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It does feel pretty good actually, no worries.I'm surprised you're still here. Must be hard these days being such a pathetic green rat.

It does feel pretty good actually, no worries.I'm surprised you're still here. Must be hard these days being such a pathetic green rat.
It out performed everything this year so far besides Monster Hunter WildsThis is about the 5th thread using some variety of 'it outperformed MLB The Show' as the benchmark for 'proving' how successful Shadows was. Kinda funny that this is how low the bar has to be set for Shadows to be declared a success.
Welfare's HW estimates:
PS5: ~355K
XBS: ~160K
NSW: ~150K
We knew that since at least the Final Fantasy VIII sales. Can't remember now a 16 bit era game that sold well despite being obviously a fad.Yeah, gamers are tasteless that much
Yes, with 'everything' in this case being a group of games you would expect AC to outperform very comfortably. It had one remotely comparable rival and got beat by it.It out performed everything this year so far besides Monster Hunter Wilds
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The ones that do care probably moved to PlayStation anywayMLB The Show not being in the top 10 on Xbox after been removed from GamePass shows they never cared about it.
MLB The Show has always been a monster though.Yes, with 'everything' in this case being a group of games you would expect AC to outperform very comfortably. It had one remotely comparable rival and got beat by it.
MLB The Show has always been a monster though.
Yes, with 'everything' in this case being a group of games you would expect AC to outperform very comfortably. It had one remotely comparable rival and got beat by it.
I think it was 13th or 14th in the US Top 20 the last couple of years. In Valhalla's release year (2020), Valhalla was apparently 5th (revised to 6th) and The Show was 18th (revised to not in the top 20). Covid year though so maybe that impacted irl baseball.MLB The Show has always been a monster though.
MH World and AC Odyssey were 9th and 10th respectively in the 2018 US Top 20. I think it was reasonable to assume Wilds would beat Shadows worldwide, but I don't think it was a given in the US.Just like I would expect it to beat MLB The Show, I would expect Monster Hunter to beat it.
AC releases every two years, Monster Hunter releases like every 3-4 years.
MH World and AC Odyssey were 9th and 10th respectively in the 2018 US Top 20. I think it was reasonable to assume Wilds would beat Shadows worldwide, but I don't think it was a given in the US.
My expectation is that there is currently probably quite a gap between 1st and 3rd this year. If Shadows is $1 below 1st then it's probably doing fine; if it's $1 above 3rd then it probably isn't.
And World had like 8 extra months worth of sales compared to Odyssey. We can't expect the conditions to be perfectly identical.MH World didn't launch day 1 on PC... Odyssey was also on Switch...
And World had like 8 extra months worth of sales compared to Odyssey. We can't expect the conditions to be perfectly identical.
I haven't seen any indication that MH is historically an incomparably bigger seller in the US than AC is.
yazenov , I am genuinely curious why you think Major League Baseball not being on Circana's Digital Panel has anything to do with how The Show sells on Xbox.
What's the link there?
What's the next big game that should (easily) dethrone AC Shadows (in US)? Doom Dark Ages?Yes, with 'everything' in this case being a group of games you would expect AC to outperform very comfortably. It had one remotely comparable rival and got beat by it.
What's the next big game that should (easily) dethrone AC Shadows (in US)? Doom Dark Ages?
Nah, not a chance. It's $50, and AC is $70. Circana tracks dollar sales. I don't think Oblivion has more than a slight chance to enter the top 10 in the Year to date chart. I don't think it makes #8.Not sure about easily, but Oblivion Remastered may have a chance. Its Steam CCU peak is 3x higher than Shadows already, and the weekend is still to come. Of course, Elder Scrolls franchise skews more to PC and Assassins Creed to consoles, and Shadows has a headstart but we will see when April data comes in.
Presumably because no one would be silly enough to rely on that as the 'proof' of their success. Something tells me they won't be shy about announcing how GTA6 is selling.No one asks what CoD or GTA was up against in their respective months when they top the charts.
Presumably because no one would be silly enough to rely on that as the 'proof' of their success. Something tells me they won't be shy about announcing how GTA6 is selling.
Only if you take the view that outperforming the likes of MLB The Show and KCD is proof that Shadows has done well. I don't.based on this topic we know that Shadows did pretty well for itself
I will assume by 'just behind' you mean in the 'only behind' sense.just behind MH Wilds
What does this tell us about how well Shadows sold?a game which has sold over 10m already.
