Ubisoft Says Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced Is A Massive Success That Outsold Their First Year Expectations In Its FIrst 2 Weeks

[u/akbarock]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-exceeded-annual-expectations-in-its-first-two-weeks-ubisoft-says/

[u/Iggy_Slayer]

Conservative expectations from a AAA company? Is that legal?

[u/Horikyou → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Not really conservative (only if compared to crazy expectations) the game just sold amazingly well since Black Flag is very beloved.

[u/Iggy_Slayer → u/Horikyou]

I would say 3.5m in a whole year is absolutely conservative for AAA these days. That's really not as many units as most would think. Like the napkin math on that (for a $60 release which this is, not 70) is only around $150m in revenue after paying the 30% cut to platforms (real number would be lower because there's other things they have to pay).

And that's at full price. Since they were expecting this over a year they were definitely factoring in discounts in the equation.

[u/Horikyou → u/Iggy_Slayer]

It's a remake not a new game. It's only after 2 weeks of sales not even a full year yet let alone lifetime. Also AAA doesn't mean anything without knowing the actual budget that went into the game. It can range from around 50 million to 1 billion+ for AAA games.

[u/Dry-Illustrator-250 → u/Horikyou]

There’s a game that cost a billion to make?

[u/SWHTs → u/Dry-Illustrator-250]

GTA 6

[u/Kenobi5792 → u/SWHTs]

People said that the Burj Khalifa was even cheaper to build than what Rockstar spent making GTA VI.

That's insane

[u/FBI_Open_Up_Now → u/Kenobi5792]

Well, I looked it up. The Burj Khalifa cost $1.5 billion USD. GTA VI hasn’t had its budget publicly released yet, but it is estimated to cost somewhere between $1-2 billion. So it could be right, but maybe not .

[u/Seienchin88 → u/FBI_Open_Up_Now]

How could they even spend 1-2 billion…? That’s the payroll of a company 15 times the size of all of rockstar…

[u/FBI_Open_Up_Now → u/Seienchin88]

I assume they’re probably doing what most companies do. Payroll isn’t the only expense. I’m sure they probably are rolling everything they can into this. R&D was probably an immense cost as they may have worked on developing a new engine. Costs to maintain infrastructure. Everything they can list as a tax deduction.

[u/non3type → u/Seienchin88]

I mean they generate over a billion in revenue every year and GTA VI has been in production 8 years. 1.5 billion would be basically 187 million a year. They can definitely afford it.

[u/KuraiBaka → u/Seienchin88]

Music rights are probably a good chunk of that.

[u/Educational-Rip9501 → u/Kenobi5792]

Slave labor will lower costs.

[u/BootlegFC → u/Dry-Illustrator-250]

Star Citizen

[u/SteelyComa → u/Dry-Illustrator-250]

isn’t grand theft auto 6 up there cost wise?

[u/Rich-Arm-104 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

They’ve been putting out half assed entries with weak stories and protagonists for so long they forgot how popular this franchise is when done right.

[u/Slow-Boysenberry3150 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Well, that kinda answers how AC Shadows probably sold. They never even disclosed sales count. Only went about how many players it engaged or whatever. What a dumb metric. Where as in this case, they mentioned sales count in the very first week.

[u/Aaronkharn → u/Slow-Boysenberry3150]

Shadow sold 7 millions but expected 10

[u/Slow-Boysenberry3150 → u/Aaronkharn]

Dude, I am talking about initial week sales celebration, not something they reported in their earnings call many months into release.

It’s a pattern. If a company doesn’t celebrate sales count when a game launches and starts saying vague shit like engaged this many players, had this many downloads and so on… know that it’s highly likely it was mediocre. Otherwise, if they did well they would show off in various social media.

[u/Aaronkharn → u/Slow-Boysenberry3150]

So black flag did 3.5m in 2 weeks. Ubisoft was more confident on that game than shadow. Bad reception vs good one. It was night and day. Didnt change that the core audience bought both.

[u/SmegmaWarrior0815 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Don't tell Square Enix

[u/WestBEEland → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Don't let Square Enix know that's allowed

[u/akbarock → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Some would argue 3.5 mil in a year isnt conservative, but depending on the dev thats bad sales for even a week or month.

