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Ubisoft: Watch Dogs 2 sales above Syndicate, tracking Far Cry 4 (7M LTD), WD1 did 11M
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DriftingSpirit
Member
Interesting that sales are lower in US compared to Asia.
I think he wrote that wrong. EMEA is Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and some companies treat that as one region. Though I guess he did list Asia.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Oh, that makes sense.
blame space
Banned
we need a new far cry is all in reading here
Killer Queen
Banned
Obliterator
Member
As someone who liked WD2's story and characters better but thought WD1 had much tighter mechanics and encounter design, I'm glad to see the franchise will be continued. I just hope they can strike a nice balance between 1 and 2. I just felt WD2 had a lot of jank to it mechanically that WD1 didn't have.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Watch Dogs 2 has the biggest case of narrative dissonance I have EVER seen.
"They labelled me a threat! They made me do community service. So now I'm going to carry out a huge succession of terrorist attacks. For the lulz."
"Swatting is the worst" *hacks police so that they can issue an APB on anyone*
"This movie inaccurately portrays hacking. Lets destroy their property using magic mobile phones!"
"They labelled me a threat! They made me do community service. So now I'm going to carry out a huge succession of terrorist attacks. For the lulz."
"Swatting is the worst" *hacks police so that they can issue an APB on anyone*
"This movie inaccurately portrays hacking. Lets destroy their property using magic mobile phones!"
Obliterator
Member
This is the first game ever where I have actively experienced narrative dissonance as well. It never bothered me in stuff like Uncharted because you are always fighting "Bad guys". In WD2 you are supposed to be these good, for the people character and yet are constantly able to straight kill cops / innocent civilians / stealing property etc.
In WD1 you were an anti-hero / vengeance based character so it made more sense
daitoqu
Member
Which means it didn't even recoup it's production budget.
So, yeah, not a cash cow.
#sorrynotsorry
Member
He didn't ask if the film was a cash cow. He asked if the franchise was. The film is just a stop-gap. It seems like it was a success, though obviously not as great of one as Ubisoft would have liked.
Yeah, I get this feeling when playing too. I had put the game down for a few weeks a bit ago, but when I came back to it, I mistakenly pulled out a pistol instead of the stun gun, and the first guy I shot scared the shit out me, haha. I felt bad and kind of stopped playing for a bit. I've not shot anybody else in the game, and don't really use the gang/cop ability. It's actually kind of fun to just run around in the game and not shoot people. I also haven't really played many of the main missions, and have mostly been exploring and collecting side stuff, so maybe that will change as I play more of the story stuff.
Wow. WD1 did 11m. I would have guessed the game collapsed after its first month. WD2 showing promise. Good products find their consumers.
Just a random thought. People used to get so much shit for referring to Zughe and Dualshockers as sources. Now that pretty much every thread now lol.
Just a random thought. People used to get so much shit for referring to Zughe and Dualshockers as sources. Now that pretty much every thread now lol.
flaxknuckles
Member
This is good to know that even if it sold less than the first game it still sold massively well. I'm down for whatever direction they take WD3 in but they really need to revamp the driving because it is a blight on an otherwise awesome game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I have one big problem with a potential wd3...They do away with Marcus which would break me. I love the guy instantly from the first mission
I figured the game would be around 4-5 million
Personally I loved the game my only real platinum
Would love to see a sequel that mixed more of the scenarios and shooting from 1 with the hacking of two
Gimme camera puzzles, give me car conveys, give me crimes to stop on the street, I want to hack into a random person walkings phone and find out they're dealing drugs, locate the drugs, hack into their stash house using phones and cameras and destroy the drug shipment
I want to break up cock fighting rings
But I want to do it with my ded sec brehs
Personally I loved the game my only real platinum
Would love to see a sequel that mixed more of the scenarios and shooting from 1 with the hacking of two
Gimme camera puzzles, give me car conveys, give me crimes to stop on the street, I want to hack into a random person walkings phone and find out they're dealing drugs, locate the drugs, hack into their stash house using phones and cameras and destroy the drug shipment
I want to break up cock fighting rings
But I want to do it with my ded sec brehs
GuitarAtomik
Member
Glad to see it's continuing. I know it's a longshot, but I'd like to see them make a sequel where you can't use guns at all. At least not lethal ones. Differentiate the franchise more than GTA with tech. Make Hackers: the Movie the Game.
