Assassin's Creed Syndicate has climbed to the top of the UK sales charts – but it may not like what it sees. Perhaps suggesting some serious franchise fatigue, the London-based adventure not only failed to better predecessor Assassin's Creed Unity's first week sales, but also every other major entry in the series. In other words, excluding the likes of Assassin's Creed Rogue, this is the worst selling instalment yet at launch.
Of course, seeing as it still actually managed to oust FIFA 16, it shows just how popular this property has been over the past eight or so years. Elsewhere in the charts, Guitar Hero Live rocked its way into third, while Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection held on to best sellers list in fourth. The evergreen Grand Theft Auto V hijacked fifth, as LEGO Dimensions, Destiny: The Taken King, LEGO Jurassic World, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain rounded out the top ten.
Watch Dogs actually climbed back into the charts in 12th position, perhaps on the back of Sony's big Ubisoft PS4 bundle. DriveClub also re-entered in 35th place, but no sign of Until Dawn as Hallowe'en approaches. We'd like to hope that Sony's got a second marketing campaign lined up for the sleeper hit, but it's looking unlikely this late in the game, isn't it? A real shame.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 24th October, 2015
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- FIFA 16
- Guitar Hero Live
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
- Grand Theft Auto V
- LEGO Dimensions
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Forza Motorsport 6
- LEGO Jurassic World
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
[source chart-track.co.uk]
Comments 16
I am kind of glad it's sales are declining because it's better to put out a game when some real improvements have been made instead of re-skinning previous work, and after the monstrosity of bugs and glitches that was happening in the last assassins creed release I am glad gamers are possibly becoming cautious to this sort of thing
@ReigningSemtex I agree. Hopefully Ubisoft takes note of this and gives the series a break for its own good. It has so much potential that is being wasted.
Annual tripe is only really accepted by CoD and sport franchise fans. AC isn't doing so well, with Fallout 4 dropping in a couple of weeks they should be pretty worried.
@stevie85 they do so much better if their employees were allowed to innovate more, a release schedule similar to say MGS or Farcry would also help.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi I agree. The gap from Assassins Creed 1 and 2 was roughly two years and look how well that game was received by fans and critics.
That's good news. Maybe they'll give AC a break now, and really focus on making it as special as they should.
I'd love it if they took it back to the time of the first game, was the best game imo
I'd love them to make a new Prince of Persia instead. The 2008 game gets a lot of criticism but I really enjoyed it.
Is it me or have they not marketed this at all? I had no idea it was out on release day and I haven't seen a web or TV ad at all
Everyone is feeling Assassins Creed fatigue
The thing is, from what I've played Syndicate is actually pretty good, certainly better than Unity but last year's game was such a massive F up I'm sure that along with the franchise fatigue that is to be expected it taking its toll. So, while I like this year's game a lot, I do want to see the series shelved for a good 3 years. it's not like Ubisoft doesn't have games to take its place. How about a current-gen Splinter Cell? I think a lot of people would like to see that.
@iSillyBoiJudas more like open world fatigue.... story driven AAA is pretty much non-existence this year...
Have any of you guys actually played this game (gamer83 excluded)? This is a very solid AC game. Yeah it's the same thing run around, climb towers/buildings, fight mobs, assassinate some chump or other but at the same time for fans of the AC franchise who like playing their games so long as the game isnt a bag of mess this is a great title with 2 very different characters to play with. Getting around is different with both characters, fighting is great with either and both can be as stealthy as you want to invest skillpoints in.
I've played this game all day today and I have nothing for praise for it. Yes I liked Unity more than most and am an AC fan from the start of series but I also like a game to be playable like any gamer. I didnt like how unstable Unity was either but Syndicate plays miles better than I've seen a AC play in a long time. I ain't seen any frame rate issues or half of peoples heads or anything. This game is a quality AC title to add to any fan's collection imho. How PushSquare rated it a 6 out of 10 I'm at a loss about.
@TomKongPhooey
I think the reason it got a 6 here is partly because Sammy reviewed it and he's pretty burnt out on open world games. He even wrote an article about that. Which is fine. Different strokes for different folks. If somebody is burned out on the genre or the franchise, I can see a 6/10. It's the 4/10s that I've seen on metacritic that are just laughable to me. There is no way in hell the game is a 4/10. That is ridiculous. A 6 however isn't far off a 7 which is considered good. For me, however, the game is about 8. It's not the best in the series but it has a lot of redeeming qualities and I'm thinking all said and done, Evie may end up there with Ezio and Edward as one of my favorite characters in the series.
@Gamer83 @TomKongPhooey
I think I would like Assassin's Creed more if they got rid of some of the more gamey elements. The enemy highlighting really kills immersion for me. Also the animus crap when you die. The world looks so believable and then your enemy starts glowing.
@tenderbeefcake fair point well made. Your right being there in the game goes out the window with the glowing deffo and I can see it ruining the game alright for some. I must admit tho I'm really enjoying it either way.
@gamer83 I would give it a 8 also. Your right it probably doesn't match AC2 but it's up beside it imho or maybe even Black Flag depending on my mood but overall it's a very solid game, very playable so far for me anyhow very enjoyable. I think Evie is very solid, not too fond of her bro tho (and even if I get slated) she is also more appealing to follow around London in 3rd person than the guys. For me anyhow lol. I love how you can switch between the two characters so I don't gotta play with Jacob too often
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