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Months after constant pressure, delays, and controversies, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is here. However, the game has proven to be a big success, slashing the hate with hidden blades and Katanas. It’s like players have denied the controversies, proving once more that a good game should not be judged by predetermined minds. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has already passed many milestones, including one that makes it the best in the franchise on a certain platform.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Success Is Gained In Shinobi Fashion
There’s no denying that Ubisoft has been going through rough times since 2024, where a new Star Wars IP and a certain Call of Duty-esque shooter went south. That led to delays on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which frustrated a lot of players and fans. Beyond that frustration, however, was all the hate targeting this game, and how Ubisoft was finished because of it.
Months later and here we are, looking at the best Assassin’s Creed game on Steam with 64,825 concurrent players peaking in 24 hours at its first week of release. And for those even complaining over this, you need to know that these numbers are gained on Steam for the $70 version of the game, while players could go for the $17.99 with full benefits of the $129.99 Ultimate Edition via the Ubi+ service.
The only series competitor that really did stand a chance against Assassin’s Creed Shadows was AC Valhalla, which unfortunately had a late release on Steam. Aside from that, Ubisoft has recently announced that 3 million players have been following Naoe and Yasuke’s journey so far, which is another milestone reached in addition to breaking the day one sales record of the series on the PS Store.
AC Shadows Proves ‘Don’t Believe Everything You See’
Video game quality is largely in the eye of the beholder, just like how you enjoy a movie and the guy next to you might not. But, it’s always best not to judge a game, movie, or even a book by just walking past it. The media these days are flooded with different ideas, which is fine, but to encourage players to hate something that’s not even out yet is fishy business.
The best example here is Assassin’s Creed Shadows, slammed by users because of its historical inaccuracies and how it’s got so many bugs and issues including Kiri, Naoe’s horse not fitting through a door. Now, I ask only one thing: Is this what ruins a game for you? If so, then you shouldn’t like playing Call of Duty, Starfield, GTA, and even Ghost of Tsushima; Yap, that game has its own chunk of historical inaccuracies and bugs that haters don’t seem to care about.
A good game is defined by its quality and the word of people and players who actually spend time in it. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is currently standing with a solid 81% Very Positive user reviews on Steam, and with it becoming the best Ubisoft’s day one performance on PS Store sales, you can tell that players are actually enjoying the party.