PeterLegend
Member
WatchDogs 1 didn't have a lot of competition since it was early in the gen, people were starving for games.
WatchDogs 2 on the other hand has a lot more competition and they're trying to fix the image of the series after WD1 got average or below average reviews.
WatchDogs 2 on the other hand has a lot more competition and they're trying to fix the image of the series after WD1 got average or below average reviews.
Hazardous Metal
Member
Watch Dogs 2 is amazing and I hope to see the series continue.
Soulblighter31
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MechanicalWall
Banned
Yeah, if any Western open-world game needs the Japanese open-world treatment (not being able to curbstomp civilians and generally having strict rules as to who you're allowed to fuck with), it's Watch_Dogs 2. If Ubisoft had any balls, they'd have made it a straight-up stealth game. Even gunning down enemy guards never feels right, given the fact that your gang might as well be the Scooby gang as far as the level of threat they exude goes.
ouch. series peaked with 2 for me anyways I guess.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
that reminds me i still need to get WD2
awaiting that on sale complete edition
awaiting that on sale complete edition
cleveridea
Member
WD2 is a great game, which I almost didnt buy because of the awful story trailers
Cozmogramma
Member
Huh. I always assumed Brotherhood was one of the best-selling games in the series. Maybe it not being a numbered sequel made people think of it as an expansion or something?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
There's an AC game in full production right now. Taking place outside of the U.S. and in a way less modern setting.
Especially disappointing because it's my favourite one of the bunch.
Thought those were just rumors?
Hey UBI if you are reading this... "Please put a character creator in Watchdogs 3"
Its wierd playing online and seeing versions of yourself drop into your game. Im all for keeping a players name standard so you can have actual cutscenes, and if you want to tell the story of someone who is of a specific ethnicity or gender then only offer those options in the character creator.
However Watchdogs 2 would have been better if every players Marcus was different, from his Height, build, Hairstyle, features ect.
Its wierd playing online and seeing versions of yourself drop into your game. Im all for keeping a players name standard so you can have actual cutscenes, and if you want to tell the story of someone who is of a specific ethnicity or gender then only offer those options in the character creator.
However Watchdogs 2 would have been better if every players Marcus was different, from his Height, build, Hairstyle, features ect.
I assume this is retail shipments.
Wow surprised to see to Brotherhood & Revelations didn't sell more, I thought they were some of the best AC games.
ScientificPizza
Banned
This is way better than I expected, tbh. They were never going to get close to the sales of the first game, but this game deserves to have sold well.
Transistor
Banned
I'm glad it sold well. WD2 is an improvement over WD1 in every single way. The characters in it are so damn loveable, too
Theslammer
Member
Huh, I've never heard of Zhuge before (well, besides Dynasty Warriors of course, lol). He is pretty reliable with this stuff?
Brazy I never knew they said how much unity and syndicate sold.(1).jpg)
Ac unity probably benefitted a lot from being heavily bundled with Xbox one
OfTheOverflow
Member
Nathan Drake must be stoked that we have a new face of ludonarrative dissonance!
Heart of Black
Member
The original watch dawgz had a hype level that was unrealistic. Like, the game looked worse and worse (from a play standpoint) and then launching with the whole downgraded graphics fiasco... leads to a more tempered opinion.
2 is objectively better than 1, though.
2 is objectively better than 1, though.
R_thanatos
Member
Well i didn't play watch dogs 2 destroying everything and i never used the APB , ( except for that trophy ).
If you don't go guns blazing in WD2 , it's much harder to get a narrative dissonance.
Stealth gameplay is the way to go in this game.