64k peak

[donut32]

this rocket blew up on the launch pad. what was ubisoft thinking?

hope anno romans isnt cancelled

[Eldwin]

All I gotta say is most of that player base so far that we can tell is Ubisoft+ and Playstation

[donut32]

Publicado originalmente por Eldwin:

All I gotta say is most of that player base so far that we can tell is Ubisoft+ and Playstation

starfield was on gamepass and xbox and hit 330k

[The Former]

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

Publicado originalmente por Eldwin:

All I gotta say is most of that player base so far that we can tell is Ubisoft+ and Playstation

starfield was on gamepass and xbox and hit 330k

Starfield was also hyped to the moon (no pun intended). Shadows was marketed, but I wouldn't really say there was a lot of hype for it. Not compared to Starfield. Starfield was supposed to be GOTY before it actually launched.

[Victoria Raverna]

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

this rocket blew up on the launch pad. what was ubisoft thinking?

hope anno romans isnt cancelled

64k is the highest one for an AC game. Beat AC Odyssey which was previously hold the record.

[donut32]

Publicado originalmente por The Former:

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

starfield was on gamepass and xbox and hit 330k

Starfield was also hyped to the moon (no pun intended). Shadows was marketed, but I wouldn't really say there was a lot of hype for it. Not compared to Starfield. Starfield was supposed to be GOTY before it actually launched.

ridiculous comment. shadows had insane press, negative press, and deservedly so.

this is what happens when you have activism mixed with revisionist history

[donut32]

Publicado originalmente por Victoria Raverna:

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

this rocket blew up on the launch pad. what was ubisoft thinking?

hope anno romans isnt cancelled

64k is the highest one for an AC game. Beat AC Odyssey which was previously hold the record.

AC odyssey had 62k and this game has 64k

thats the hill you want to die on huh

[Lou]

This is the most expensive AC game so far and they still have more bills to pay, they can't make a profit with these numbers and now it has already reached its highest player count, from now on players will drop slowly until it's off the cliff.

Good games get more players over time, games like shadows will just lose players after the first weekend, just look at the numbers next weekend to see that I am right.

No matter how people spin it, it is a commercial failure and the coming months will further prove it.

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Publicado originalmente por donut32:

Publicado originalmente por Victoria Raverna:

64k is the highest one for an AC game. Beat AC Odyssey which was previously hold the record.

AC odyssey had 62k and this game has 64k

thats the hill you want to die on huh

And there's more than two times the amount of people on steam now compared to back then.

[HiRed_ThuG]

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

this rocket blew up on the launch pad. what was ubisoft thinking?

hope anno romans isnt cancelled

Come here, closer. I'll tell you a secret. Not all of the players are on Steam. All purchases outside Steam and the Epic game store go to the Ubisoft Connect DRM. This includes purchases from Greenman gaming, Amazon and the Ubisoft Store. You can save 20% from purchasing outside of Steam.

Also, look at the numbers of previous Assassins Creed games on Steam. Shadows is at the top. How could these games have done so well whilst having such low Steam concurrent numbers? The mind boggles.

[Eldwin]

Publicado originalmente por Lou:

This is the most expensive AC game so far and they still have more bills to pay, they can't make a profit with these numbers and now it has already reached its highest player count, from now on players will drop slowly until it's off the cliff.

Good games get more players over time, games like shadows will just lose players after the first weekend, just look at the numbers next weekend to see that I am right.

No matter how people spin it, it is a commercial failure and the coming months will further prove it.

Things can turn around and they could add co-op like Tsushima did.

[Lou]

Publicado originalmente por Eldwin:

Publicado originalmente por Lou:

This is the most expensive AC game so far and they still have more bills to pay, they can't make a profit with these numbers and now it has already reached its highest player count, from now on players will drop slowly until it's off the cliff.

Good games get more players over time, games like shadows will just lose players after the first weekend, just look at the numbers next weekend to see that I am right.

