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Assassin’s Creed Shadowsseems to be the huge success that Ubisoft wanted the game to be.
Ubisoft sees different circumstances behind the release of both games, and acknowledges that in sales.
There was a lot going on behind the scenes at Ubisoft and around the world whenValhallacame out.
The primary driver of these factors was the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is almost two years old, Ubisoft hasn’t finished with the game.
They’ve promised a final chapter to Eivor’s story.
Global lockdowns forced billions worldwide to remain at home, leading to a dramatic surge in video game consumption.
This resulted ina massive player engagement increase across all platforms and helped games released at the time.
It was a perfect storm we may never see again.
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Those who wanted to see the improved graphics could do so onValhalla, a flagship game of Ubisoft.
Ubisoft knew thatShadowswould need to be compared to other games that were released under normal circumstances.
While we can go with our opinion, it’s better to find hard evidence from theValhallastatistics.
That achievement is given after completing the prologue because that puts you in England.
That means a significant number of players who boughtValhallanever got past the prologue.
It would be a bad idea to compareShadowstoValhallawhenthere were clearly reasons outside of gameplay that contributed to the sales.
It would be like expecting the same perfect storm to happen during every release.
Luckily,Ubisoft made sure its employees knew that Shadows was “the new bar.”
