Since its announcement and the confirmation that Assassin's Creed Shadows would feature a black samurai, as well as a female shinobi character, the absurd controversies of the "anti-woke" have continued to flourish and spit on the game for every possible and unimaginable reason. It is therefore in a rather glacial climate that the Ubisoft teams had to finish the development of the game, with moments that, one imagines, must not have be easy.
Although imperfect, Assassin’s Creed Shadows still offers some qualities and should clearly appeal to fans of the franchise. In any case, the Assassin’s Creed series and brand still seem to attract players since the game’s launch was a real success.
More than a million players since the game’s launch
Last month, Ubisoft confirmed that pre-orders for Assassin's Creed Shadows were doing very well, to the point of being the second best pre-orders in the history of the saga, behind Assassin's Creed Odyssey which has the highest pre-order rate to date.
This seems to be confirmed since Ubisoft confirmed on its official Twitter/X account that the one million player mark had been reached in less than 24 hours: “It's not even 4 p.m. here in Canada, and Assassin's Creed Shadows has already surpassed one million players!”.
Unlike previous Ubisoft game releases, the French publisher listened to the community and offered Assassin's Creed Shadows on the day of its release on Steam, and not exclusively on the Ubisoft launcher. This seems to have paid off, as the game immediately reached the top 1 in sales.
Thus, Assassin's Creed Shadows achieved a historic record of 41,412 players connected simultaneously at its launch, doubling the figures for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which is, to date, the best-selling Assassin's Creed game in the history of the saga. To this day, the records are still held by Assassin's Creed Origins with 41,551 players and Assassin's Creed Odyssey with a peak of 62,069 players. But, this is still very solid for a launch.
As such, these figures clearly show that the absurd controversies on social networks and especially Twitter are far from being a representation of reality. Lastly, the game is currently rated with "very positive" feedback from players on Steam.
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