AC Shadows has already achieved 20/25% of sales of most AC games over their entire career

[Stakanov]

If we rank the top 10 best-selling titles in the main Assassin's Creed series, sorted by estimated sales, here are the results:

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020) - 20 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013) - 15 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed III (2012) - 12 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed (2007) - 11 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed II (2009) - 10 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017) - 10 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014) - 10 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018) - 9.5 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) - 7 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) - 7 million copies sold
Assassin's Creed: Shadows (2025) - 2 million copies sold in 48 hours

At the same time, Assassin's Creed Shadows has achieved its best launch ever.

'We’re thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone!

Assassin's Creed Shadows has now surpassed the launches of AC Origins and Odyssey. Thank you for joining the journey in Feudal Japan! '

https://x.com/assassinscreed/status/1903431554459644198

Congratulations to Ubisoft

[AP0THICx]

Can we just pause for a moment...

I get that "2 million copies" is great and all, but this isnt a cause for celebration in the slightest. The game needs at the very least triple that to even get close to breaking even and to start making profit from its first dollar.

Since when was "2 million" an achievement for what is meant to be a AAA game from a Top 3 publisher such as Ubisoft?

Im tired of games being "fine". I dont have time to play games that are "fine". I want to spend my $80 on kickass games that blow me out of the water. And AC:Shadows has shown me everything but in one of my most beloved franchises.

I wanted features from Brotherhood such as recruiting your own assassins from random civilians and having them sent out on contracts, full of cosmetics and press L1 and they all come flying from the rooftops air assassinating like they used to 15 YEARS AGO!!! Things like this. And not some watered down version that we got.

The franchise feels like its going backwards and not innovating enough.

You should want more from this IP.

A hell of alot more.

[RedCelt]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Rune:

2 million players is not 2 million copies sold.

Shadows is slightly above Odyssey's peak count. Odyssey sold 1.4M at launch.

It has a steep hill to climb. It needs to sell 10+ million copies undiscounted to break even. If they heavily discount it they'll have to sell 20-30-40 million.

Math isn't mathing.

10 * 60 = 600

Where did you get 600million from ?

Is it math or truth you have difficulties with ?

[mipi123]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RedCelt:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Rune:

2 million players is not 2 million copies sold.

Shadows is slightly above Odyssey's peak count. Odyssey sold 1.4M at launch.

It has a steep hill to climb. It needs to sell 10+ million copies undiscounted to break even. If they heavily discount it they'll have to sell 20-30-40 million.

Math isn't mathing.

10 * 60 = 600

Where did you get 600million from ?

Is it math or truth you have difficulties with ?

funny how you conveniently chose to ignore the first part of their comment and grasped at straws where they used incorrect math. Even if those 2mil players meant full 70 dollars worth of each copy sold, which it doesnt. It is still barely enough to break even with a massive budget. So the math still wont be mathing

[I AM ALL HATCHETS]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Stakanov:

Początkowo opublikowane przez MoistKitten:

ITS A BIG BIG SUCCESS!!!!! HATERS STILL IN THEIR DELUSIONAL WORLD!!!! YIPEE!!!!! VICTORY!!!!!!

They totally refuse to see the success that is AC Shadows, the game is great, everyone is having fun and they stay in their cage drooling with rage over their non-existent Boycott, they will never be able to use "Go Woke Go Broke" again :lukasLaugh:

You know we can see you don't own the game right?

Also pretty sure people will be able to use that just fine given that Ubi has lost 80% stock value the past 5 years and it's on a 5 day down trend. Imagine launching a game and not increasing your stock value in 5 days with '2 million sales'.

[HADES2001]

many people just got Ubi+ for a month to play it so that offers a lot less income then an actual AC shadows sale. 2M players is not 2M sold copies it is not rocket science

[The Former]

We can't confirm all two million players are actual sales, since they have a subscription service. But if even half bought a copy, it's still pretty good numbers.

Początkowo opublikowane przez Jumunji:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Stakanov:

They totally refuse to see the success that is AC Shadows, the game is great, everyone is having fun and they stay in their cage drooling with rage over their non-existent Boycott, they will never be able to use "Go Woke Go Broke" again :lukasLaugh:

but there is actual paperwork public knowledge that say the company and IP are indeed in danger and will most likely have to split or sell .so how is AC a success if ubisoft said this is a hail mary to save the company and Ubisoft is currently tanking bad .. please explain

They have other properties. Their biggest flop and perhaps the thing most to blame for their current financial predicament is Skull and Bones. They invested, some estimate, nearly one billion dollars in it and ended up landing less than a million players.