AC: Shadows best-selling video game for first 3 weeks on market (Circana's Retail Tracking Service)

[Smooth_Merc]

Assassin's Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling video game in the US for each of its first 3 weeks in market, according to Circana's Retail Tracking Service (dollar sales, latest data through April 5th).

Currently ranks #2 year-to-date trailing only Monster Hunter: Wilds

Source - https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3lmrugvasic24

🤡’s feel free to write apologies in the comments below and here’s a video to huff copium to: https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

Origineel geplaatst door The_Box:

Origineel geplaatst door Vixziค็็็็็n:

That's not what I think, that's a fact. Please provide the same breakdown for Ubisoft being that you think what the two companies have provided is the same.

Literally nobody other than you clowns keep going on about 'what the companies provided'. We're talking about analysts who, for a living, analyze sales and markets to determine how things are doing, specifically because Ubisoft, again, does not release sales figures. They never have. The closest they get is their quarterly financial statements, and even those focus on revenue and player numbers rather than raw units sold.

Because, again, raw units sold is a useless number. The storefront takes a cut, that cut varies by storefront, then there's different editions, different regions that each have their own cuts that come out at different rates, etc. Revenue is the more useful figure, since that number is after all that nonsense.

The only clown is you who clearly has no idea how to do research on the actual substantive numbers that matter which goes beyond raw units but Ubisoft doesn't even seem to have that to provide.

[Weltall8000]

Origineel geplaatst door Vixziค็็็็็n:

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Thank you for dispelling any doubt about the veracity of my comment.

Yeah that's kinda what I figured. Case rested. AC shadows did not perform and there is no data to show that it is and plenty of the same type of soft data to suggest it hasn't which will be confirmed in the annual. Meanwhile KCD2 well surpassed it's budget and made another 64.6 M in digital revenue in February.

I accept your concession. There is no need to take you seriously.

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Origineel geplaatst door Vixziค็็็็็n:

Yeah that's kinda what I figured. Case rested. AC shadows did not perform and there is no data to show that it is and plenty of the same type of soft data to suggest it hasn't which will be confirmed in the annual. Meanwhile KCD2 well surpassed it's budget and made another 64.6 M in digital revenue in February.

I accept your concession. There is no need to take you seriously.

I mean you can accept whatever in that bubble of yours and pat yourself on the back and give yourself flowers, too bad it doesn't reflect anything near reality.

[Jem]

Origineel geplaatst door The_Box:

Origineel geplaatst door Lucifer Verone:

Nice try, still gonna need to see actual numbers though. If MHW and KCD and other games alike can do it then so can this so called "successful" game. The only reason it doesnt release its numbers is because they know its not a success, or what their investors would believe to be a success.

Ubisoft's never released public sales figures. They've always been famously secretive regarding exact sales numbers, both now and back when they were considered a 'gold standard' studio. The only time sales figures is when they release their financial reports, which likely come in July.

OK

https://x.com/ZhugeEX/status/1453753615756238850

https://i.postimg.cc/RFPrgG9b/FCz-FK0-SXEAQrsyu.jpg


https://www.gamesindustry.biz/assassins-creed-valhalla-sees-the-franchises-best-launch-sales-so-far

News by Rebekah Valentine Senior Staff Writer
Published on Nov. 17, 2020

"Assassin's Creed: Valhalla sees the franchise's best launch sales so far
It sold more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game, and set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales"

"Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week."



https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/assassins-creed-valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-game-launch-in-history

Sal Romano
Nov 17 2020 / 12:58 PM EDT

"Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the biggest Assassin’s Creed game launch in history, selling through more units in its first week than any other Assassin’s Creed game during the same period, publisher Ubisoft announced. "

[Ryu]

Really happy to hear that this is the overall second best selling game of the year so far, it's unlikely but I hope it overtakes Monster Hunter and gets to 1st place so that the worst people can die mad about it lmao

[The_Box]

Origineel geplaatst door Jem:

Origineel geplaatst door The_Box:

Ubisoft's never released public sales figures. They've always been famously secretive regarding exact sales numbers, both now and back when they were considered a 'gold standard' studio. The only time sales figures is when they release their financial reports, which likely come in July.

OK

https://x.com/ZhugeEX/status/1453753615756238850

https://i.postimg.cc/RFPrgG9b/FCz-FK0-SXEAQrsyu.jpg


https://www.gamesindustry.biz/assassins-creed-valhalla-sees-the-franchises-best-launch-sales-so-far

News by Rebekah Valentine Senior Staff Writer
Published on Nov. 17, 2020

"Assassin's Creed: Valhalla sees the franchise's best launch sales so far
It sold more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game, and set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales"

"Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week."



https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/assassins-creed-valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-game-launch-in-history

Sal Romano
Nov 17 2020 / 12:58 PM EDT

"Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the biggest Assassin’s Creed game launch in history, selling through more units in its first week than any other Assassin’s Creed game during the same period, publisher Ubisoft announced. "

More sales, more copies, cool. How many? Where are the sales numbers?

