64K peak is NOT a flop. And I can prove it.

[edgarjacksby]

- Go to SteamDB.
- Go to Charts.
- Under Most Played Games, search "Assassin's Creed".
- Sort by "All-Time Peak"
- There ya go. Highest peak Steam players in the entire series.

Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, the Top 3 highest all released on Steam DAY ONE.

ALSO also, I don't give a CRAP if Ubisoft falls or sells the AC rights; they are an AWFUL company. NFTs, abusive workplace, sexual harassment, "get used to not owning games", etc. (btw, DEI policy is NOT one of those awful things, if anything Ubisoft would've been even worse without it). If you want to know what a REAL Ubisoft flop looks like, look up Skull & Bones' numbers. Yikes.

HOWEVER, them going out of business, or the franchise being sold off, doesn't change my argument because of how the game is doing on its own. Given the hole that company dug themselves into, even a modest success will be seen as a "failure" to them. Regardless of Ubisoft's unrealistic expectations, you can't deny that 3 million players in one week is not a flop.

UPDATE: Bringing up the Tencent stuff is not the "i told you so" you think it is; you're just taking a greedy corporation's word over actual numbers.

[Revan]

Now mention that almost other ac game released in steam months/years later than in other platforms

[TheDankKnight]

Ur right it’s not bad… it’s trash

[Sheen]

Investors will certainly not share your optimism.

[edgarjacksby]

Originally posted by Revan:

Now mention that almost other ac game released in steam months/years later than in other platforms

Some of them were Steam day-one releases. Could you look up which ones and compare the numbers?

[edgarjacksby]

Originally posted by Sheen:

Investors will certainly not share your optimism.

That's cause investors and executives, just like some of these chuds, have unrealistically high expectations. Not every movie will reach Avengers-level box office, that doesn't mean it's a flop.

[The-Divine-Cartographer]

Originally posted by the forsoothen:

- Go to SteamDB.
- Go to Charts.
- Under Most Played Games, search "Assassin's Creed".
- Sort by "All-Time Peak"
- There ya go.

(Also, and this is very important, the Top 3 results all released on Steam DAY ONE.)

Why didn't you buy the game?

[Mr. Man!]

nice essay ese still not buying

[Ichbin]

The Woke Game Timeline:
1. We Owned the Chuds!
2. It's Not that Bad, really! <-- you are here
3. Well, at least I enjoy it! And thats all that matters!
4. Ubisoft fires a ton of blue-haired workers.

[Rusty Booper]

veil guard got more day 1, and was still a failure,

[Caboose]

monster hunter had what? 1.5 million player, BG3 reached 850k, elden ring peaked at 950k. these are great launch.
and i won't attack AC on the woke stuff, it's up to you to see if you like it or not, i can say something nobody can tell is a lie, that serie is stale. the game mechanics are feeling old, it's repetitive as heck, it's pure ubisoft UI (and it's not a compliment). the main reason this game will underperform in the eyes of shareholders, is because it's too late in it's gameplay. we're not in 2015 anymore.

[.Zaga]

Ghost of tsushima had a peak 77k for a 4 year OLD game

Shadow only had 41k for brand new game?? Even if you multiply it by 10 it's still embarrassing for AAA game with decade long franchise

Not to mention Wukong had a peak 2.4M on steam

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by the forsoothen:

- Go to SteamDB.
- Go to Charts.
- Under Most Played Games, search "Assassin's Creed".
- Sort by "All-Time Peak"
- There ya go.

(Also, and this is very important, the Top 3 results all released on Steam DAY ONE.)

They were released 6+ and 7+ years ago. Back then steam (and its sales) was still very much considered secondary to consoles when it came to games that were also released on console.

This was also years before the covid boom of gaming. The game 4th on the list, Black Flag,m was released 12 years ago and it still had 40% of the peak this game does.

Now compare this to Rise of the Ronin that has a 12k peak despite almost noone knowing the game exists and it having mixed rating because of big performance issues. It also has a fraction of the development cost.

[Radek]

Why did the new IP Ghost of Tsushima have 77k player peak despite releasing on PC 4 years after PS4 version?

[BloodRaven33]

Originally posted by the forsoothen:

Originally posted by Revan:

Now mention that almost other ac game released in steam months/years later than in other platforms

Some of them were Steam day-one releases. Could you look up which ones and compare the numbers?

Origins in 2017 was a 41k peak player day one release like Shadows. Same player count, however the total gaming industry size gre 47% since then. Ubisoft is far off the mark. They need double these numbers just to keep pace with where they were per capita 8 years ago.

[Mū]

I'm sorry, but 41k all-time high, and already dipping? The numbers are laughable.

This simply shows how disconnected big companies have got. Nobody asks gamers anymore what they want, and it shows.