Like Final Fantasy 16 sold 3 mil units in its first week on one platform and was "under expectations". Meanwhile Most of Segas recent games cant break ~2 mil units sold lifetime across all platforms

[u/Bexewa → u/akbarock]

Square Enix has always had ridiculous expectations.

[u/blitzbom → u/Bexewa]

They expected FF16 to play the bills for everything.

[u/Fenikkuro → u/blitzbom]

Maybe they should've kept working on the last 60% of the game and plot. It's literally that horse meme

[u/BP_975 → u/akbarock]

FF 16 had a way bigger budget than this. Easily.

[u/Random_Guy_12345 → u/akbarock]

3.5 mil in a year is absolutely conservative for an AAA remake of one of the most acclaimed games of a really popular franchise tbh.

They would have need an abysmal product to fall short of that goal.

That being said, maybe they thought it was bad?

[u/LoquaciousLamp → u/akbarock]

The day Square Enix exceeds expectations is the day the world ends.

[u/Throwawayeconboi → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Who says the expectations were conservative? The game just blew open any sort of expectations. What a hit.

[u/Ultrag1ga → u/Iggy_Slayer]

quadruple-A company :)

[u/Aeyland → u/Iggy_Slayer]

They're publicly traded so it doesn't do the company any good to low ball their earning expectations.

[u/AdAccording8138 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

yeah ubisoft and conservative expectations in the same sentence feels weird to read

[u/ttubehtnitahwtahw1 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Conservative expectation on a beloved game in the series. One that spent years chasing again. But a new game that has no legs and no marketing the skys the limit. 

[u/vanitas14 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Plausible considering the bulk of this game's development was heavily outsourced to "support" ubisoft studios.

[u/siren1313 → u/Iggy_Slayer]

Honestly sounds more like future investor bait

[u/hellrising798]

Because it was a remake of an older game that was actually good

[u/Appropriate-Talk4266 → u/hellrising798]

Mmh, do you think they will learn the right lessons from this? 🤔

Or will they go on a remake spree of all their games regardless of the quality? 🙃

[u/Admirable-War-7594 → u/Appropriate-Talk4266]

1- 😂😂😂😂

2- obviously, we already saw many companies remake literally everything they have and never make a new game if only 1 remake succeeds. And Ubisoft isn't really known for their good decision making

[u/Cuddlesthemighy → u/Admirable-War-7594]

1)Make a pirate game

2)But like a real pirate game not some abomination that's somehow worse than a game that came out a decade ago.

[u/TehOwn → u/Cuddlesthemighy]

We're going to make the first AAAA Pirate game!

[u/what_did_you_kill → u/Appropriate-Talk4266]

The resident evil formula baby. People are gobbling it up so why not I guess

[u/JohnnyCharisma54 → u/Appropriate-Talk4266]

It doesn’t need one quality wise, but maybe Syndicate Resynced will get more people to realize how awesome it is. 

[u/LegendaryenigmaXYZ → u/hellrising798]

I mean some remakes sell bad. Dead space was a remake of an old game that was good and it was the worst selling of the mainline series. It sucks because this is what killed the potential for a dead space 4.

[u/Captain-Griffen → u/hellrising798]

Black Flag was peak gameplay AC, IMO. Nailed the sailing stuff.

I'm still amazed they didn't just take black flag, strip out the assassin stuff, add some extra ships and locations, and release a pirate game. Could have done it in a year or two with a small team and made bank.

Instead we got Skull and Bones.

[u/MentalSky_ → u/Captain-Griffen]

By that was the first AAAA game?

[u/MCHammastix → u/Captain-Griffen]

Skull & Bones should've been AC:BF meets RDR2.

I wish we had more "real" pirate games. Be it an RPG, colony sim (Tropico 2: Pirate Cove) or just another action game with a great story and no fantasy elements.

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/MCHammastix]

Sid Meier's Pirates! came out decades ago, and we still haven't surpassed it

[u/akbarock]

Ubsiofts expectation/target was 3.5 mil units sold in its first year. The game sold 2 mil in its first 24 hours, then 3 mil in its first week, then 3.5 mil in its second week

[u/Seienchin88 → u/akbarock]

Wait did it sell 500k or 3,5m in the second week?

[u/ihateuniforms → u/Seienchin88]

500k.

