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[LectureMaster]

https://steamdb.info/app/3159330/charts/

Looks like the game was unlocked 4 hours early than the schedule, CCU will rise as more people finishing downloading and entering the game. Predict the peak it will get!

The franchise Peak CCU:

 

[LectureMaster]

adamsapple

 

[DanielG165]

People typically always show up for the next big AC title. Like, Valhalla made over $1 billion dollars in revenue, OVER. Yet, reviewers and gaming enthusiasts will make it seem like the game was a failure/slog. If Shadows is just more of that formula, but now set in Japan, there’s no reason to believe that it won’t have a massive audience and consumer-base, especially on the general side.

 

[ssringo]

The game doesn't interest me in the least but the drama has been quite entertaining!

 

[Denton]

Hmm my guess from about a month ago was around 80K but it will probably be half that.

 

[nial]

adamsapple

You two seem to have a thing going, don't you? Hey, I've heard this game is pretty gay.

 

[Kacho]

Dragon Age managed 90k or whatever it was. This should do about the same if not better imo.

 

[LectureMaster]

Kacho

 

[Denton]

Dragon Age managed 90k or whatever it was. This should do about the same if not better imo.

Veilguard launched with 70K and grew to 89K over the weekend, which it never topped. And it was a giant failure that caused its entire team to be dissolved.

I expect AssCreed to be even bigger failure tbh.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Ugh! 4 hours early when I need this time to finish the install. I can’t even time things right these days.

 

[Lokaum D+]

8K right now, this time there is no Gamepass excuse, DAV had 70k on release date

its looks like another chud's win

 

[yurinka]

I think it will get around 40K, maybe 60K peak.

 

[Rush2112]

It’s finally here. I have been waiting to dance on the grave of this game since last year.

 

[adamsapple]

You two seem to have a thing going, don't you? Hey, I've heard this game is pretty gay.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Kacho

Nothing will ever beat concord though

 

[Kacho]

Veilguard launched with 70K and grew to 89K over the weekend, which it never topped. And it was a giant failure that caused its entire team to be dissolved.

I expect AssCreed to be even bigger failure tbh.

You might be right. I just think AssCreed has broader appeal in spite of the controversies.

 

[proandrad]

Even the best selling assassin creed titles don’t have high a CCU on steam. Ubisoft has done years of damage to their reputation for steam releases. I doubt, even if this game does well on console that it will sell well on steam.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Crazy to think how you can go over the 2 hour return policy before the game officially releases.

 

[RaptorGTA]

Its going to be really interesting how it does tomorrow. If people are enjoying the gameplay, word of mouth could push it to good numbers. But if there's a lots of negative feedback...could push the weekend buyers away and really set its starting bar low.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

People typically always show up for the next big AC title. Like, Valhalla made over $1 billion dollars in revenue, OVER. Yet, reviewers and gaming enthusiasts will make it seem like the game was a failure/slog. If Shadows is just more of that formula, but now set in Japan, there’s no reason to believe that it won’t have a massive audience and consumer-base, especially on the general side.

It will be interesting. It has been 4+ years since the last major AC title. I think gamers expectations towards the RPG genre are much higher nowadays compared to 2020. And as well as Valhalla sold, even casual gamers were frustrated by that game. I highly doubt AC Shadows sells 1bil like Valhalla, which would be unthinkable 4 years ago. AC Japan should be the biggest in the series history

 

[viveks86]

You two seem to have a thing going, don't you? Hey, I've heard this game is pretty gay.

I get the feeling that Kacho is somehow involved as a third wheel

 

[jshackles]

It's worth noting that I believe everything here post-Syndicate was a late addition to Steam - most of the newer games launched exclusively on Ubisoft's own launcher and the Epic Games Store. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first game in the franchise in nearly 10 years that's launched day one on Steam.

 

[Kacho]

I get the feeling that Kacho is somehow involved as a third wheel

Nah, both lecture and Adam are my boys but I ain’t in on the “my man” bromance. That’s their own thing.

 

[Thabass]

You two seem to have a thing going, don't you? Hey, I've heard this game is pretty gay.

