Ubisoft has disbanded the Prince of Persia The Lost Crown development team due to the game’s poor sales. About it reported French blogger Gautoz, who talked to the company’s employees.
Ubisoft’s management made a decision about the project’s future in the spring of 2024, a few weeks after the game’s release. This decision triggered a wave of attempts to save the project by the development team.
The studio’s leading specialists actively tried to convince the management to approve the sequel, but their arguments were not supported. As a result, Ubisoft transferred all the specialists to other projects with higher commercial potential.
Despite this development, the team members called Prince of Persia The Lost Crown the best project of their careers. For many developers, this game was a breath of fresh air after the grueling work on the problematic Beyond Good and Evil 2. However, even such a creative success failed to convince the management.
The company’s top managers explained their refusal to create a sequel due to fears that the second part could harm the long-term sales of the original game. This decision contrasts particularly with the high ratings of the project.
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown has received positive reviews from critics and players. On the Metacritic aggregator the game has 86 points out of 100 from journalists and 8.5 out of 10 from users. On Steam 83% of reviews are positive. However, commercial performance was not as optimistic.
According to data by the end of January, approximately 300,000 people played the game, and the profit amounted to about $15 million. These figures did not meet the publisher’s expectations.
The disbandment of the Prince of Persia — team is not the only problem Ubisoft has faced recently. The company transferred release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows for February 2025, and Star Wars Outlaws showed unsatisfactory financial results. Against the backdrop of these events information has appeared about Tencent’s interest in acquiring the studio.
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