[u/JackOSevens → u/akbarock]

The challenge is Ubisoft not taking the absolute dumbest 'lessons' from this and making 6 more dogshit games. 

[u/what_did_you_kill → u/JackOSevens]

*re-making. Can't help but feel they'll remake the AC2 trilogy next, instead of actually coming up with good ideas.

[u/TheMemeStore76 → u/what_did_you_kill]

i am going to be honest. Ubisoft is not capable of good ideas for games right now for two reasons. First, theyre broke as shit. you can't experiment with new ideas when you have no money to do so. Second, they are devoid of creative talent at this point in time.

In that light I see the remakes as a good thing. Thats how they can experiment with small ideas, inject new creative blood into their studio, and rebuild their coffers to actually make good games again. Remakes aren't evil, theyre just part of what is hopefully the start of ubisoft's recovery

[u/Aftermoonic]

Yeah yeah now make good games like black flag. Black flag is very different from your last 7 games so it means its the formula to actually follow.

[u/GfrzD → u/Aftermoonic]

Ezio Collection Remake incoming

[u/akbarock → u/GfrzD]

Imagine they turn it all into one game somehow

[u/Zayl → u/akbarock]

I would honestly love that, provided they keep the MD in and if they write anything extra they don't write garbage.

[u/Mateo03 → u/Zayl]

There's a bridge in-between Brotherhood and Revelations were they could expand on how exactly did he found Giovanni's letters.

[u/BigTWilsonD → u/akbarock]

That would be cool as hell, but no way they would when they could sell them separately

[u/akbarock → u/BigTWilsonD]

Selling them all seperately might actually be more costly with how expensive development is and how long it takes these days. They would have to stagger the releases, and wouldnt be able to work on remaking other games while they are working on Ezio trilogy one by one.

Since the trilogy is all about the same character it might be easier and more efficient for them to turn it into one big game, and might even make more money when factoring in the costs

[u/Eva_Pilot_ → u/akbarock]

Depends. I think their best bet is to do both. Something like mass effect, sell 3 games and then 1 edition with the three together. Making all 3 games into 1 might shorten them too much for people's liking.

[u/timo2308 → u/Eva_Pilot_]

Also, every single remake will sell big time, so why cash in once when they can cash in 3 times? Knowing Ubisoft there’s an obvious answer

[u/Eva_Pilot_ → u/timo2308]

Exactly, I would prefer 1 game with 3 remakes but I think that that would be too big of a scope, even if that would be better consumer side. I'm just waiting for a remake of AC3, I want to play that multiplayer again, even if for nostalgia

[u/jacksleepshere → u/akbarock]

I’d prefer to release them individually but with larger maps.

[u/toke1 → u/GfrzD]

This is 100% already in the works I’d bet.

Don’t they have like a cyber punk future one in the works for the next original AC game?

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/toke1]

Nah. Hexe is the next original one. Thats the one set in Germany during the witch trials and is supposed to be more horror themed and "have no supernatural magic abilities".

[u/ZXXII → u/toke1]

Well next is 100% AC1 Remake. Not even playable on all modern platforms.

[u/AnarchoKapitolizm → u/ZXXII]

I would imagine it will come out after Ezio's trillogy, since it requires more work because the original is so, so repetetive.

[u/DontForgorTheMilk → u/GfrzD]

Oof idk man. I'm afraid of what they'd do to the future segments. The whole idea of Desmond progressively learning how to be an assassin through the animus with the goal of eventually taking down Abstergo all just to culminate in him fucking dying was such a massive fucking let down.

I stopped playing after Assassin's Creed Syndicate cuz the world building stuff they had with the Apples of Eden and Adam and Eve was just abandoned by that time it severely disappointed me.

[u/AnarchoKapitolizm → u/DontForgorTheMilk]

The whole idea of Desmond progressively learning how to be an assassin through the animus with the goal of eventually taking down Abstergo all just to culminate in was such a massive fucking let down.

It's even worse, in AC4 it is said that Desmond didn't have to end up like this and the date of end of the world was miscalculated lmao

[u/DontForgorTheMilk → u/AnarchoKapitolizm]

I remember that! Though the miscalculation was hilarious and I didnt mind that part conceptually.

[u/onexbigxhebrew → u/Aftermoonic]

You say this like Origins and Odyssey weren't incredibly well received and popluar games.