This game doesn't seem very happy.

 

[LectureMaster]

It's worth noting that I believe everything here post-Syndicate was a late addition to Steam - most of the newer games launched exclusively on Ubisoft's own launcher and the Epic Games Store. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first game in the franchise in nearly 10 years that's launched day one on Steam.

Did a quick research, Ubi's exclusive deal with Epic started 2019 with The Division 2. So Odyssey was a day one launch on Steam, and that explains why it has the highest CCU in the franchise.

 

[PauloRoberto]

People typically always show up for the next big AC title. Like, Valhalla made over $1 billion dollars in revenue, OVER. Yet, reviewers and gaming enthusiasts will make it seem like the game was a failure/slog. If Shadows is just more of that formula, but now set in Japan, there’s no reason to believe that it won’t have a massive audience and consumer-base, especially on the general side.

With all due respect... if AC Valhalla was SO successful, Ubi wouldn't be in today's situation. Given he sheer number of employees and polemics around Ubi and this game.. this needs to be something like Elden Ring + Monster Hunter + Astrobot to save Ubi.

 

[GudOlRub]

Valhalla got a covid boost, everyone seems to be forgetting that.
Shadows won't reach the same level but obviously also won't be a flop, the franchise is way too big for that. Get real people.
Now whether it'll sell enough to give ubisoft a decent safety net for a while at least or not that is the real question.

 

[LectureMaster]

I get the feeling that Kacho is somehow involved as a third wheel

 

[ClosBSAS]

wow DOA...jesus

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Going by the chart of peak Steam CCU's for previous AC titles, I would say that AC is pretty much exclusively a console franchise and Steam CCU's doesn't mean a whole lot

 

[adamsapple]

Was Valhalla a late Steam release?

Can't imagine how it only got 13k concurrent on Steam. It was a pretty big release back when it came out.

 

[Ridicululzz]

I'm thinking between 50k-100k.

 

[Kacho]

Was Valhalla a late Steam release?

Can't imagine how it only got 13k concurrent on Steam. It was a pretty big release back when it came out.

Yeah, and it launched with no Steam achievements. Odyssey was the last AssCreed to release day one on Steam. After that they went Uplay + EGS exclusive.

 

[LectureMaster]

Was Valhalla a late Steam release?

Can't imagine how it only got 13k concurrent on Steam. It was a pretty big release back when it came out.

Yes, see the date in the screenshot, it was Dec 2022

 

[The Chairman]

Yup, another win for master chud.

Does nothing. Wins.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Currently at about 15,000.

 

[nial]

With all due respect... if AC Valhalla was SO successful, Ubi wouldn't be in today's situation. Given he sheer number of employees and polemics around Ubi and this game.. this needs to be something like Elden Ring + Monster Hunter + Astrobot to save Ubi.

? The situation of Ubisoft does not suddenly change the fact that Valhalla was, indeed, a big success.
Not saying this guarantees Shadows to be the same case, but that's just a weird argument.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I thought this would do similar to veilguard, but will it somehow be even less? (though tbf this is also on the ubisoft shitore)

 

[proandrad]

With all due respect... if AC Valhalla was SO successful, Ubi wouldn't be in today's situation. Given he sheer number of employees and polemics around Ubi and this game.. this needs to be something like Elden Ring + Monster Hunter + Astrobot to save Ubi.

Valhalla made over a billion dollars in revenue. That can get quickly wiped out trying to run a company as large of Ubisoft with multiple failed AAA games. Star Wars, Avatar, and Skull and bones were 3 expensive titles that all failed to remake their cost.

 

[DForce]

Dragon Age Veilguard performed well on Steam during its opening week, but the game was tracking poorly on consoles.

PLAYSTATION STORE

US - 4th
UK - 3rd
Spain - 3rd
Italy - 3rd
France - 2nd
Germany - 2nd
Japan - 10th

XBOX STORE
[Needs time to update]

AMAZON
US
6th (PS5)
52nd (Xbox)

UK
1st (PS5)
3rd (Xbox)

GERMANY
1st (PS5)

JAPAN
7th (PS5)

Assassin's Creed Shadows currently has a peak of 19.5K on Steam when peak hours are usually from 12 PM PST - 3 PM PST.

