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During its year-end financial call, which was filled with bad news about the most recently completed year, Ubisoft took some time to focus on the positive. Among the bright spots: your interest in Watch Dogs.
Ubisoft shared that Watch Dogs is the most pre-ordered new intellectual property in Ubisoft's history and across the industry this year. It’s also Ubisoft’s second most pre-ordered title ever. No specific numbers were given.
During the conference, CEO Yves Guillemot also expressed that the company plans to sell more copies of Watch Dogs than it has of the first Assassin’s Creed title. The latter moved 6.3 million copies.
Watch Dogs is out on May 27 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC. A Wii U version is coming later this year.
Our TakeI still have high hopes for Watch Dogs, but I have to believe that some of those pre-orders were made in anticipation of it being a new-gen launch title. Still, there is buzz for Ubisoft’s technology-filled Chicago thriller. We’ll know soon if it lives up to the expectations.
I think it's a safe bet that it will sell more than 6 million copies. There's a lot of hype surrounding the game and a lot of people eager to get into another detailed, open world game.
I would love a great new game for my next-gen console, but I'm going to wait to hear what the general buzz on it is before I pick it up.
I haven't pre-ordered, but I do intend on getting it.
already have my preorder for my PS4 payed off
Such wordplay...
This might be one of those games where I wait for a price drop before getting... I really hope its good.
I hope this game fulfills its expectations. I have it pre-ordered.
I ave Best Buy's Gamers Club unlocked. So the preorder is $48 with a future $10 off certificate and a preorder bonus. That was enough to make me preorder. Can't wait to play it in a couple of weeks.
Until companies start moving away from "last gen" and start going to "next gen" I will always be skeptical.
dumb. game might be bad. whatever people like to gamble i guess.
I preordered it and I can't wait to play it!!!