Assassin's Creed sells 2.5 million!

[Scott]

link (http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2007/12/13-21)

How about that, they certainly know how to market a game it seems. Guess that green lights a sequel which hopefully has all the kinks ironed out and then some.

[TeknoVagrant]

It was a fairly good game. Really don't think it deserves those sales though. It wasn't as fully developed as the developer claimed it would be.

[Toxic]

wow, goes to show reviews don't mean much, and marketing does wonders. congrats to ubisoft

[Scott]

Yea, ads do a lot. I constantly see the Assassins Creed ad on TV. Only other stuff is Nintendo, Wii and DS and you see where that got them. It really counts.

[Supermoose]

this is the reason why ps3 is outselling 360 in japan.

[Scott]

this is the reason why ps3 is outselling 360 in japan.

Come again?

[Supermoose]

Come again?

its all about the marketing!

[Scott]

its all about the marketing!

It's def part of it sure as hell aint all of it. SONY. Those 4 little letters alone play quite a big role in many of the sheeps purchases.

[TeknoVagrant]

thanks to being released on the 360 and PS3 simultaneously i bet

[Scott]

thanks to being released on the 360 and PS3 simultaneously i bet

I bet the breakdown btwn sales on the 2 consoles isn't as widely in favour for the 360 as normal.

This was pimped long and hard as a PS3 exclusive so I bet it's close to 1.5 mil 360, 1 mil PS3.

[Toxic]

i bet it's near 75% to 25% ratio between 360 and PS3

[Scott]

i bet it's near 75% to 25% ratio between 360 and PS3

heh....

60% - %40

Where's the ndp when you need it

[Supermoose]

It's def part of it sure as hell aint all of it. SONY. Those 4 little letters alone play quite a big role in many of the sheeps purchases.

yeah, just like another 4 little letters like...HALO

[jakncoke]

its all about the marketing!

Microsoft can advertise all they want, spend millions in game development but a Microsoft funded console is DOA in Japan, just look at what LO did for hardware sales, didn't even help it get past 10k, it's a lost cost for them, there destined for last place. Sony did everything in their power to screw the PS3 up this gen and still PS3 sits at 3-1 hardware sales in Japan and increasing weekly. They'll be lucky to hit 1 million ltd there, they have some pride though and I commend them on that but it 450k sales is better than 0k .


wow, goes to show reviews don't mean much, and marketing does wonders. congrats to ubisoft

We always knew that way before this game came out, seriously madden sells like 3 million a year across the platforms and it's rated average all the time, besides it's not like AC was rated terrible, still was in the 80's

[gemini328]

i hear that assassins creed did not live up to expectations

[jakncoke]

i hear that assassins creed did not live up to expectations

It's a love it of hate it game, basing my opinion on gameplay vids alone I say it let me down, I thought the game would be fresh and fun but it just seems meh, when It hits the bargain bin I'll give it a go.

[Demonhuntingkratos]

im with you guys all the way