Ubisoft Says Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders in Line With 2nd Biggest Entry - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 February 2025 / 4,490 Views
Ubisoft in its latest earnings report has stated pre-orders for Assassin's Creed Shadows are "solid" and are "in line with those of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise."
Yves Guillemot, the CEO for Ubisoft, stated "early previews have been positive."
"I want to commend the incredible talent and dedication of the entire Assassin’s Creed's team, who is working tirelessly to ensure that Shadows delivers on the promise of what is the franchise's most ambitious entry yet.
"In parallel, we are progressing well on our cost reduction program."
Ubisoft has laid off hundreds of employees in recent months in order to lower costs.
"We plan to pursue our efforts in FY26, going beyond the initial target by a significant margin," said Guillemot.
Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft Store, and Amazon Luna on March 20.
Thanks, Eurogamer.
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lol pre ordering Ubisoft is idiotic. Always online single player. They get discounted in a month by 50% and Ubi games are so middle of the road the company is dying.
Indeed. Ubisoft is probably the publisher who discounts their games the fastest.
I wonder how good will the actual sales be. The die hard fans will always preorder it, but considering how negative the reception of most people about it has been, and how many controversies it has arisen, I doubt the non-preorder sales will be anywhere near Odyssey levels.
Watched too many youtube videos of people talking about the game, and criticing it..... My view has turned sour on it. So I dont have high expectations of it being a fantastic game, or selling well. That said, its AC, and just like with FIFA/pokemon, things sell reguardless of quality.
I would never preorder a Ubi game given how quickly they go one sale...
But this is the 1st AC game I've been remotely interested in since Black Flag
Fascinating considering i've only heard negative things about the game and ubisoft for over half a year
Swear Veilguard had good pre-order numbers, means diddly squat.
Getting hard to trust review scores too. So many journalists out there, were championing Veilguard.
Look how diverse this game is! wow! 10/10 score! facepalm They don't even judge games fairly on the quality of the gameplay and story and like anymore. Nope, show me like 30mins of gameplay without cuts on youtube, and let me make up my own opinion. That and word of mouth.... is worth alot more than any review site's opinion.
Indeed.
I am really interested in this game. I preordered the Collector's edition on the SeX. But whats actually more thrilling to me is "Hexe". I have huge expectations in the game! Also i am interested how this infinity hub works. Anyone has an idea? I think its some DLC serving as a connection portal between the games?! Can you move your charakter (Altaiir, Ezio... depending wich game you play)? Does it serve as a hub like i Super Mario 64?! I know the question is stupid, but i am really damn interested!! What is the reason for the minus? Is it not even allowed to ask questions? Such a toxic comunity!! Just reading a name and give minus. So childish...🤣😂
Another example why the upvote/downvote system sucks, being downvoted simply for saying you're interested in something, Lol. Someone comes in to share excitement, ask questions and encourage discussion and gets bombed with downvotes, it's incredibly toxic and counter to actual good quality discussion.
Thats right! We have the right to have our opinions and we have the right to mention facts here, also if these facts contradict some peoples expectations/ thinking. In youtube you can have normal discussions but here when some sensitive topics are mentioned like negative PS/ positive Nintendo news, something that could only remotley be positive for MS then you get mobbed. There is a reason wh this side is so well known.😉
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