The Steam metrics were terrible and I don't think getting outperformed by The Show on Playstation is a great sign either.It's not doing bad by any metric.
Ok, I do.Only if you take the view that outperforming the likes of MLB The Show and KCD is proof that Shadows has done well. I don't.
Yes, it's the second best selling game of the year so far.I will assume by 'just behind' you mean in the 'only behind' sense.
What does this tell us about how well Shadows sold?
The Steam metrics were terrible and I don't think getting outperformed by The Show on Playstation is a great sign either.
We do know launch sales are lower than 3, given the higher price it puts the upper limit around 2.3 million units,Why would it outselling some sports game prove something and even more strangely why would it doing good on steam matter when the entire series doesn't do good on there?
Neither does Call Of Duty, neither does Battlefield, GTA's don't even launch on Steam
So...I think some of you may need to get over it... AC gamers are not buying games based on history lessons and what ever some of you hoped would happen clearly isn't happening. I mean.... we are on a thread where it sits at Number 1...it has been number 1 for several weeks around many countries and I don't see anything supporting that anyone really cared about that controversy other then a really, really small minority as to why the game is moving millions of units, before the holiday sales, before a Switch 2 version, before their normal discounts...
I believe we are in 100% agreement that MLB's sales probably aren't strong on Xbox.![]()
Xbox Game Pass Releases Can Reportedly Expect To Lose 80 Percent Of Premium Sales
"Anecdotally, games that are in Game Pass can expect to lose around 80 percent of [their] expected premium sales on Xbox".www.thegamer.com
That's from Chris BTW, I'm sure you know him and he needs no introduction.
Furthermore, we've seen the affect of COD sales on Xbox when the game came out day on on Gamepass:
UK Physical + Digital Sales: Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Sales fall by -67% on Xbox, -18% on PC and rise +30% on PS5 compared to MW3.
If one of the biggest game franchises COD unit sales took a huge hit on Xbox due to releasing on Gamepass day one , what affect do you think it will be on smaller titles such as MLB the show? And double wammy for the series being associated on Playstation. Like I said, we've seen 80% splits for other multiplatfrom games, and I'd expect much worse for this game. 90% in PS favor.
Sure this year MLB the show 2025 is not on Gamepass day one, but the previous 2 or 3 entries were. Same affect.
Ok what's my point and why hide numbers? Most probably at the request of MS or the publisher choose not disclose it due to embarrassing numbers, or the lack of it. Its speculations as I do not have any evidence of this just like we were all speculation previously that Gamepass affects game sales and were labeled conspiracy theory nuts or warriors.
When you have numbers to show, you pump your chest. When you are ashamed, you keep your mouth shut. Just like MS shouting from the rooftops with their Xbox 360 hardware sales. And now they are dead silent on Xbox one and Xbox series sales numbers. Its not really difficult to understand.
And also I find it amusing that you are making a mountain out of a mole hill for this insignificant detail. But my point still stands, the software sales for MLB the show on Xbox are nothing to brag about. I'd like to move on from this subject as it's taking too much of an effort on my part for such an insignificant thing.
adamsapple it warms my heart that you found my posts amusing
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Only when a narrative needs to be spun by matno platform-by-platform sales ratio for AC Shadows?
usually during the last year of game production, lot of the team peel off and begin working on other titles, few people remain in the late stages when it moves into QA...so heres a roughbreakdown i did with chatgpt using cross checking with the credits
A rough estimate of the development cost for Assassin's Creed Shadows, based on staff roles and average salaries over the 4-year cycle, comes out to:
≈ $2.39 billion USD
Estimated Cost by Role (over 4 years):
- Programmers: ~$543 million
- Designers: ~$368 million
- Artists: ~$549 million
- Technical Artists: ~$129 million
- Producers/Managers: ~$310 million
- QA/Testers: ~$155 million
- Writers/Localization: ~$103 million
- Audio: ~$70 million
- Other roles (admin, biz dev, support): ~$163 million
This estimate assumes:
- Salaries were steady over time
- Most credited roles were involved full-time during the 4 years
- It doesn't include marketing, licensing, external contractors, or post-launch support
of course this doesnt take into account things like..international salaries or the malaysian guys they pay ten bucks an hour to shit out props
Whatever launch units in US were, BF substantially outsold 3 over their respective lifetimes, and that goes for units and $ alike.only concrete info i can find is black flag was down 65% from 3
I see that Ubi shills still trying hard to convince people AC Shadows is not a flop
Oblivion Remastered had 4 million players in 3 days
AC Shadows 3 million players in 1 week
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Just wait, he's out there travelling Japan and documenting just how much the game is inaccurate and how its devs should commit seppuku asap to cleanse their sins.
