Assassin's Creed Shadows "has clearly outperformed Assassin's Creed Odyssey" in sales and player count, Ubisoft says

Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshot showing Yasuke kneeling and praying while wearing a traditional purple robe
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Assessing the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Assassin's Creed Shadows launch in its latest financial report, Ubisoft says the latest in💙stallment in the stealth-stabby franchise "has clearly outperformed Assassin's Creed Odyssey" by two key mꦯetrics.

Shadows 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:beat the Steam launch for Valhalla wi🎃thin a day, but ultimately trailed behind the viking rendition of Assassin's Creed overall. Ubisoft called Valhalla's launch 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a "perfect storm we may neve𒐪r see again🍎," and its new report affirms that Shadows generated "the second🔥-highest Day 1 sales revenꦦue in franchise history—second only to Assassin’s Creed® Valh🌠alla."

To date, consumer spending for Shadows exceeds Odyssey, long held up as the epitome of what modern Assassin's Creed games have become (th♕ough some fans swear by Origins), "with the play♏er count also outperforming."

"Players have logged 160 million hours in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, underscoring its en𒉰gaging gameplay and the enduring appeal of the franchise," Ubisoft adds.

Later in the report, Ubisoft reflects on its decision to delay Assassin'🥃s Creed Shadows in the final stretꦕch despite the fiscal hopes riding on it. "This decision has already beꦡen beneficial to the quality ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚof Assassin’s Creed Shadows," the company believes.

As our own Andrew Brown put it: If Assassin's Creed Shadows' delay means lessons have been learned from Star Wars Outlaws, I say: let Ubisof🤡t cook.

Ubisoft says the team mostly focused on polish in🧜 the final stages, though theไre were "a couple bits of narrative here and there."

Through all of this business lingo, it's important to remember that Shadows is a good game, too. Our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Assassin's Creed Shadows review praised "more coཧnfidence, texture, and purpo🔯se" than we've seen from Ubisoft in years, and the game's Steam reviews are holding at a "very positive" 80%. (Funnily enough, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is beating Shadows on Metacritic by a few points.)

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The💛 most recent Assassin's Creed Shadows update snuck in some parkour impro🌊vements ahead of a larger updaﷺte coming later.

The broader 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Assassin's Creed Shadows roadmap includes a special collaboration, new story and difficulty additions, and a lot more still to come.

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