Ubisoft has disbanded the team behind Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. Game did not reach expectations and sequel was refused.

[Fenton]

This comes from the reliable french game journalist "Gautoz" who heard from multiple devs at Ubisoft Montpellier the news.

Internally, the fate of the game was already decided a few weeks after the release of the game, it was clear in Spring that after releasing a few DLCs and Cosmetics it would be the end.

A few members of the core dev team fought to get a sequel greenlit which did not happen, then they pushed for two expansions hoping that it would work this time but it didn't since Ubisoft needed more hands to help on other projects that had a better sales potential which wasn't the case with Lost Crown not meeting sales expectations.

Another crazy justification that the dev team received from higher-ups was that releasing a sequel for the game would cannibalize long term sales of the first game.

I've heard and read "It was the best game production in my entire life" three or four times in a single week-end while getting informations on the game's dev. One after the other i was told it was seen as a beacon of hope to create and a safe space for people that were burnt out by BG&E 2, the team has been disbanded by Ubisoft.

 

[Zzero]

Another crazy justification that the dev team received from higher-ups was that releasing a sequel for the game would cannibalize long term sales of the first game.

Whats crazy about that? Once a generation, just like Nintendo told them with M+R.

 

[voke]

My brother said it's the best Ubi game since rayman legends.

 

[Orangee]

Shit, so Rayman is truly cooked now? Damn

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Apparently this was a very good game, so if even such a game isn't getting support in the future...

...yeah, Ubisoft is cooked.

 

[Evilnemesis8]

Apparently this was a very good game, so if even such a game isn't getting support in the future...

...yeah, Ubisoft is cooked.

Ubisoft's reputation is so in the gutter that only its biggest games can push through general apathy from the general gaming community. That's a really hard hole to get out.

And yeah, it's a great game.

 

[Pey]

Such a shame. One of the best games of 2024.

 

[quest4441]

They can make the best thing since slice bread and I still wont buy anything ubislop puts out. They are firmly in the category of derision and apathy for me.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

It reviewed pretty well, but $40 for a metroidvania is a tough sell, given how hypercompetitive the space is.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

They launched it on a subscription service so the sales shouldn't matter

I bought it on PS5 and finished it. I thought it was great but they changed the main character to someone else. I don't know why studios keep doing that with iconic characters. So lame.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

They launched it on a subscription service so the sales shouldn't matter

I bought it on PS5 and finished it. I thought it was great but they changed the main character to someone else. I don't know why studios keep doing that with iconic characters. So lame.

There were probably still sales targets they had outside the subscription service which they missed. Or focus group surveys for a sequel were tepid during a period when they're trying to refocus on their product pipeline.

We'll probably never know, unless they allude to it in a financial report, which probably won't happen.