Several publications and journalists at once reported that Assassin’s Creed Shadows demonstrates the second most successful launch in the history of the franchise. Ahead is only Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which went into a more favorable period for games.
Recall, herself Ubisoft I boasted that in a couple of days from the release an audience "Shadows" exceeded 2 million users. This is more than Origins and Odyssey .
Here is a brief squeeze from analysts:
Shadows I took the https://safaribingocasino.co.uk second place in revenue for the first day of the launch, losing, again, "Valgalla". As noted in the press, the novelty managed to achieve this in March, although all other parts of the franchise started in more profitable periods of thanksgiving . Besides, Shadows Coronavirus pandemic did not help, as it was with Valhalla.
In the total amount Shadows We watched more than 11 million hours at Twitch. More than all recent games AC.
The PC accounted for about 27 % of activation "Shadows" – This is probably included in both full -fledged sales and loading by Ubisoft subscription+. It is noted that Steam played a “significant role” in this indicator. Recall, Shadows was the first major title of the studio since 2019, which started in the store Valve simultaneously with other platforms.
The insider inserted his five kopecks Tom Henderson (Tom Henderson). Its sources gained access to information based on their own analytical tools Ubisoft. If you rely on their data, according to the number of gamers at the start Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of all parts of the series, with the exception of the same Valhalla. Here are the numbers:
Henderson believes that in the coming days "Shadows" take a bar of 3 million players. If the current trajectory is preserved, already in the first month the project will attract 6 million users. For the same period of time at Valhalla there were 8 million players, and Odyssey – 3.4 million. Here, again, it is worth considering that all parts of the franchise, except Shadows, went closer to the winter festive period.
Meanwhile Ubisoft The community thanked the community for a warm reception "Shadows". The studio also noted a difficult way to release and once again said thanks for the patience and support. “We hope you enjoy immersion in feudal Japan. We can’t wait to see how the game evolves after your reviews ", – With these words, the developers completed their appeal.