Amid Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced furore, Ubisoft's latest financial report removes widely mocked claim microtransactions make games "more fun"

Ubisoft has removed the widely mocked claim that microtransactions make games "more fun" from its latest financial report, amid ongoing controversy over microtransactions in the newly released Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The company had previously told investors that its monetisation approach made the player experience more fun by allowing personalization and faster progression. The sentiment is conspicuously absent from the company's 356-page Universal Registration Document 2025-26. Ubisoft's response to player criticism over Black Flag Resynced, which launched with around £75 of microtransactions, also stopped short of arguing that microtransactions are beneficial. The company stated that the standard edition is the full, complete experience and that additional packs are entirely optional. Elsewhere in the financial report, Ubisoft reiterated its commitment to accelerating investments in its "first playable Generative AI experience" and touted 2 million sales for Black Flag Resynced over the weekend.