. DEVELOPEMENT STUDIOS

FINLAND
BUSINESS OFFICES

POLAND
BELGIUM

GERMANY
The Group’s success can be attributed to a long-term strategy centered upon

UKRAINE
FRANCE
two key features. Firstly, Ubisoft’s in-house production and worldwide direct
distribution (covering 55 countries), allows the Group to manage the entire
value chain for its games. This is then further boosted by the Group’s proven HQ

AUSTRIA
PARIS

SWITZERLAND
ability to create a range of strong brands, continually being renewed by the

SPAIN

ROMANIA
most talented people in the business.

ITALY
CANADA

EUROPE

BULGARIA
Ubisoft continues to push forward boundaries in the industry. A CGI studio
for the production of 3D images opened in Montreal in 2006. The Group took

USA

SOUTH KOREA
INDIA
further steps towards the ultimate convergence of the video game industry

JAPAN
MOROCCO

CHINA
with other entertainment supports with the acquisition of Hybride in 2008, a

BRAZIL
production studio specialized in special effects for cinema.

Ubisoft’s early positioning on the latest generation of consoles translated into

concrete gains last year:

AUSTRALIA
3rd independent publisher worldwide (excluding Japan)
14 multimillion unit-selling brands
€928 million in sales (fiscal year 2007-08)
#
1 independent publisher worldwide on the Nintendo DS™
#
3 on the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360™ ® a dynamic market at the
4 on the Wii™
#
heart of entertainment today
Sources: NPD, Chart Track, GFK - Calendar year 2007.
Video game sales in the US represent more than the box office and the music
industry combined ($18.85 billion).*
The latest forecasts show that the video game industry is expected to grow more
than 50%, from €41.9 billion global sales in 2007 to €68.3 billion in 2012.**

* Home consoles, hand-held consoles, software and accessories included. PC games and online revenue not included.
Source: NPD Group, MPAA, Nielsen - 2007.
** PC and console games, online games and cell phone games included. Hardware sales and rentals not included. Source:
PricewaterhouseCoopers – June 2008.
 Building strong brands. Exploring new horizons.
Ubisoft possesses one of the industry’s richest portfolios; multimillion unit-selling brands generate the majority of Ubisoft’s annual Firmly positioned in military/tactical shooters and action-adventure, Ubisoft has gradually branched out into other high-potential
turnover, with the constant renewal of the Group’s well-established brands ensuring recurrent revenue. segments, most notably through the acquisition of prestigious franchises, such as Driver® and Shaun White Snowboarding. In 2008,
the acquisition of the rights to the Tom Clancy brand for video games and derivative products further consolidated the Group’s
Ubisoft continues to boost its Games for Everyone line. Male or female, young or old, hardcore or novice, Ubisoft understood early on
progress towards the convergence of video games with other media forms.
that the casual market held huge potential. It has seen sales in this line soar, representing about 25% (€230 million) of sales 2007-08.
Having earned a strong reputation among some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Ubisoft has also been able to balance out its
portfolio with hit film and TV licenses, such as Avatar, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™ or Naruto™.

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX®

HEROES OF MIGHT & MAGIC®

TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X™

BROTHERS IN ARMS®
ASSASSIN’S CREED®

PRINCE OF PERSIA®
SPLINTER CELL®
THE SETTLERS®

GHOST RECON®
TOM CLANCY’S

TOM CLANCY’S
TOM CLANCY’S

RED STEEL™
FAR CRY®

ENDWAR™

RAYMAN®

DRIVER®
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SHOOTER STRATEGY STRATEGY ACTION/ADVENTURE FAMILY SHOOTER SHOOTER STRATEGY ACTION/DRIVING SHOOTER ACTION/ADVENTURE AIR COMBAT ACTION/ADVENTURE ACTION/ADVENTURE
“Far Cry 2 is like no Game Critics – “A big, deep, lavishly AIAS Achievement Cheat Code Central – IGN - Best FPS AIAS - Best First Person Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 14 million units sold IGN - Editor's IGN - Game of the Year “It is the most impressive IGN - Best Original IGN: Best of E3 2008 -
other shooter” - OPM Best Strategy Game produced turn-based Awards - Outstanding Best Party Game on Xbox 360™ 2006 Action of the Year 2007 (German Developers Award) - Choice Award 2007 on Xbox® 2006 and innovative flight- Score on Wii™ 2006 Best Platform Game
4 million units sold E3 2008 strategy game” - Achievement in E3 2008 6 million units sold 21 million units sold Best German Game 2007 16 million units sold 19 million units sold based videogame we’ve 1 million units sold 11 million units sold
Gamespot Animation 2008 23 million units sold 7 million units sold seen in years” – OPM
7 million units sold

EXTREME SPORTS TV SERIES ANIMATED TV SERIES ANIMATED TV SERIES AND FILM GAMES FOR EVERYONE GAMES FOR EVERYONE GAMES FOR EVERYONE GAMES FOR EVERYONE
Licences

Games for Everyone

World’s #1 snowboarder - One of the Top 3 most #1 anime An international phenomenon The immensely popular The first sports game A series of games that A line that allows young girls
2006 Winter Olympics popular shows in the US in the US for more than twenty years series of animal sims label for girls enables players to improve to explore their favorite interests
and six time X Games since 2000 15 million units sold themselves and hobbies
NARUTO™

ENER-G™
NINJA TURTLES™
TMNT™ TEENAGE MUTANT
Gold Medalist NEW 8 million units sold

PETZ®
CSI: CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATION™

MY COACH
BRAN
SHAUN WHITE

IMAGINE™
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