Ubisoft has taken to Twitter to thanks fans for making Assassin's Creed Mirage its "biggest new gen launch" yet, at least in terms of pure units sold. The back-to-basics entry arrived on Xbox Series X|S last week, whisking players off to 9th-century Baghdad, while stripping back many of the RPG mechanics present in the last few AC titles.
The company has also congratulated its Bordeaux studio, and any additional development partners, on reaching this goal and delivering a successful Assassin's Creed launch.
It's important to note that Ubisoft emphasises 'unit sales' here, meaning the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla may have earned the company more money overall, given it was a full priced release. Mirage is a much slimmer affair, with Ubisoft asking just $50 for the title on day one.
It remains to be seen exactly where the team takes its long-running franchise next. We know about multiple titles already being in development over at Ubisoft, but whether they'll stick to Mirage's format or go back to the Valhalla-style RPG is still unknown. For what it's worth, we really enjoyed the stripped-back nature of Assassin's Creed Mirage - which you can read all about down below!
Are you surprised to see Mirage do this well in a packed October? Let us know what you make of this down in the comments.
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I like it a lot, however I do also very much like the huge world of Valhalla and all of the customization options. I loved the skill tree and being able to do so many things in the larger games. But this one is fun in its own way and feels condensed into one type of game and I appreciate that. But hopefully they bring back a massive world bigger than Valhalla for future games. I like to explore and finding hundreds of collectibles and playing for over 200 hours to complete everything and see everything the game has to offer.
I have a lot on at the moment so I won’t be picking this up until an inevitable Ubisoft sale. I’m really looking forward to giving it a go when my time frees up.
Finally, didn't think i would like it this much. Back to its roots. 9/10
Should've been a Valhalla DLC
Great game , completed it yesterday. Really feels like an Original A.C.
Let this be the new foundation for games to come.
Got it for the PS5 and love it so far. Mentioned it when commenting on other articles but I'm one of the few who didn't burn out on the old AC formula and I'm very happy it's back. Sometimes less is more. Fully expect most AC games going forward will be like Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla but hopefully Mirage performs well enough that Ubisoft will see fit to continue budget releases with the old formula in between the bigger RPG-focuses entries.
Can't decide if I want this or alan wake 2
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