To those saying that 40k or 50k players is good...

[Aleron]

...do some math.

The game reportedly had a budget of ~300 million USD, give or take, but lets settle with that amount for the sake of it.

If the game needs to break even, it would need to sell ~4.28 million copies for the base price, or ~3.33 million copies for the deluxe edition. This is not taking into account like cuts from publishers and platforms, this is the amount needed at raw price/value per copy.

Also, do take into account that while the initial sales would make it look like the whole 'go woke go...top of the sales charts!' bulls***, that is just the first twenty-four hours. Give at least a week after the game's launch before going into that nonsense.

Edit: Alright, lemme put it this way...

Ubisoft did recently claim they have over a million players for Shadows.

This however doesn't cover actual sales, which could easily be hampered due to the game being on varying subscription passes (Game Pass, Ubislop+, etc). Steamdb at least kind of confirms how many people ended up buying it, but still leaving a lot of speculation of how many actually bought it because again, the game would need to sell several million copies to try and break even, with the platform/publisher cuts taking place.

Given how much the game pissed everyone off, I highly doubt it'll come close to getting the required amount

[Powellinho.72]

The copium is strong with them fanboys, thinking 40k players is enough for success.......

[the old jaeger]

Ubi+ sub/ a lot of ppl bought it on Ubi Connect since it was 20% off

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Originally posted by Aleron:

...do some math.

for someone doing math you don't seem to taking into account the fact that the game is on also on ubi store, epic store, consoles, and ubisoft+

[admiral1018]

This game is available on half a dozen other platforms as well.

[MakMak]

What effect do the player numbers have on the game that's already been released? None. So why do people care so much about the number of players in a single player game?

[Major Ahole]

There's people in this exact forum saying veilguard sold well,even after ea called it a flop

They'll just tell themselves millions are playing on consoles forever

[Adamas, God of Prominence Poker]

No one cares man.

[Kawalorn]

Originally posted by MakMak:

What effect do the player numbers have on the game that's already been released? None. So why do people care so much about the number of players in a single player game?

Because ♥♥♥♥♥♥ games failing hard force devs to make better games in the future. Some people would prefer quality games to be created, unlike those satisfied by wallowing in slop.

[CritterK9]

Do the math: it doesn't take into account people who have played the game on different platforms. Your thinking isn't as "checkmate" as you think

[Aleron]

Originally posted by CritterK9:

Do the math: it doesn't take into account people who have played the game on different platforms. Your thinking isn't as "checkmate" as you think

I would if those numbers were available/easily found, which to my knowledge, aren't.

[CritterK9]

Originally posted by Aleron:

Originally posted by CritterK9:

Do the math: it doesn't take into account people who have played the game on different platforms. Your thinking isn't as "checkmate" as you think

I would if those numbers were available/easily found, which to my knowledge, aren't.

No ♥♥♥♥ so what does that tell you? Not to make assumptions!

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Originally posted by Aleron:

I would if those numbers were available/easily found, which to my knowledge, aren't.

right, that's why your math fails and this thread is pointless

until ubi releases the sale numbers, as public companies are obligated to

[Middy]

Ubisoft were reporting over 1 million players in under 24 hours. I'd say they're happy. OP is free to remain frustrated if he wants to, some people just wanna live that way.

[Dagtag]

Originally posted by Aleron:

Originally posted by CritterK9:

Do the math: it doesn't take into account people who have played the game on different platforms. Your thinking isn't as "checkmate" as you think

I would if those numbers were available/easily found, which to my knowledge, aren't.

When you have an unknown number in math you don’t ignore it, it means you can’t actually solve the equation.

[Ernimus Prime]

You cucks think players all on PC. Give your heads a shake.