💥 “SO IT REALLY DIDN’T SELL!”

Ubisoft’s “woke” gamble on Assassin’s Creed Shadows BACKFIRES with TRUE sales revenue exposed: Just 4.3 MILLION units – the WORST in 5 games, even BEHIND tiny spin-off Mirage! 😤

Despite “2nd biggest Day 1” hype, €300M+ budget + Yasuke DEI push = MASSIVE FLOP as stock tanks 60%! Fans crow: “Told you woke doesn’t win!”

Is this Ubisoft’s death knell? Who’s laughing at the execs NOW? Vent below 🔥 and click for the SHOCKING sales breakdown! 👇

Ubisoft’s flagship Assassin’s Creed Shadows – hyped as a “woke” triumph with its Black samurai Yasuke co-lead and female shinobi Naoe – has cratered in a bombshell sales revelation, clocking just 4.3 million units six months post-launch, the lowest among the last five franchise entries and trailing even budget spin-off Mirage‘s 5 million in three months.

Alinea Analytics’ leaked estimates, exploding across X and Reddit, paint a grim picture: Despite March 20 premiere fireworks – “second-highest Day 1 revenue” behind Valhalla – long-tail sales fizzled amid €300 million-plus development costs, multiple delays, and backlash over “historical inaccuracies” like Yasuke’s oversized role. “So it really didn’t sell,” fans chanted on X, with #ACShadowsFlop trending as petitions hit 1 million demanding “de-woke” fixes.

Launched amid firestorm – Yasuke decried as “DEI samurai,” Naoe slammed for “girlboss” vibes – Ubisoft doubled down: “Diversity wins!” CEO Yves Guillemot touted 3 million “players” (not sales) in week one, 5 million by July. Circana crowned it March’s U.S. top-seller, Newzoo No. 2 revenue. But reality bit: Fiscal 2024-25 net bookings plunged 20.5% to €1.85 billion, €159 million loss, 1,200+ layoffs. Tencent bailout: €1.16 billion for 25% stake in AC/Far Cry/Rainbow Six.

Steam peaked 64k – “decent” but dwarfed by Ghost of Tsushima‘s 2020 haul; PS: 1.2 million first weeks, Xbox muted. Analysts: Break-even needed 7-8 million full-price; reality ~$180-250 million revenue post-cuts. Stock: -60% YTD, flirting bankruptcy sans Tencent.

Pre-launch rage: Yasuke – real 16th-century figure – blasted “historical fiction” for non-Japanese lead; Japanese pols decried shrine vandalism footage; review-bombing hit Metacritic. Ubisoft: “Everyone can have their Assassin.” Defenders: “Chuds lost!” Forbes: Controversies “nothing.” X split: Anti-woke crowed “Go woke, go broke”; shills spun “success!”

Mirage – “back-to-roots” stealth – outsold despite €100 million budget vs. Shadows’ behemoth. Valhalla: 20 million+; Odyssey outpaced in spending, per Ubisoft – but Shadows lagged sustainability. Post-launch: Patches fixed gore for Japan CERO Z; DLC Claws of Awaji flopped quietly. Franchise boss Marc-Alexis Côté quit amid “strategic realignment.”

Ubisoft’s woes: Outlaws bombed; XDefiant shuttered; voluntary “transitions” at Massive. Tencent JV: Ubisoft royalties only. Analysts: Privatization? Dismantling?

Roots: AC exploded 2007; 200 million sold. Peaks: Black Flag 11 million. Now: “Ubislop” fatigue, DEI mandates post-Outlaws. Japan setting – post-Tsushima – diluted by “inaccuracies.”

Canceled: Post-Civil War AC – ex-slave vs. Klan – axed over “Yasuke backlash” fears. Irony: DEI dodged another flop?

As Ubisoft bleeds, “woke wins all?” narrative crumbles. Shadows: Strong start, weak finish. Investors flee; fans vindicated. In AC’s shadows, hubris hunts the maker.