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Almost All the UK's Boxed Copies of Assassin's Creed Shadows Sold on PS5 Last Week

The UK's latest physical games chart is here, and Assassin's Creed Shadows is still top of the pile.

It's number one for the second week in a row, with 84 per cent of the boxed copies sold being the PS5 version.

While this is only physical sales in one country, it's clear the game is performing well for Ubisoft — a much needed win after a rocky 2024. In terms of digital sales, the game is reportedly killing it on PS Store, too.

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lukasmain57d ago

Astro Bot still kickin it with physical at 3rd. That's great considering there's a PS5 Bundle out there with a digital version of the game for free. Atomfall well done and Shadows to keep on keeping on

JEECE57d ago

I hope Atomfall does well on console. Its steam numbers so far are not encouraging.

CantThinkOfAUsername57d ago

Rebellion should have made it some online garbage for PC players to gulp.

JEECE57d ago

@CantThinkOfAUsername

I see what you are saying about the PC audience, but I am not comparing it to mass market live service stuff.

I am looking at it compared to things like Atomic Heart, and it seems to have had a much smaller launch than that game.

For whatever reason, the marketing for Atomfall just doesn't seem to have worked.

edeprez56d ago

Is it good? It looked excellent from the trailers I saw! It looked like a better version of the modern fallout games. New Vegas and F3 some of my absolute favorites.

jznrpg56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

I’m going to pick up Atomfall and AC Shadows after I’m done playing Lunar Remastered which comes out April 18th

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ZeekQuattro57d ago

Nice job AC Shadows. 👏 Not bad for Atomfall. It's clunky at times but it is fun. I can't deny that. Well deserved.

Eonjay57d ago

Sure... because we are talking about AC but the fact that PS5 is dominating physical game sales so hard can only be blamed on MS' GP strategy. Overally its harmful to the industry if consumers stop buying games.

Flewid63857d ago (Edited 57d ago )

"Sure...because we are talking about AC"

There are AC games that never achieved this though.

Eonjay57d ago

I appoligize I wasn't clear. I was trying to say that the sales breakdown doesn't have anything to do with AC in particular.

wesnytsfs57d ago

Seems like Sony owners are holding out for physical copies while PC and xbox prefer didgital at this point.

jznrpg57d ago

xBox prefers renting over purchases

wesnytsfs56d ago

If Sony included their first party titles on day 1 I bet their service would be as popular with their fan base as xbox is with Microsoft.

DarXyde56d ago

wesnytsfs,

"As popular" kind of undersells the larger install base of PlayStation.

Even then, I'm not so sure that's correct. There's a lot of convenience that comes with a digital purchase, yet PlayStation has been alright with physical sales. I tend to think people are pretty sick of subscriptions

S2Killinit56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

@wesnysfs
Well, PSPlus numbers are actually higher than gamepass numbers.

Also, the tier that allows you to play the few “day one” games per year that release by MS 1st party costs $20/month and PSPlus does not offer such a tier. So it might be unfair to act like all xbox gamepass subscribers are getting games day one. Not to mention that paying 20/month may not be worth it to get (a couple?) of “day one” games per year.

ThinkThink56d ago

I bought it digital on xbox. Looking forward to digging into it after Avowed.

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I've Been Replaying Assassin's Creed Origins, And It's Reminded Me What Shadows Is Sorely Lacking

It took going back to a much older game to realise just how empty Assassin's Creed Shadows feels.

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HellspawnPR19811d 8h ago

"I've never thought feudal Japan would be a good Assassin's Creed setting. Give me 1960s southern England with mods and rockers."

Aaaaaaand that's where I stopped reading.

Terry_B1d 6h ago

Never read anything on that website.

chicken_in_the_corn22h ago

I agree with the first part of their statement. Japan is so overused and it wasn't particularly interesting in Shadows. Now that it's been done, they can do something better.

Armaggedon23h ago

And shadows reminds me of something origins is lacking. Virtually every game is lacking something. It is because it is lacking, that it has what it isnt. Funny dichotomy that…

anast22h ago

Origins is a beautiful game made by talented people that got turned into a brutal level-gate fest by the CEOs.

PRIMORDUS21h ago

There are only a few Assassin's Creed games I played. Original, The Ezio Collection, and what I think is probably the best in the series Assassin's Creed Odyssey with the DLC. I'm done with the series, it's the same shit.

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gets A Vinyl Soundtrack Release

Fans and collectors will likely be thrilled over the new vinyl soundtrack release for the game.

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The First Berserker: Khazan review - Dungeon Enlightener | TechStomper

"The First Berserker: Khazan features some tight combat and an interesting presentation, but is hit hard by a botched main story and repetitive content."

- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper

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jznrpg10d ago

One of the lower scores around for this. Still haven’t got to it

CrimsonWing698d ago

I’ll say the difficulty of this game ruined my enjoyment. I think they had something here, but it was way too frustrating for me to have much fun with. I also got tired of the environments. Things started to look sort of the same.

I do think boss designs were cool, but man, playing the final boss for hours upon hours until I barely got through did not leave me satisfied with the experience. If anything, it made me less inclined to replay it.

HyperMoused8d ago

Great game but the boss fights are just too long and you dont have a lot of margin for error, so you have to be on point for ages, got burn out on this one at chaos, and i heard it gets worse