UK retail sales - Mario sells almost as much as Assassin's Creed

[Norwegian_Imposter]

Yeah heres hoping there will be more AC in this mould (cant believe I just said that haha

 

[Possumowner]

Gogo Mario,shame for Wolfenstein 2,great game I grabbed it on Steam which it seems to have done fairly well on.

 

[Fart Master]

Honest question but why do people always talk like UK sales are the same worldwide sales?

 

[Deleted member 17990]

Grand Theft Auto V still in the top 10 after 4 years is pretty amazing.

 

[Nintendojitsu]

Tbh, that's bodes better for AC than Mario imo.

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Origins is on three platforms well into the generation versus a platform only 7 months old.

 

[WeaselKing]

So, great news for Nintendo and not so great news for Ubisoft.
Having taken a year off probably created an expectation of greater sales, but it wasn't the case.

 

[StrikeFirst117]

Really great sales for Mario, shame about Wolfenstein but that is more due to its release date being the same as 2 other AAA games from other well known series.

 

[i-hate-u]

Origins is on three platforms well into the generation versus a platform only 7 months old.

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I thought AC was a dying franchise after the last 2 games and the hiatus.

 

[Nintendojitsu]

I thought AC was a dying franchise after the last 2 games and the hiatus.

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A hiatus designed to fix the glaring flaws and technical issues of those sequels. A feat which Origins has done. My point still stands.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Kinda misleading title, "weren't far off" is not the same as "almost".

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Not really. If anything, they're both misleading considering it actually outsold both individual SKUs of AC and only got second to them combined

 

[Luxorek]

Cross-posting from the other threads (thanks Bruno MB ):

Assassin's Creed has always opened above 100k in UK:

[Week 46, 2007] ASSASSIN'S CREED (UBISOFT) - 156,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 47, 2009] ASSASSIN'S CREED II (UBISOFT) - 175,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 46, 2010] ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD (UBISOFT) - 207,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 46, 2011] ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS (UBISOFT) - 215,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 44, 2012] ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT) - 332,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 44, 2013] ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG (UBISOFT) - 128,000 / NEW (90%)

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Wow. AC3 really did a number on the franchise. I got caught in the hype, bought it, didn't like it and swore off AC games.

 

[Anth0ny]

One of those 3 games was going to take a beating all being released on the same day... not sure what the thought process was there.

 

[Lashley]

AC deserves it tbf, great game

Can't comment on Wolf or Mario

 

[Mondy]

Now there's a headline, holy shit

Switch is killing it

 

[Sloane Ranger]

I'm a little surprised at Wolfenstein 2 below FIFA, especially given reviews and WOM social. Hoping they have a slow burn winner much like the 1st and TNO