No matter how people spin it, it is a commercial failure and the coming months will further prove it.

Things can turn around and they could add co-op like Tsushima did.

Indeed a lot of things can happen, time will tell.
If the game is on sale in summer then we have the answer.

[Victoria Raverna]

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

Publicado originalmente por Victoria Raverna:

64k is the highest one for an AC game. Beat AC Odyssey which was previously hold the record.

AC odyssey had 62k and this game has 64k

thats the hill you want to die on huh

AC Odyssey sold for over 10 million copies.

If AC Shadows can match that number, it'll be a success.

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Publicado originalmente por HiRed_ThuG:

Publicado originalmente por donut32:

this rocket blew up on the launch pad. what was ubisoft thinking?

hope anno romans isnt cancelled

Come here, closer. I'll tell you a secret. Not all of the players are on Steam. All purchases outside Steam and the Epic game store go to the Ubisoft Connect DRM. This includes purchases from Greenman gaming, Amazon and the Ubisoft Store.

Ubisoft have confirmed that Steam plays a "significant role" in their PC sales, especially with the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
We've also known since 2019 Ubisoft has stated PC gaming has become Ubisoft's main avenue for sales and it would only grow because steam PC gameing is growing at a faster rate than console gameing.
Hell even Capcom said something similar they predicted PC sales will grow bigger than console sales by 2019 and now look Monster Hunter sold more on PC.

And if you think most PC sales aren't on steam then there not actual full sales there subs or a 20% discount.

[HiRed_ThuG]

Publicado originalmente por 1080Puktra:

Publicado originalmente por HiRed_ThuG:

Come here, closer. I'll tell you a secret. Not all of the players are on Steam. All purchases outside Steam and the Epic game store go to the Ubisoft Connect DRM. This includes purchases from Greenman gaming, Amazon and the Ubisoft Store.

Ubisoft have confirmed that Steam plays a "significant role" in their PC sales, especially with the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
We've also known since 2019 Ubisoft has stated PC gaming has become Ubisoft's main avenue for sales and it would only grow because steam PC gameing is growing at a faster rate than console gameing.
Hell even Capcom said something similar they predicted PC sales will grow bigger than console sales by 2019 and now look Monster Hunter sold more on PC.

Where did they say that? And significant doesn't mean the only.

1/3 of sales is still significant.

Until you actually know what percentage of Ubisoft sales end up on Steam, using Steam numbers to determine the success of the game is pointless especially where the numbers and comments elsewhere are pointing to a huge success already.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-assassins-creed-shadows-is-the-series-second-biggest-launch-ever/

https://gamingbolt.com/assassins-creed-shadows-is-the-uks-biggest-physical-launch-of-2025

Yeah, but Steam concurrent players, please look over there instead!

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Publicado originalmente por HiRed_ThuG:

Publicado originalmente por 1080Puktra:

Ubisoft have confirmed that Steam plays a "significant role" in their PC sales, especially with the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
We've also known since 2019 Ubisoft has stated PC gaming has become Ubisoft's main avenue for sales and it would only grow because steam PC gameing is growing at a faster rate than console gameing.
Hell even Capcom said something similar they predicted PC sales will grow bigger than console sales by 2019 and now look Monster Hunter sold more on PC.

Where did they say that? And significant doesn't mean the only. 1/3 of sales is still significant.

How do you not understand this if we go out and say 2/3rds aren't on steam do you know what that means that would point out the majority of sales aren't even full priced sales there subs meaning you need 4-5subs to equal one sale of the game.

They need roughly 7mill full price sales just to break even and there talking 2mill players not sales, a certain game named Vielguard also did this exact same thing they had millions of players but not once mentioned the copys sold and they had a sub fee that was cheaper a bigger launch on steam and if I remember that game didn't do to well.

Just think about it if most PC players aren't on steam that means they went with the cheaper option meaning Ubisoft got significantly less money on the game at launch.