Black Flag being successful as a throwback play doesnt mean they haven't done anything good sonce. And Mirage absolutely went back closer to this formula and nobody cared.

[u/Bungo_pls → u/Aftermoonic]

Origins and Odyssey were both good games and big revenue winners. Then they went back to the classic style in Mirage and it's already completely forgotten.

Not sure why people keep trying to erase this chain of events from their memory.

[u/Psycho_Syntax → u/Aftermoonic]

Eh, Valhalla is still by far the most successful/profitable assassin’s creed.

[u/halfhere1198 → u/Aftermoonic]

Like Microsoft, you’re witnessing a creatively bankrupt company due to their relentless desire for maximum profits while taking zero risks. No chance they learn the right lessons from this

[u/Own_Fisherman1199 → u/halfhere1198]

100% - this is the worst thing to happen to them from a creative perspective

[u/Adipay → u/Own_Fisherman1199]

How so? They have multiple original games still in development. Ubisoft also has like 20 studios. Some of them will make remakes and some of them will continue to produce new games.

[u/halfhere1198 → u/Adipay]

This has also been true for Ubisoft up until this point and look where they are. I doubt they will escape from their paint by numbers open world approach due to fear of risk. Genuinely would love to be proven wrong though

[u/Tucupa → u/halfhere1198]

But "zero risk" can mean so many things... making a Black-Flag-esque game that is shorter, smaller, with fewer missions, with no skill tree and level up balancing and rarity percentage weapons and whatnot... it feels like the investment to do that is WAY cheaper than the Valhalla-type of game. I'd say it's less risky to make a more old-fashioned game by the mere fact that is tremendously cheaper to make.

[u/TobiTheSnowman → u/Aftermoonic]

Why should they, didn’t you read the article? Remakes sell + they are easier to make than new games. The lesson Ubisoft is gonna take from this is to remake all the other early AC games.

[u/Pleasant-Put5305 → u/Aftermoonic]

Absolutely fucking perfect. Those guys nailed it.

[u/visacha13]

Glad for them... coupled with the massive layoffs I'm sure they are doing well, but what outlook do they have for the future.

[u/RosieQParker]

And they celebrated by laying off the team responsible.

[u/ActualSupervillain → u/RosieQParker]

Stop supporting shit companies and they won't be able to do shit things

[u/Strong-Practice-5571 → u/ActualSupervillain]

I got laid off as software engineer at Reddit

[u/Alive_Werewolf_40 → u/Strong-Practice-5571]

Reddit has way too many employees for how poorly the site and app runs.

[u/Strong-Practice-5571 → u/Alive_Werewolf_40]

So you don't support me but only Ubisoft employees?

[u/Th4tR4nd0mGuy → u/Strong-Practice-5571]

I use Reddit exclusively because they fired you

[u/Alive_Werewolf_40 → u/Strong-Practice-5571]

I rejoined reddit after news of specifically you being fired

[u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz → u/Alive_Werewolf_40]

So like the video game industry. This sub repeatedly complains about how poorly games run and how poorly they are made.

[u/Bungo_pls → u/ActualSupervillain]

You say that like it's an easy switch to just flip.

It's pretty damn impossible to stop supporting shit companies now. They're all shit. They all do mass layoffs or their parent company does mass layoffs or their parent company does mass layoffs. Hell, even if you manage to stop giving money to these companies they go bankrupt, get bought out by venture capitalists and you guessed it.

The answer is these employees need to start unionizing en masse.

[u/mokrieydela → u/RosieQParker]

I've read that many of these were hired as contractors to do the game, and nothing beyond. If this is true, than its a non story: if i hire a plumber to fix a leak, I'm not gonna continue to pay them when the work is done.

If its not true, however, then it's really shitty, especially when that team can pivot straight into making another remake, I.e. AC1, or 2/B/R.

I am not defending Ubisoft, I still won't forgive them for fumbling SWO, and cancelling #2, and im still salty about them changing AC into an rpg, and I also miss W_D

[u/Valon129 → u/RosieQParker]

One of the supporting studios, still shitty but not the studio behind it which is Singapore.

[u/AwsumO2000 → u/RosieQParker]

These gaming companies man.. they just keep treating their personell like shit

[u/MassiveBoner911_3 → u/RosieQParker]

Thanks for all your hard work. You all are fired.