Peak numbers are increasing around 600 every 4 minutes this late at night, so I'm guessing we're going to see over 40k CCU tomorrow.

 

[Black_Stride]

8K right now, this time there is no Gamepass excuse, DAV had 70k on release date

its looks like another chud's win

Valhalla made almost 2 billion dollars in revenue but had a CCU of like 15,000.
Remember not every Ubi game is sold on Steam.
Most Ubi players on PC just buy through Ubisoft.

P.S Are chuds voting for Valhalla to fail?.......If so why?

 

[LectureMaster]

Valhalla made almost 2 billion dollars in revenue but had a CCU of like 15,000.
Remember not every Ubi game is sold on Steam.
Most Ubi players on PC just buy through Ubisoft.


P.S Are chuds voting for Valhalla to fail?.......If so why?

Valhalla was released on Steam two years after launch when there was zero hype and the people knew its reputation. I bet it probably didn't sell too much on Steam at all. As for the 1 billion earning, we don't know how much was epic moneyhat deal.

Shadows is simultaneously launching and Ubi dropped the requirement for their their party launcher, so they obviously value Steam release way more this time. The CCU will be a much more precise indication of the game's performance. It's possible it will be the series biggest launch as the current top isn't really that high.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Valhalla made almost 2 billion dollars in revenue but had a CCU of like 15,000.
Remember not every Ubi game is sold on Steam.
Most Ubi players on PC just buy through Ubisoft.


P.S Are chuds voting for Valhalla to fail?.......If so why?

Valhalla went to steam years later, this one is day and date. So far, based on console sales, the pc version doesnt seem to be faring much better than what it looks like based on CCU.

 

[pasterpl]

Valhalla made almost 2 billion dollars in revenue but had a CCU of like 15,000.
Remember not every Ubi game is sold on Steam.
Most Ubi players on PC just buy through Ubisoft.

P.S Are chuds voting for Valhalla to fail?.......If so why?

This, I have got my copy directly from Ubisoft. Don’t think ever played any AC game on Steam.

 

[Mr Moose]

Valhalla made almost 2 billion dollars in revenue but had a CCU of like 15,000.
Remember not every Ubi game is sold on Steam.
Most Ubi players on PC just buy through Ubisoft.

P.S Are chuds voting for Valhalla to fail?.......If so why?

It launched on Steam 2 years after initial release.
Fake edit: Beaten.

 

[demigod]

He trolled me with this

Fixed

 

[yurinka]

Valhalla was released on Steam two years after launch when there was zero hype and the people knew its reputation. I bet it probably didn't sell too much on Steam at all. As for the 1 billion earning, we don't know how much was epic moneyhat deal.

Shadows is simultaneously launching and Ubi dropped the requirement for their their party launcher, so they obviously value Steam release way more this time. The CCU will be a much more precise indication of the game's performance. It's possible it will be the series biggest launch as the current top isn't really that high.

According to Ubi Valhalla is the best selling and top grossing AC game, meaning it sold over 20 million copies.

 

[Pelao]

That's it for the opening night it seems.
I guess we'll have to wait and see how it does tomorrow and during the weekend, but I don't think Ubisoft is making its money back.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

As for the 1 billion earning, we don't know how much was epic moneyhat deal.

... Are you actually suggesting epic paid ubisoft hundreds of millions so fans of the franchise would suddenly not just buy it on uplay like they had with the others, so they could buy it on EGS instead and still be required to also launch uplay to actually play it?
Lmao nobody bought it on EGS bruv, and there was no "moneyhat".

From ubis own press statement:

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has also become
the top-selling Ubisoft PC launch ever, driven by all-time record Ubisoft Store sales performance.

 

[kazuyamishima]

I guess we'll have to wait and see how it does tomorrow and during the weekend, but I don't think Ubisoft is making its money back.

There’s a very high chance that the game will sell better on PS5, but, we’ll see.