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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot thinks we will see another generation of consoles, but then step-by-step we will see less and less hardware.

Publisher Ubisoft have announced stronger than expected results for the financial year ending 31st March 2018 and revised their forecasts for the current financial year.

Ubisoft have revealed their figures for the third quarter, showing some very promising numbers. Sales have increased to €725 million, a rise of 36.8 percent, which beat their original target of €630 million and their revised target of €700 million.

Ubisoft confirmed that The Crew 2, a new Assassin’s Creed game, Far Cry 5, and South Park: The Fractured But Whole will all release this year.

The traditional model of console creation and marketing appears to be under review by some of the major players in the gaming industry.

Ubisoft’s latest IP, Tom Clancy’s The Division, has broken records and launched to a phenomenal start—the best in the publisher’s entire history.

The giant entertainment conglomerate Vivendi has increased its stake in Ubisoft and Gameloft. Ubisofts’s CEO described it as “unsolicited and unwelcome.”