Ubisoft has just announced that its newly released Skull and Bones has reached record numbers of player engagement since its launch but has decided not to reveal the actual sales numbers or the exact player count. This was revealed through a press note that announced the first season of Skull and Bones that also shared that the daily average playtime is hovering around four hours, which makes it the second highest ever for any game from Ubisoft.
But that is quite vague, all things considered. When developers have a successful game on their hands, they usually share the sales numbers and concurrent player numbers. And since Skull and Bones is not on Steam, we can not verify this claim. But according to what Ubisoft says, players are spending a lot of time sailing the high seas.
Skull And Bones Record Player Engagement Revealed But Sales Figures Were Not
We know for a fact that the moment Skull and Bones came out, the player count for Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag went up by 200%. This happened the very same day as the release of the long-awaited game.
Ubisoft has had it hard for a while now, Skull and Bones was originally revealed way back in 2017 and was based on the addictive ship-sailing from Black Flag. This was followed by a plethora of delays that made it seem that the game was in development hell like Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil 2. But luckily that wasn’t the case.
If you’re interested in Skull and Bones, you can try it for free right now. And if you want to check out what is coming in season 1, you can do so below:
- Tides of Terror: Seasonal events where players get to fight La Peste’s Fleet of Pestilence. Players will eventually go against him in a World Event, culminating in a final showdown where they will seek out his base of operations, the Blighted Bastion, for an epic battle.
- New World Events: Players will encounter Elite Warships from megacorporations like the DMC (Opwelling), and local factions like the Clan of Fara (Mizerja). Merchant Convoys carrying high-value loot will also be present along trade routes in the Indian Ocean.
- New Bounties: Players can pick up bounties leading them to terrifying legends such as the mysterious Ghost Ship (Rode Maangodin) that haunts the Open Seas, or the terrifying Sea Monster (Zamaharibu) that awaits unsuspecting pirates in the depths.
- New Leaderboard rewards: Higher-tier weapons and equipment. Seasonal Smuggler Pass: Three free tracks allow players to acquire new gameplay items and blueprints to further optimize and customize their ship’s loadout. There will also be free cosmetics from captain and ship cosmetic sets to resources and Pieces of Eight. The Premium pass also adds extra cosmetics and Gold premium currency.
