Ubisoft Have Extremely Strong Q3, With Assassin’s Creed III Shipping 12 Million Units

Assassin’s Creed III was a “record-breaker” shipping 12 million units – which is a 70% increase over Revelations, whilst Far Cry 3 also did exceedingly well shipping 4.5 million units – a figure considered to be much higher than expected. Just Dance 4 also managed to ship 8 million units.

[bicfitness]

Holy crap! Now I don't feel bad for not even playing a demo! (Looks good, just not my cup of tea.) That's an awesome success. Those are CoD like volumes. Incredible.

[Temporary]

I still to this day have never played any Assassin's Creed game. I guess ive been missing out.

[WilliamH]

You could probably give the first one a miss, just watch youtube videos to get the story. Start with AC2

[guitarded77]

Yeah, some are better than others, but it's worth checking out. I didn't really like the 1st one that much, but thought 2 was amazing. I have them all, but haven't finished them all yet. I recommend beginning with AC2.

EDIT: I posted at the same time as WilliamH, so I didn't see his recommendation for beginning with AC2... so that's two recommendations for AC2 without any influence.

Those are some impressive numbers for AC3. I am getting kinda burned out on the series though. Maybe next gen it will feel fresher with better (tighter) gameplay, and sharper visuals.

[Temporary]

Yeah I think ill do that. Thanks. I might even just do AC1 just to see how the game evolved. I'll power through a quick play through of the first just out of curiosity.

[dgonza40]

Yes, please play the first one. It's important to the story. I don't understand why people tell you to skip it.

[UnholyLight]

Word of warning. ACIII is TOTAL SHIT. ACII is the best, with the most kickass character ever by the name of Ezio!

[FarCryLover182]

Wow, Far Cry 3 shipped that much?

Awesome. I was under the impression that sales for it were pretty bad.

[Septic]

Nah they were quite clever and really reduced the price of it before Christmas to be competitive.

[grailly]

that was a great choice on their part. I wasn't going to get because I despise Farcry 2. but with the price drop and my friends telling me it's great I went out and got it.

[Septic]

Well deserved in my opinion. Far Cry 3 was my GOTY of 2012.

The sales reflect the quality of their games.

[d0nT wOrrY]

Cod doesn't fit with this logic I'm afraid.
Except for CoD4.

[Belking]

Best publisher out there IMO. Sorry fanboys.

[WilliamH]

Ubisoft are multiplatform, why would there be fanboys

[Belking]

"Ubisoft are multiplatform"why would there be fanboys"

You pointing that out perfectly explains that. Them being multi-plat has nothing to do with it and only fanboys care to point that out. Thanks for providing proof.

[Eamon]

By fanboys, I think he is referring to exclusive publishers like MS and Sony.

[landog]

....he means fanboys don't like to praise multiplat developers, they only like to claim first party devs are the best...

and he has a point, all you see around here is quantric dream, quantic dream, QUANTIC DREAM...lol when they make a GAME, let me know. that last movie they released, heavy something, bored me to tears!

naughty dog, 343 industries, ect...ect...thats all fanboys like to yell about, when honestly, multiplat games are usually the best, yeah, there are a few great exclusives, but 95% of the best games are on all platforms

[Hicken]

I think he was asking "Why bring up fanboys at all?"

[grailly]

meh, I actually think 2K is way better.

borderlands 2, XCOM and bioshock: infinite and GTA 5 all crammed in a one year time period is pretty impressive. On top of that they have way less DLC and slap-on software(Uplay, Origin,...) bullish*t than the other publishers.

yep 2K is better, and I thought AC3 was terrible.

[Qrphe]

I'd even say XSEED games just because of what they do and I enjoy their published games the most.

But this all comes down to opinions of course and obvious trolling in the first place.

[SP3333D-O]

I didn't think AC III was as great as it could have been, but I still liked it. Far Cry 3, on the other hand, turned out to be fantastic, and it wasn't even on my radar until the positive reviews started pouring in. Glad it sold well.

[grailly]

yeah, it's really a great game. I still don't get how the quality could be so disparate though. On one hand there was the great acting and writing in the villains, and then there's jason brody... And a LOT of story non-sense... And there's a great gameplay, and some of the best linear FPS missions in a while, despite being an open world game. and then there's the final "boss"... I wonder what happened there.

[bakagaijin78]

Wow, impressive. I think they really advertised AC3 well because I actually had family/friends who don't game (but know I do) ask me if I tried it. My 60-year-old mother even said to me "that new game with an assassin it looks like it would be good." (!) And my mom doesn't really play games.

[Good_Guy_Jamal]

Well done Ubisoft, well done. Impressive results. With Rayman Legends coming to all HD consoles, 2013 is looking bright for Ubi.
Everybody's making so much money.
SONY should consider going multiplatform on their software. Hear me out before you lynch me. They make such great games but their hardware production is a money blackhole. I mean they made $6 million during the festive season!
6 freaking million! Something's gotta give. At least release some games on Steam or something, anything.

[WalterWJR]

Most annoying word to come out this gen, fanboyism.

[MestreRothN4G]

AC3 sales prove that marketing >>> quality/creativity.

[1nsomniac]

Ubisoft. Worst gaming industry company ever. Fact!

[grailly]

if you're a PC gamer, eventually... but, still they've gotten better

[1nsomniac]

Lies! lol there the worst FACT!

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

Yea ACIII sold really well but did not live up to the hype.