Checking past Assassin's Creed numbers I found a contradiction in the figures extrapolated from UK monthly charts published by Famitsu.
Let's start with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
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November 2010 Individual Format Top Ten (90%)
01. [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) - 1,358,000
02. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) - 1,035,000
03. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.) - 269,000
04. [WII] Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) - 236,000
[B]05. [360] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) - 216,000
06. [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) - 168,000[/B]
07. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 140,000
08. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo) - 131,000
09. [360] FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts) - 124,000
10. [PS3] FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts) - 109,000
[Week 46, 2010] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - 228,600 / NEW
[Week 47, 2010] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - 155,400 / 384,000 (-32%)
We already have the first week sales of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (228,600), now let's move on to the next release, Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
Ubisoft mirror last year’s Assassin’s Creed (Brotherhood) by debuting at No2 in the week after Call of Duty launch, thanks to ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’. Sales of the latest Assassin’s Creed are indeed a Revelation for Ubisoft as the title beats last year’s title in both units (+4%) and revenue (+8%) for week 1, to become the most successful of the franchise and also of any previous Ubisoft release.
228,600 + 4% = 237,700
[Week 46, 2011] Assassin's Creed: Revelations - 237,700 / NEW
And now Assassin's Creed III
Officially released on Wednesday, ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ becomes Ubisoft’s biggest ever launch title, selling almost double that of ‘Assassin’s Creed II’ and outperforming the publisher’s previous best, last year’s ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ by over 117,000 units.
237,700 + 117,000 = 354,700.
[Week 44, 2012] Assassin's Creed III - 354,700 / NEW
But there is a problem, somebody who has access to the actual data said in these Pal Charts threads that Assassin's Creed III sold 332,000 units, note that all these numbers aren't upweighted to 100% of market, including that 332,000 figure.
Ok, let's take that 332,000 figure to get the adjusted Assassin's Creed: Revelations number, 332,000 - 117,000 = 215,000
If we use this adjusted number it adds up with the November 2011 chart published by Famitsu, remember that it was the same source I used for getting Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood number.
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November 2011 Individual Format Top Ten (90%)
01. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) - 1,237,000
02. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) - 872,000
03. [360] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) - 313,000
04. [PS3] Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sony) - 184,000
05. [360] Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts) - 178,000
[B]06. [360] Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft) - 168,000[/B]
07. [WII] Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft) - 144,000
08. [PS3] Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts) - 136,000
09. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) - 136,000
10. [360] Saints Row: The Third (THQ) - 133,000
168,000 is the Xbox 360 total for weeks 46 and 47.
[Week 46, 2011] Assassin's Creed: Revelations - 215,000 / NEW
Xbox 360 (56%) - 120,400 / NEW
PlayStation 3 (43%) - 94,600 / NEW
[Week 47, 2011] Assassin's Creed: Revelations - 83,600 / 298,600 (-61%)
Xbox 360 (56%) - 46,800 /
167,200
PlayStation 3 (44%) - 36,800 / 131,400
So these seem to be the figures closer to reality for the titles of this franchise:
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[Week 46, 2007] ASSASSIN'S CREED (UBISOFT) - 156,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 47, 2009] ASSASSIN'S CREED II (UBISOFT) - 175,000 / NEW (90%)
[B][Week 46, 2010] ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD (UBISOFT) - 207,000 / NEW (90%)[/B]
[B][Week 46, 2011] ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS (UBISOFT) - 215,000 / NEW (90%)[/B]
[B][Week 44, 2012] ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT) - 332,000 / NEW (90%)[/B]
[Week 44, 2013] ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG (UBISOFT) - 128,000 / NEW (90%)
[Week 46, 2014] ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY (UBISOFT) - 153,000 / NEW (95%)
[Week 46, 2014] ASSASSIN'S CREED: ROGUE (UBISOFT) -
[Week 43, 2015] ASSASSIN'S CREED: SYNDICATE (UBISOFT)
In addition, we now get the same Watch Dogs number than using L.A. Noire.
Ubisoft take their second All Formats No1 of the year, and smash the week 1 sales record for new IP in the process as event title ‘Watch Dogs’ takes the crown.
It eclipses the new IP record set by ‘L.A Noire’ three years ago with an increase of 58%. In terms of units, ‘Watch Dogs’ breaks into the Top 20 for best ever launch weeks taking 17th spot on the list. The new release finds itself in good company with only titles from mega-brands GTA, Call of Duty, FIFA & Battlefield ahead of it. For Ubisoft it’s also a personal best with ‘Watch Dogs’ beating ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ as their biggest launch in the UK by 17%.
Watch Dogs = Assassin's Creed III (332,000) + 17%
332,000 * 1.17 =
388,440
or
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May 2011 Individual Format Top Ten (90%)
[B]01. [360] L.A. Noire (Take-Two) 224,000
02. [PS3] L.A. Noire (Take-Two) 162,000[/B]
03. [WII] Zumba Fitness (505 Games) 76,000
04. [360] Brink (Bethesda) 75,000
05. [360] LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Interactive) 45,000
06. [360] Dirt 3 (Codemasters) 34,000
07. [WII] LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Interactive) 32,000
08. [PS3] Brink (Bethesda) 30,000
09. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
10. [PS3] LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Interactive) 29,000
[Week 20, 2011] L.A. Noire - 246,000 / NEW
[Week 21, 2011] L.A. Noire - 140,000 / NEW (-43%)
Watch Dogs = L.A. Noire (246,000) + 58%
246,000 * 1.58 =
388,680
