Assassin's Creed Shadows sells more copies in 1 week than Star Wars Outlaws did in 3 months

The physical sale of Assassin's Creed Shadows has been quite successful in the UK, with reports now indicating the latest addition to the Assassin's Creed franchise has now outsold Ubisoft's commercial failure Star Wars Outlaws by a considerable margin.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows has moved more physical copies than Star Wars Outlaws in just 1 week than Outlaws did in 3 months. Additionally, Shadows' physical sales are approximately the same as Assassin's Creed Mirage, with the higher price of Shadows pulling in more revenue.

The data provided by The Game Business states that general sales in the UK are 63% of what Assassin's Creed Valhalla achieved in November 2020, with the discrepancy in sales being attributed to the pandemic causing a huge spike in software sales, and Valhalla being available physically on more platforms at launch.

Moreover, Shadows has become the biggest physical launch of the year, according to data provided to VideoGamesChronicle. According to the publication, Shadows is now the second-biggest launch ever in the series, and the first Ubisoft title to launch on Steam since 2019. Ubisoft recently announced that Shadows has already reached 2 million players, but the publisher didn't reveal the percentage of how those players were divided up between platforms.

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