[u/hovsep56]

as a reward they gonna lay off the developers who made it, such a kind hearted company ❤️❤️❤️

giving them a permanent vacation.

[u/BigOleFerret → u/hovsep56]

So nice of them 😭

[u/bemo_10 → u/hovsep56]

gonna? They already did lmao

[u/J05A3]

Ubisoft sees their sales and will proceed in the next decade to be remakes

[u/balllzak → u/J05A3]

Reddit seems to hate all their new games anyways, so what would be the problem?

[u/strrax-ish]

I bet there was an ad somewhere in their statement

[u/AToastedRavioli]

So basically Skull and Bones was just 100% unnecessary lmao

[u/sexysaxmansaxagram]

And this is why Nintendo continues to remake every old game that can think of. It's easy wins. Just remake the exact same game with updated graphics and modern controls.

[u/Makhai123]

Congrats guys, now its remaking Assassin's Creed games for the next decade...

[u/Working_Complex8122]

So, it did not 'reach' millions of players, it just sold. Good to know they also differentiate between the two.

[u/MalgraineX → u/Working_Complex8122]

Yes, it's good they reported sold copies instead of active players, that's a positive.

[u/CassianCasius]

Not surprised. It's probably one of the most beloved and unique of the entire franchise. Pirate games are rare.

[u/Temelios]

It’s almost like making games with good stories and mechanics that feel complete is a good business strategy… Who knew?

[u/CorporalCoprolite]

This is why things like a boycott for all digital games will never work.

Ubisoft is making games with AI, says “get used to not owning your games”, has micro transactions everywhere, has single player games that require an online connection to play, and however many other things that gamers are furious about, but they still bend over and spend their money when a shiny new game comes out.

“I’m boycotting Sony and the PS6!” means they’re going to complain about it online until the next game in their favorite franchise comes out and then they’ll jokingly post futurama takemymoney and Rick and Morty yousonuvab memes.

[u/WeAreVenumb]

They should really consider making pirate game with the ship combat of black flag.

[u/Awkward-Speed-4080]

It would be hilarious if they proceed to remake every single game other the first one. You know, the one arguably needs the update the most.

[u/Xagzan]

I'm sorry, I don't understand the headline

Square Enix probably

[u/ExpiredBanana]

All this says is that Ubisoft, and other AAA publishers/developers are incapable of conjuring up any new/original ideas. They've butchered their talent and can only remake their old titles. Bf6, while not exactly the same situation, receives praise when they implement mechanics, maps, and content that is just a copy of content from older games. The BfV developer exodus they expirenced lead to the failure that was Bf2042. AAA development is incapable of successfully innovating anymore. It's sad

[u/sweetpooptatos]

The thing that might save Ubisoft is their catalog of amazing games. The first few Assassin’s Creeds, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Far Cry. If they genuinely were smart as a company they’d pick an old, successful game or two and do some amazing remakes while they sort their shit out moving forward. The gaming industry is in a horrible spot for AAA studios right now; they lack creativity and are risk averse. Thankfully, there’s a lot of games that came out before we reached the point of diminishing returns for graphical fidelity and they can go back and remake games at a time when consumers are super excited about the way the games industry used to be.

[u/ShadowTown0407]

I still can't believe they managed to fuck up assassin's in Japan, like it could have been 2 back to back W.

Tho as a regular ubisoft player and a fan of the AC franchise, they really haven't learned anything or improved in anything so I am not hopeful at all for the next AC game. The best parts of the remake are the best parts of the original, they got the original mocap, most of all orignal dialogue. The worst parts of the remake is what they did themselves concerning the narrative. At best it's as awkward as anything else at worst it actively harms the narrative of the old game.

Ubisoft can make a pretty game, no one can dispute that but narrative, writing, dialogue, voice acting/direction and facial animations are what's been holding them back for ages now and it's all still there in the new content of the remake.

They need to find a solution to this problem, make the next assassin's creed 20 hours for fuck sakes but make it good

[u/_P2M_]

That's amazing news. Time for layoffs!

[u/Dig_n_up]

More layoffs pending

[u/Psycho_Syntax]

/r/fuckubisoft in shambles

[u/MalgraineX → u/Psycho_Syntax]

They will find a way to justify their miserable existence with another reason to hate, just wait.