This is just amazing rofl.I see that Ubi shills still trying hard to convince people AC Shadows is not a flop
Oblivion Remastered had 4 million players in 3 days
AC Shadows 3 million players in 1 week
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I see that Ubi shills still trying hard to convince people AC Shadows is not a flop
Oblivion Remastered had 4 million players in 3 days
AC Shadows 3 million players in 1 week
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Not even gonna bother tagging all da haters in this one.
Cuz the prerelease threads were wild as fuck.
We had history PHDs coming out the woodwork, hell we had vehement Assassins Creed fans who seemingly forgot AC is a work of fiction telling us NO AC is all about historical accuracy.
Misss meee wwitttthhh that shit!
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Is 3million players in a week bad?
With its "silence" we already know which version is the best-selling.Only when a narrative needs to be spun by mat
Only when a narrative needs to be spun by mat
Out of all the games released in the last 12 months, Mat has released splits for a grand total of 2 games. 1 led on Playstation and 1 led on PC.With its "silence" we already know which version is the best-selling.
How many does it need to be?It's terrible for a game that cost at least $250 million
How many does it need to be?
Spiderman 2 on PS5 did 2.5m preorders and 5m in 11 days.
Given the insane hype around sm2, the bought off reviews, etc. I don't see how 3m is a bad number.
I knew someone wouldn't be able to handle itBought off reviews for SM2?![]()
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Some of yall can't take it when something you hate, performs very well I see.
How is it odd? I invoked it in the context of saying I don't think Shadows should not have been beaten by it (on playstation).further down the post you invoke MLB again yourself, so it's odd that you're discrediting it here.
I was clarifying that you did not mean 'just behind' as in 'it was close'.Yes, it's the second best selling game of the year so far.
But surely you understand that the sales of the game in 1st cannot tell us how well the game in 2nd has sold... Only the games below it can do that.That it's selling good enough that it's only second to a game that has sold double digit million units.
How is it odd? I invoked it in the context of saying I don't think Shadows should not have been beaten by it (on playstation).
But surely you understand that the sales of the game in 1st cannot tell us how well the game in 2nd has sold... Only the games below it can do that.
usually during the last year of game production, lot of the team peel off and begin working on other titles, few people remain in the late stages when it moves into QA...so heres a roughbreakdown i did with chatgpt using cross checking with the credits
A rough estimate of the development cost for Assassin's Creed Shadows, based on staff roles and average salaries over the 4-year cycle, comes out to:
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≈ $2.39 billion USD
Estimated Cost by Role (over 4 years):![]()
- Programmers: ~$543 million
- Designers: ~$368 million
- Artists: ~$549 million
- Technical Artists: ~$129 million
- Producers/Managers: ~$310 million
- QA/Testers: ~$155 million
- Writers/Localization: ~$103 million
- Audio: ~$70 million
- Other roles (admin, biz dev, support): ~$163 million
This estimate assumes:
- Salaries were steady over time
- Most credited roles were involved full-time during the 4 years
- It doesn't include marketing, licensing, external contractors, or post-launch support
of course this doesnt take into account things like..international salaries or the malaysian guys they pay ten bucks an hour to shit out props
Depends on the sports game tbh. I don't think outselling MLB The Show proves much, but that is effectively what is being offered as proof of success. You would have to ask those doing so how it is proof of success.Why would it outselling some sports game prove something...
Now we are getting somewhere. How many multi-millions have they sold? 2m? 8m?We know it exceeded multi-million sellers which have been in the market for longer like Split Fiction and KCD2
Because the 'proof' so far offered for that is flimsy at best.instead of just agreeing that it has sold well.
Now we are getting somewhere. How many multi-millions have they sold? 2m? 8m?
Because the 'proof' so far offered for that is flimsy at best.