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[Draugoth]

Assassin's Creed Shadows pre-orders are looking very strong. I don't have the exact numbers yet, but no one in the know is disappointed with them.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Ubi scheming with their shit tier gold and premium editions where the most expensive one costs 130$? How about fuck no?

 

[The Cockatrice]

He doesnt know the numbers but theyre strong.

 

[tusharngf]

without gameplay? people are pre ordering.. No wonder this gen is full of shit

 

[GooseMan69]

It’s gonna sell absolute gangbusters and most likely be the best selling game in the whole series. Asssassin’s Creed with ninjas and samurai is automatic $$$

 

[feynoob]

Where are the crybabies?

This is the shit I was talking about. People are giving Ubisoft what they want. Your online means jackshit, if people keep buying the game nonstop.

Edit: now these companies will start charging people 130$ for deluxe edition if this game sells 5m+.

 

[Bernoulli]

Makes sense, I liked the scenario

 

[NeonDelta]

Out of interest, why do people pre order so early?

 

[feynoob]

Ubi scheming with their shit tier gold and premium editions where the most expensive one costs 130$? How about fuck no?

We are getting in a dangerous territory by accepting these prices.

 

[balls of snow]

But but some Japan twitter handles are enrage. How could this be.

 

[diffusionx]

 

[GHound]

No shit. Slop time continues until they (for whatever reason) decide to stop feeding the pigs.

 

[StereoVsn]

We are getting in a dangerous territory by accepting these prices.

It’s also dumb as shit to pre-order sight unseen a Ubi game for $130! Like WTF? The expansions are going to be months after release.

 

[Xtib81]

Unsurprisingly. It's a very strong IP.

 

[Kurotri]

To no one's surprise. No one normal fucking cares about the guy being black and the base game costs 70 bucks just like any other game. This is a long running series and people know what to expect, to top it off it's finally Japan. Enough reason for most to preorder. Some youtube and twitter discourse isn't gonna stop this juggernaut.

 

[dorkimoe]

I told you all and someone got mad at me. The reason they keep doing shenanigans is because people still buy in. No surprise at all here

 

[Strategize]

No shit. As long as the game doesn't launch as a buggy mess, this will be the highest selling AC game easily.

 

[proandrad]

it’s almost like the majority of people don’t give a shit about a black samurai when they are finally getting the most requested setting for an ass creed game. But I guess we all have to be cry babies. The purple forum had stellar blade and we got this. Japan should respond by making a like a dragon game in Harlem NY staring a white guy.

 

[CLW]

 

[Strategize]

without gameplay? people are pre ordering.. No wonder this gen is full of shit

I mean it's AC people already know what we're gonna get gameplay wise, tho still agree pre-ordering this early is pointless.

 

[Mr Hyde]

We are getting in a dangerous territory by accepting these prices.

I only buy Ubi games (the few I want) when they end up under 30$ for the complete package. I bought Valhalla with all the expansions for about 30 dollars, which I felt was a good deal. Pre-ordering for 130 dollars is just nuts.

 

[Represent.]

No shit

 

[LordCBH]

Amazon doesn’t charge a dime until ship. I preordered it there. Very much looking forward to this one.

 

[SJRB]

Imagine preordering without having seen a second of actual gameplay.

You motherfuckers deserve trash corpos like Ubisoft.

 

[Wooxsvan]

whatever they end up being... this game will of course miss targets needed to not lay people off

 

[Robb]

Assassins Creed is a huge IP so that’d hardly be surprising.

I doubt they’d even have to drop a trailer to get a lot of pre-orders. Ninja Assassins Creed is probably enough as a concept to sell it to a lot of people.

 

[Inuteu]

whodf pre orders a ubi game in 2024? dindt they learn?

 

[Reallink]

If the games are even halfway competent, Shadows, Star Wars, AC Hexe, and Division 3 are all going to sell strong.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Nobody cared that Japan got triggered.

 

[BoxFresh123]

"Strong"

 

[//DEVIL//]

2 months in

Ubisoft : sales fell way below the expectations. We need to increase our game prices to 99$ per game to cover our costs . We make AAAAA games.

 

[Alebrije]

Preordering without gameplay?

 

[wipeout364]

Who are the “in the know” people and how does this nobody fella fit in or is his last name “in the know”?

 

[Ceadeus]

Out of interest, why do people pre order so early?

I believe gamers in general are absolutely addicted to buying games. Maybe even more than playing the game itself. The anticipation gives a burst of endorphine to help them go along their day.

 

[Gaiff]

Nobody cared that Japan got triggered.

Except they didn’t. The anti-woke brigade who prone to "let developers create what they want" except for when we don’t like it, got triggered.

Japan has no shortage of samurai games starring Japanese men.

 

[Metnut]

When games like this outsell Rebirth I want to burn it all down.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It is that the source is reliable, but I cannot reveal.
Son fuentes confiables que no puedo revelar

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Called it, this will be their best selling AC game if it reviews well.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

 

[Thyuda]

Ubisoft game, no gameplay shown, 130$ game option...

Maybe we deserve shit games that bleed us dry.

 

[JCK75]

The controversy was a calculated choice knowing how many people would pay insane amounts of money for what is sure to be a mediocre game just to virtue signal.

 

[Guileless]

People who preorder Ubi games at full price months prior to release should probably be committed to the nuthouse sooner rather than later.

 

[Blindy]

Criminal this is going to sell like hotcakes for Ubisoft but Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a massive dud sales wise.

 

[violence]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows and it’s a black guy.

 

[Gaiff]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows and it’s a black guy.

U mad?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Out of interest, why do people pre order so early?

Because people are stupid.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Where are the crybabies?

This is the shit I was talking about. People are giving Ubisoft what they want. Your online means jackshit, if people keep buying the game nonstop.

Edit: now these companies will start charging people 130$ for deluxe edition if this game sells 5m+.

5m+? This will easily smash 10m.

 

[Kenpachii]

People shit on ubisoft games here all day long, but the reality is the gameplay loop is fun and the environments are second to non. Every new title pushes new records.

 

[HisExcellency]

We are getting in a dangerous territory by accepting these prices.

I honestly do not see the issue with these special edition prices because you can just buy the normal game, right? I don't buy special editions unless I know I'm going to live the game and it comes with DLC and is not priced crazy.

A special edition that costs almost double what the normal edition cost just makes whatever decision there was that much easier.

 

[Fbh]

Of course it was going to sell well. Wasn't Valhalla super successful?
Lots of people love Assassins Creed, and this is a really popular setting that a lot of fans have been waiting for.
People using this for their culture war on twitter, reddit and forums are just a minority. The average buyer will just be like "Assassins Creed Japan? Sign me up"
Ubisoft games aim at the same type of crowd that has give us 87 Fast and Furious movies and 400 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.