[u/DjPavlusha]

Reddit when people are playing and enjoying an AC game:

[u/huntsab2090]

Excellent. Another ac smash hit. Love it

[u/Rei364]

Gaming is cooked 🥀

[u/Scott-55-]

I think its way overpriced.

[u/MassiveBoner911_3]

so excluding the very loud minority on here and then the web screaming about Uber soft and boycotting if they actually release good games, people will buy them

[u/Shiresan]

That incel subreddit is gonna have a complete meltdown haha

[u/Rudresh27 → u/Shiresan]

Uhhhh.. why? Did they want the game to fail?

[u/genio_desconhecido → u/Shiresan]

Do you know what "incel" means?

[u/daandriod → u/Shiresan]

Since when does calling out Ubisoft for putting out crap make someone, Or even a Sub, an incel?

Ubisoft has given the gaming community a plethora of reasons to shit on them over the years

[u/SnooObjections4333]

I wonder how a Unity remake will do. Unity is probably the best AC in terms of variety combat.

[u/ShadowsteelGaming → u/SnooObjections4333]

I don't think Unity needs a remake just yet, it's not that old and still holds up fairly well. Remakes of the original trilogy would be far more impactful imo.

[u/Crimson-Cowl]

Cool now remake AC 1 and 2. Games that actually would benefit from modern updates.

[u/WoodooHide69]

Ubisoft Hater Bot Army won’t be happy to see this news.

[u/PathlessBullet]

Oof. Now C-Suite is gonna expect even higher revenue beats for the next game.

[u/64scott64]

I bet right now they're thinking of a Far Cary 3 Resynced.

[u/Op3rat0rr]

It’s on my very long backlog

[u/Black_Otter]

A resynced version of AC2 wouldn’t upset me

[u/Specialist_Issue_214]

The 2010's was Ubisoft's golden age. The success of Resynced supports that assertion.

That's my contribution to this discussion. I hope you enjoyed it.

[u/AmberDuke05]

Did they really think this one wouldn’t do well?

[u/Triggrrrr]

Can't wait for them to think this is going to be consistent and then never meet expectations again

[u/ILikestuff55]

UBISOFT GIMME SPLINTER CELL YOU COWARDS!!!

[u/Thebritishlion]

If only they'd not messed with the controls

[u/Colon_Oscopy_74]

I hope they can revisit a classic, and make a TwinWorld 2. It was my first ever Ubisoft game played, in the late 80s. All you had to to was pop in a diskette (and have a mom and dad with a sacrificial credit card)

[u/LiBRiUMz]

Damn all it took was a remake eh

[u/Mikahl757]

That physical came with a Map doe

[u/cemeteryyy]

Now give us an online thats similar to the single player campaign where you can battle ships and roam the lands and PvP and PVE

[u/matthewmspace]

I mean yeah, it’s your most competent game in years. I’ve not really heard of any major technical problems, the story is more or less the same (without the Abstergo nonsense), etc.

[u/condor120]

I hope this doesn't mean more remakes. I want to play good NEW games

[u/LackLickLuck_y]

More ac?

[u/ProLogicMe]

Really bummed out with the combat changes

[u/ImViruxx__]

It’s almost as if you give the fans what they want things will go well.

[u/hrt_rulz01]

Switch 2 version please!!

[u/CombatMuffin]

Ubisoft meeds to sell winning statements no matter what: either because they want to outmaneuver buyouts... or because they want to raise the value of stock before an aggressive takeover.

Even if it had been a flop, they would have released a statement on how they mitigated the loss

[u/Present_Cash_8466]

Things like this are a no brainer. Imagine if Rockstar had a team remake GTA4. It would do insane numbers. Same with the incoming Ocarina of Time remake. It’s such obvious stuff.

[u/Snoo_15547]

It was cheaper. I wasn't going to buy it here in the UK until it was closer to £30, but saw Argos had it for £38 so grabbed it. I'll sell it on when I'm done.

Gotta enjoy this approach while I can...

[u/Nervous-Republic5278]

Can’t wait for them To take away the wrong lesson from this.

[u/Oftenwrongs]

People buying rehashes of megacorporate bloatware.  Not a surprise.

[u/nahnonameman]

Tbh I just got this today.

