{"id":739785,"date":"2025-11-23T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-23T11:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:30:50","slug":"ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft backs away from VR after disappointing Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has said the company won&#8217;t be increasing its investment into VR due to poor sales of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR.<\/p>\n<p>The Meta Quest exclusive released in November 2023, and lets players step into the shoes of series protagonists Ezio, Kassandra, and Connor.<\/p>\n<p>Nexus VR isn&#8217;t mentioned at all in <a href=\"https:\/\/staticctf.ubisoft.com\/8aefmxkxpxwl\/52CZPA6t2S0cuqWQNd7HFo\/55f5a6a5ce31644077755e0b93233b04\/Ubisoft_FY24_Q3_PR_English.pdf\">Ubisoft&#8217;s Q3 earnings press release<\/a>, but the game was addressed by Guillemot during its conference call (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/ubisoft-was-disappointed-by-assassins-creed-nexus-vr-sales-will-not-increase-vr-investment\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-backs-away-from-vr-after-disappointing-assassins-creed-nexus-sales?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has said the company won&#8217;t be increasing its investment into VR due to poor sales of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR. 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