Assassin's Creed nears five million mark
- Posted December 14th, 2007 at 07:24 EDT by
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Assassin’s Creed has become the fastest selling IP in the US to date, having sold nearly five million copies to date since its launch only last month. This will be a huge achievement for Ubisoft’s 2007 to 2008 fiscal years that ends March 31, 2008.
Publisher Ubisoft says that Assassin’s Creed has had a “record performance” through the sales, making it "the fastest-selling new video game intellectual property in the US ever" the company said.
This is all without the PC version being released, which will see light next year. Furthermore, this does have to come as a wakeup call for Sony as Assassin’s Creed was originally a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Through industry back-alley deals, where lots and lots money is involved; Sony ultimately lost the exclusive to the Xbox 360 and eventually PC.
Assassin’s Creed is still holding firm on the PS3 and continues to help push hardware; however, just imagine if it were still a PS3 exclusive and the possible success this could have brought. No need to ponder in the past, just give Assassin’s Creed its respect and hope for the better in the future in regards to PS3 exclusivity.
Source: CVG
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 7:35am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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I've been wanting to get this one,but i just wanna know if it has any REAL historical figures in it.Because that would mean me not picking it up.
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funItalian
- 8:08am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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HUH?! what does the "historical figures" have to do with you not wanting to buy this game or not? <-----a little confused...please enlighten me.
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princevegeta1980
- 8:31am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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historical figures? who gives a cr@p, you should just buy the game if it's fun and interresting, I know i surely will be, this is a great game with awesome graphiques, great gameplay and a good story, now I've just given you three good reasons to buy it!
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bloodwarg |
bloodwarg- 9:25am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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sony get the sequel as an exclusive you blithering idiots.
and ultimate machine dont be a complete prat. buy this game regardless of wether or ot it has historical fugures the whole map is historical based on jeruslem in the past and yes there is some historical figures which king richard in it est.
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iplayonlysony
- 9:38am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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Well, how many of these numbers ar from the PS3? I don't know if these numbers help the argument that it should be PS3 only.
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BD_BLACKAZZ |
BD_BLACKK- 11:25am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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YES Assassin Creed was a PS3 exclusive slipslop at one point until the others paid hundreds of millions to get the game on there consoles. but we will get it back...
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gingo |
gingo- 11:47am GMT - December 14th, 2007
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psn id: gingo.... ^ actually you are both wrong, assassins creed was once a ps3 exclusive but ken kutaragi refused to take it on board and help development because he didn't see its "selling value" or some crap like that so it wasn't all to do with microsoft dealings well in this case anyway
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Clarky_psu |
clarky-132- 12:00pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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I hate Microsoft for buying all of the PS3`s exclusive, F you Ubisoft and Microsoft!
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stopsweatinme
- 12:05pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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Assasins creed hasnt sold 5million its sold 2.5 million. The article is misleading.
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Uncool |
Admodistrator- 2:11pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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Don't you think its lame to live in the past Sarad? Can't contemplate the past, you can only look at the present and future outcome. Overall, Ubisoft is capitalizing on this game and people seem to generally like it regardless of what console is on.
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 2:31pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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Could Sony possibly think about making AC2 exclusive? Should they get into talks with Ubi now? I THINK SO.
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DARKBLADE1 |
DARKBLADE2- 3:26pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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all the guys u assasinate are real historical figures that disappeared in 1191ad but that not a reason 2 get the game its too repetitive!! this makes it really boring
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darklsins
- 4:21pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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ok umm am i the only one here who thought this game wasent that awsome ???
i mean every single mission is the same thing... and im tired of ppl saying you can do tihngs diffrent everytime and not get bored.... wrong u got 2 options go in killing or stealth ... yea this is a fun game... but man was it boring...
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IRONMAIDEN
- 6:04pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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if it was exclusive it'd get crappier reviews and everyone would hate it.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 6:54pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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Well,thanks for the replies guys,and i know you guys are confused so i'll put it this way:Family Acceptance,if they don't approve,then i don't buy(unlike many here,NOT the head of the family)Well,as far as i know,it's not some alternate history thing so i'm picking it up.Thanks for the help
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Mitino2589
- 6:57pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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its only 2.5 million, quit misleading people. And it only sold that many copies because it is for PS3 AND 360.
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humanputting
- 10:40pm GMT - December 14th, 2007
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if this game were ps3 exclusive it wouldnt do a fraction of what it did. and why the heck is this pile of rubbage selling so well, man mainstream people are ret4rded. i wish we could go back to gaming being a small niche for us nerds.
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nastanley
- 5:52am GMT - December 15th, 2007
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This game comes with a new type of playing experience, and for me it is one of the best games for this year.Infact every hardcore gamer shouldn't miss this one.About the ps3 exclusive issue I don't really care that much since the game seems to sell better on the ps3 than on the 360.Keep going Ubi, hope u deliver us some exclusives next time.
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MatrixSixaxis
- 9:16am GMT - December 15th, 2007
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Not even Ubisoft predicted this game to sell this many this fast! As for the sales figure, everyone else seems to know the real numbers...5million is what Ubisoft is predicting for the 2007/2008 sales figure, not the total right now! (wait till the pc gets it aswell).
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Hulkman5000 |
Blkscorp- 5:15pm GMT - December 15th, 2007
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Great Game! Ubi should consider sequel and enhance battle system.
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Naucious23 |
Naucious- 9:35pm GMT - December 16th, 2007
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the game is very repetitive no lie which can make it extremely boring but I must say it did get interesting towards the end. They definetly will have to put more innovation behind it if there is a next sequel for AC to do well, but I know ubisoft can do it. They should implement the case of being able to change clothes and blend in with the crowd a little better. Use NPC's to be apart of your mission like distractions ( one idea is like starting a riot that would be nice.) or buying poison from a character and slipping it in the targets drink. Theres many possibilities they just need to get creative.
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