How well will this game do sale-wise?

[Fubukio]

How well do you guys think this game will do sale-wise?

Will it be a success? Will it barely break-even? Will it a flop?

[JKDos]

Since it's launching to Steam day 1, I'd say they'll sell better than the average recent Assassin's Creed game has, and maybe a little more seeing as this is Assassin's Creed set in Japan.

Will it be GOTY? No. Monster Hunter's record is unbelievably high. Something not seen since Baldur's Gate 3.

[ChoeChoeTrain]

It'll sell because of its an ac game but probably not enough to save the company.

[RakataEpsilon]

Given that the budget is probably 200 million plus, they are going to have to sell probably 5 to 7 million on all platforms combined to break even. This would be after platform fees, distributor fees, disc manufacturing fees, etc factored in. People like sony and steam take 30% of sales for example

Edit: They also have revenue from Ubisoft+ that they have since shadows is included with that, but it technically doesnt count as a unit sale, but im sure they can lump some of that in with trying to recoup the development costs. Also they have a discount running on shadows as a unit sale on connect atm as well as discounts on Ubisoft+ for at least Xbox afaik

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[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Fubukio:

How well do you guys think this game will do sale-wise?

Long-term goal: Smash Valhalla's records.

It'll break Valhalla's record of 20 million copies.

But it'll take the entirety of 2025 to do it.

[Shzy]

It will do pretty well actually

AC Fanbase has been waiting for a full flagship entry since AC Valhalla as Mirage was not flagship game but Shadows is and considering it's developed by Quebec which not mention made AC Odyssey who got nominated for 2018 GOTY

I have good hopes Shadows will do very well

[anurag14]

Hope It Sells Well

[Shzy]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

Originally posted by Fubukio:

How well do you guys think this game will do sale-wise?

Long-term goal: Smash Valhalla's records.

It'll break Valhalla's record of 20 million copies.

But it'll take the entirety of 2025 to do it.

I'm huge AC fan but I still don't see it will break Valhalla's records the reason Valhalla was a massive success because it was released in lockdown era many people were free they needed some big games to play

but I still hope Shadows does pretty well

[Kapusta]

Just like skull and bones maybe even worse.

[Dregora]

It'll be the final nail in Ubisofts coffin, that's how bad they'll sell. Even aside from how the game is, people seem to forget Ubisoft recents terrible track record on so many fronts.

They'll suffer for it.

[Deus Ex]

It will prolly pull some numbers since it's Ubisoft and AC game, but i doubt it will pull the numbers like Valhalla.
Different time period, different circumstances, a lot has changed for Ubisoft in past few years.
They will be very lucky to break even, but i don't think that will happen. It's very much an upill battle for them.

[Santoryu]

Seeing how the game isnt that great, prob just like it was with Outlaws if people are smart enough to see it. Only black flag remake can prob help them, if they dont ♥♥♥♥ up this game too ofc.

[Master Blaster]

I doubt they will come close to their target sales, they will get the assassin creed fans probably, but with all the other games that are coming out this month, I doubt they will appeal to newer audiences, theres just too much backlash aftermath of what happened. When you cater to the view you usually lose the many, I really hope they take a lesson from all this going forward.

[BobbyStacks]

I hope Ubisoft goes bankrupt.

[Freca]

Originally posted by RakataEpsilon:

Given that the budget is probably 200 million plus, they are going to have to sell probably 5 to 7 million on all platforms combined to break even.

At it's current rate of sale it's already been projected to sell at least 6 million copies within it's first 30 days. That's a very successful launch of a video game when the franchise typically releases right before the holidays and banks on those sales.