Or is it that not one of those articles actually says anything about sales numbers, just that there's a lot of them, since Ubisoft doesn't release sales numbers?

[Jem]

I give you a clue: more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game.

And another: set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales

And another: has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week


Could you stop lying now, please ? Thanks.

[Weltall8000]

Origineel geplaatst door Jem:

I give you a clue: more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game.

And another: set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales

And another: has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week


Could you stop lying now, please ? Thanks.

So, The_Box was right. You're very good at making those you argue with win.

[The_Box]

Origineel geplaatst door Jem:

I give you a clue: more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game.

And another: set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales

And another: has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week


Could you stop lying now, please ? Thanks.

There's still no sales numbers there. Just that there's a lot of them. They've said a lot of the same things about this game and you've insisted that's not sufficient.

Over three million players. Second best day-1 revenue for the entire franchise. Similar sales to Odyssey. You've disregarded all of these things as insufficient until they provide actual numbers. And, all those links you provided? Shocker, no sales numbers at all, just saying that there's a lot of them. The first link doesn't even mention sales at all, just profit.

It's almost like you're a hilariously unaware hypocrite who's grasping at straws so feverishly and blindly that the straws are considering joining the #MeToo movement.

[AquaryusDelights]

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Origineel geplaatst door Lucifer Verone:

What numbers? Where? What revenue? What are you talking about? KCD and MHW both broke even so i highly doubt this game with such a high budget and such low player numbers has exceeded revenue of KCD, even if it did we are still going to need to see that 3 million copies sold report to agree this game is #2. And even then 3 million is kinda low to turn a profit on this game.

Say the numbers appear and they do reflect that?*

You don't know the budget and you don't know the player count, beyond it is north of 3 million as of 3 weeks ago.

3 million players is not 3 million sales however...

[Shakoris]

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Origineel geplaatst door Jem:

I give you a clue: more copies at launch than any other Assassin's Creed game.

And another: set a new record for Ubisoft PC launch sales

And another: has sold more units in its first week than any other Assassin's Creed game in its respective first week


Could you stop lying now, please ? Thanks.

So, The_Box was right. You're very good at making those you argue with win.

Really? So your saying it's better than 3 and Valhalla?

[Dreamer Zetsuna the Sleepy]

lol naoe will i apologize. You mean ''players...''

Origineel geplaatst door Ryuudou:

Incels are furious.

Ppl really arent. Hell most forgot this even released. That's telling...

[Lucifer Verone]

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Origineel geplaatst door Lucifer Verone:

You are just believing it without any proof. I want to see the numbers as to how they reached their conclusion, how is that a bad thing? And why do defenders of this game avidly steer away from conclusive numbers whenever some asks for them? Its always "We cant know". Its not helping this case, its the same as it was for Avowed, no sales numbers just player numbers and the same articles popping up saying the same thing.

You believe MH and KCD2 without any proof.

You're just wrong there. We don't have them and I am very clear with the fact that we don't. When we do have Circana saying it is #2 YTD and #1 weekly, three weeks running, you're like "nope, wrong." Even though you gladly accept their MH is #1 YTD and other sales rankings they provide. So long as you like what they say.

What about Avowed? Do you know know anything about that either?

What do you mean? There is proof for MHW and KCD. Are you being obtuse on purpose?

[SlapsMcGaps]

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

Origineel geplaatst door Lucifer Verone:

Again with this stuff. Listen everyone posting this really needs to know that there are no numbers for this game, ubi has not released them, unlike monster hunter and kcd2. Saying THIS game is a high seller when it is on subscription services is a bit of a reach. Ill believe it when i see the numbers. Otherwise this is just cope.

Behind MH, ahead of everything else.

Everything else.... KCD2. is the only other notable release of 2025 aside from wilds when this was published. KCD2 sold almost just as much as shadows with 1/6th of the development cost and was a huge success that was received extremely well and turned a massive profit. since then 2 other notable games have come out, Schedule 1 and REPO, which also out sold it and made a massive profit with almost no development cost whatsoever.

[SlapsMcGaps]

Origineel geplaatst door Lucifer Verone:

Origineel geplaatst door Weltall8000:

You believe MH and KCD2 without any proof.

You're just wrong there. We don't have them and I am very clear with the fact that we don't. When we do have Circana saying it is #2 YTD and #1 weekly, three weeks running, you're like "nope, wrong." Even though you gladly accept their MH is #1 YTD and other sales rankings they provide. So long as you like what they say.

What about Avowed? Do you know know anything about that either?

What do you mean? There is proof for MHW and KCD. Are you being obtuse on purpose?

These retreads love to leave out the fact that sales numbers mean nothing when you don't take development cost into consideration. or that mhw and kcd2 were the only other games out in 2025 at the time. They also keep claiming that being a top seller 3 weeks in a row when nothing else came out is some how an achievement. Sales numbers aren't something to brag about when you almost bankrupt your company, tank your stocks, insult an entire culture and leave a stain on a beloved franchise while to do it.