Game News “Skull and Bones is a game in its own right” and it will be sold at full price. Players do not necessarily agree with Ubisoft’s explanations

Game news “Skull and Bones is a game in its own right” and it will be sold at full price. Players do not necessarily agree with Ubisoft’s explanations

Further, higher, stronger and more expensive

After an almost endless development of seven years, Skull and Bones finally getting ready to go out. Ubisoft’s new game must offer a new adventure on the high seas aboard a pirate ship
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flaga formula particularly appreciated at the time by players.

In fact, Skull and Bones presents itself as a multiplayer pirate game which takes place exclusively on board a ship. A project that we have heard about for a long time, which must now land on consoles and PC. However, you should know that the software will be sold at a high price of 80 euros. Asked about this price increase by an investor during a recent meeting, Ubisoft CEO Yve Guillemot responded: “You will see that Skull and Bones is a game in its own right. It’s a really big game, and we think people will see how big and comprehensive this game is. It’s a truly complete game, triple…quadruple A, which will keep its promises in the long term.“ We must therefore understand that the studio is thinking very big for its new game. But not sure that the players will be of the same opinion.

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A difficult pill to swallow

Since Sony decided to market its PS5 games at 80 euros, many studios have decided to follow suit. Last year, Take-Two and even Capcom were talking about increasing the price of games in order to make their launch viable, a trend which will sooner or later end up imposing itself on the entire market and to which Ubisoft is giving in for the second time after Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Let us remember, however, that this increase does not concern the entire studio catalog while Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown And Assassin’s Creed Mirage are both priced at 49.99 euros.

That being said, players don’t seem completely convinced by the Skull and Bones experience, let alone its price. The game is currently in open beta and there are many divergent opinions. Some people have a lot of fun while others are bored. But more than the price, it is the “AAAA” classification mentioned by Yves Guillemot which seems to annoy players. On Twitter/X in particular, many users share their annoyance at this name which, for many, lacks meaning. At any rate, it is possible to discover the game now with the open beta which ends on February 12. Subsequently, the software will be available from February 16 on PC, Xbox Series and PS5, or three days earlier for those who have pre-ordered the Premium edition.