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An Associate Marketing Director at Ubisoft has claimed that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown sold 1.3 million units in its first year.

First spotted by X user Timur222, the Associate Marketing Director’s LinkedIn profile says that the game sold 1.3 million units in its first year, a number not too surprising as Insider Gaming reported in October 2024 that the game had sold approximately 1 million units in its first 9 months. The game sold 300,000 copies in its first month.

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[lh032]

its on my wishlist on psn, ill get it once its on sale .

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It was made with a low budget so it's probably doing fine but Ubisoft really needed something to actually outperform expectations and this didn't

 

[Wildebeest]

Isn't that quite a lot for a game like this? Like the average for most official Metroid games?

 

[Woopah]

Deserves every sale, fantastic game.

 

[Mahavastu]

sounds respectable, seemed to be a fun game.
If Ubisoft was able to do it on a lower budget it should have make quite a bit of profit.

Of course for a huge company it might still be a disappointment because it did not sell as much Valhalla or so...

 

[Little Mac]

Bought it but didn’t finish. Got up to the snake boss and then got sucked into Helldivers 2 for a handful of months. Regardless, it’s a really good game and a no brainer if it’s on sale and you like metroidvanias.

 

[genesisblock]

And of course Ubisoft lays off the competent people who made the indie game but gives a lot more resources to their terrible titles.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Awesome news.

Wish we were getting a sequal.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Still waiting for that SoT remake

 

[MiguelItUp]

Game was awesome, I really wish they put it on Steam so more people could check it out. Shame we won't see a sequel. Best thing Ubi put out in years, I thought.

 

[Gilgalaad]

Deserves every sale, fantastic game.

 

[Yoshichan]

but i dont get it

didn't this bomb? and something about the studio being shut down? or did I remember wrong

 

[adamsapple]

but i dont get it

didn't this bomb? and something about the studio being shut down? or did I remember wrong

Yes and yes, but it's such a fan-fuckin-tastic playing game.

 

[Tg89]

one of the best games last year.

 

[Pakoe]

but i dont get it

didn't this bomb? and something about the studio being shut down? or did I remember wrong

Didnt reach Ubis unrealistic expectations.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

its on my wishlist on psn, ill get it once its on sale .

These are the games you want to see hitting PS+ rather than PayDay 3 or Pacman...

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

I'm waiting for deep sale and I'll grab it.

 

[Hookshot]

I got up to Darius and had all the lore pots and most secrets but I wasn't a fan of the story. Never went back to do most of the bonus challenges either.

it's a 6/10 from me. When you start the random mobs are harder than the bosses lol.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It dropped pretty fast in price so I think that most of those 1.3M units were sold at a discount. I've picked my copy up for like €20 back in April of last year, and although I haven't finished it I did enjoy the time I've put into it.

 

[lh032]

These are the games you want to see hitting PS+ rather than PayDay 3 or Pacman...

i just checked and its on 50% discount now, buy!

 

[diffusionx]

It was made with a low budget so it's probably doing fine but Ubisoft really needed something to actually outperform expectations and this didn't

No, it did far from fine and did not meet expectations.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

i just checked and its on 50% discount now, buy!

Still plowing away at Persona 3 and I own like 70 games I haven't even started. I'm not buying any games unless they're must buys until I bring this backlog down. With PS+ I can just wait until games drop for free while I consume my backlog or if a game looks really special I'll buy it and play it right away.

 

[Generic]

No, it did far from fine and did not meet expectations.

I'm worried the Sands of Time remake will flop and Prince of Persia will return to the backburner for another 15 years.

 

[Gambit2483]

Best new Metroidvania of 2024.
A shame it bombed.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

1.3M sounds pretty good for a metrodvania, especially since the price started high. It wasnt $70 US, but I think it launched at $50(?).

Most games are front loaded in sales too, so unless most sales were bargain binned or this game cost a lot to make, they should had made good money on this.

 

[diffusionx]

I'm worried the Sands of Time remake will flop and Prince of Persia will return to the backburner for another 15 years.

The Sands of Time remake is example #35839240823590258 as to why Ubi is not a functional company anymore. It was announced in 2020 almost five years ago. They had to axe the work that the original develioper was doing and start over. This thing has probably been in develop for seven years at least, while you see companies like Bloober and Nintendo releasing great remakes of games in the same generation in a fraction of the time. Heck Nintendo did their remake (of Metroid Prime if it wasn't obvious) as a side project to get new people on the team up to speed. But Ubi needs multiple studios and an entire epoch to redo Sands of Time. It's just not happening.

1.3M sounds pretty good for a metrodvania, especially since the price started high. It wasnt $70 US, but I think it launched at $50(?).

Most games are front loaded in sales too, so unless most sales were bargain binned or this game cost a lot to make, they should had made good money on this.

They didn't and the team was disbanded.

 

[Generic]

The Sands of Time remake is example #35839240823590258 as to why Ubi is not a functional company anymore. It was announced in 2020 almost five years ago. They had to axe the work that the original develioper was doing and start over. This thing has probably been in develop for seven years at least, while you see companies like Bloober and Nintendo releasing great remakes of games in the same generation in a fraction of the time. Heck Nintendo did their remake (of Metroid Prime if it wasn't obvious) as a side project to get new people on the team up to speed. But Ubi needs multiple studios and an entire epoch to redo Sands of Time. It's just not happening.

Ubisoft axed the original remake because it didn't look like an AAA game (it wasn't). Edit: it was a side project like Metroid Prime Remastered, made by Ubisoft India.

I blame the internet. The game was supposed to be released years ago.

 

[swarley64]

Wait, I thought they axed the dev team because this game bombed? How many sales were they expecting?