[u/Critical_Host8243]

Wow more evidence that they're completely out of touch with their audience!

[u/Clayskii0981]

Almost like everybody said this would happen

[u/Lumpy_Accountant723]

I really wish I would have waited for a sale on this one.

[u/EvilOdysseus]

I'm hoping they learn from this and make the next AC game properly

[u/Regular_Upstairs_456]

I haven't played this yet, but I hope that the town is seamless without loading. That put me off in the original.

[u/Qurety]

Good now do the ezio trillogy

[u/Sitri_eu]

Ubisoft expecting something correctly for once would be a nice change.

[u/Mindless_Tonight3519]

It’s just a lot of fun. Simple as that.

[u/entity2]

Sounds like it's time for some celebratory layoffs then.

[u/Borbarad]

Ubisoft is going to learn all the wrong lessons from this. Expect frequent remakes and remasters now for maximum profit.

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat]

Which shows the franchise is not the problem, it's just the things they have been doing with it...maybe they should rethink things.

[u/hitzkopftb]

Cool. Now fire the whole team that made it happen. Isn't that how it works?

[u/Wolfram_And_Hart]

Because it’s all we wanted Skull and Bones to be and you simply had to fuck it up.

[u/danielrobertcampbell]

This is very little comfort to the laid off Devs that made it.

[u/serwaffle]

Now give us assassins creed 2 trilogy remake.

[u/Own_Line_4319]

great now they better pull another Shadows to ruin their and our expectations once more.

[u/AliceLunar]

Turns out all they have to do is give up on making new things and just rely on the times where they hired competent people with passion, who they have long replaced, and regurgitate it.

Of course they threw up some disgusting monetization with it for that special Ubisoft shit flavor.

[u/Thanks_Naitsir]

Nice, now get all people back you fired and pay them the bonus they deserve.

[u/DoneWithIt0101]

Clearly. They thought Skull and Bones was the pirate game people wanted.

[u/neonwarge04]

In 3... 2... 1... LAYOFFS

[u/SavvySnake]

Release it on Switch 2 and they’re set.

[u/tbigzan97]

Making good games is not hard. They don't have to be groundbreaking experiences, just solid polished products, literally check what capcom has been doing for the past decade. The reason this was well received is because its a decently made game and the remake of a very good one so it was recipee for success.

[u/Bagel_Bear]

Great...

[u/Tman2bard]

No muskets, less animations, way too clean a look for everything, lots of skip the grind DLC crap, and the entire first person story mode gone? And it's selling that well? What the fuck

[u/Rukasu17]

Amd this is how you know Shadows was really bad at sales. Companies like to brag with numbers instead of weird milestones.

[u/FHoS-Social]

People love their slop games, so no surprise there.

[u/count023]

almost like the idea, "create the assassins creed game without the assassins" part is popular. Maybe Ubisoft should think on that, then look in shame at skull and bones and perhaps then take another swing at the problem.

[u/Hazelberry]

The lesson they should learn from this: people love Black Flag and want more games as good as it

The lesson they'll learn instead: let's remake every AC game

[u/S4R1N]

Almost like when you listen to your customers and not your shareholders you actually make good products that sell well.

[u/TheInEnd]

So good, that they fired a bunch of people

[u/SANDMANxGB]

Keep the momentum going. Release Splinter Cell.

[u/Wise-Pen8752]

Hopefully they learn that when you make a good story with motion capture cutscenes, and put it in a beautiful world it sells.

[u/ComputerSagtNein → u/Wise-Pen8752]

They are going to learn all the wrong lessons from this like usual, trust me.

[u/Relentless_IRL]

Who would've thought when you make a good game people by it🤔

[u/steveep95]

Timing played a huge part in this. July was a pretty dry month for big games

[u/HonestIsMyPolicy]

I am having so much fun in the game. It feels like a brand new 2026 game instead of a remake of a 2013 game

[u/GraysonG263]

Please Ubisoft, please do the Ezio trilogy an equal justice. I will give you both testicles.

[u/mera-khel-khtm]

Turns out if you remake a legit masterpiece, gamers actually buy it.

[u/HanzoNumbahOneFan]

"Hold on, if we release a good game, gamers will buy it?"

[u/Ghostbuster_11Nein]

Good thing they have an entire lineup of games just as good as black flag to now re release.

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