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Why Assassin’s Creed is an annual franchise

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It’s becoming like clockwork. Every year, we see a new Call of Duty, and every year we see a new Assassin’s Creed. Call of Duty – despite middling reviews for the latest one – is still a behemoth entertainment franchise, making Activision piles of money with each release. It’s easy to see why the keep churning them out. The same goes for Assassin’s Creed really.

On its corporate website, Ubisoft has updated its franchise performance information, and Assassin’s creed is far and away the company’s crowning jewel in an impressive portfolio.

According to their info, the series has sold over 73 million units combined across games and platforms. That is a lot of historical, stabby fiction. The only game in their lineup that even comes anywhere close is Just Dance, which has sold a ludicrous 48 million copies, so it’s easy to see why they annualise the hell out of that series too. Here’s a look at everything else.

  • Assassin’s Creed: 73 million
  • Just Dance: 48 million
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: 30 million
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: 26 million
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: 25 million
  • Petz: 24 million
  • Rayman: 25 million
  • Imagine: 21 million
  • Prince of Persia: 20 million
  • Driver: 19 million
  • Far Cry: 18 million
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids: 14 million
  • The Settlers: 10 million
  • The Experience: 9 million
  • Anno: 5 million

It’s a little bit depressing that casual fodder like Petz and imagine have both outsold gamers’ games like Far Cry, Driver and Prince of Persia. Oh..and if you’re watching the video,  keep pressing “3” for your answer as to why we see Assassin’s Creed every year. 

Last Updated: April 22, 2014

19 Comments

  1. Umar's Sin

    April 22, 2014 at 14:05

    • Unavengedavo

      April 22, 2014 at 14:06

      Agreed, I actually enjoyed it even if it was repetitive O_o

      Reply

      • Umar's Sin

        April 22, 2014 at 14:23

        Lol, it was repetitive after a while, no denying that, but it really built a world I’m dying to see more of. It has such a rich vibrant world juxtaposed beautifully against it’s dark and oppressive counterpart…And the new prince was awesome has hell

        Reply

        • Eric

          April 22, 2014 at 21:59

          Bioshock Infinite with swords! Or PoP with guns!

          Reply

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        April 22, 2014 at 14:27

        Is that…hahahaha…..what she said?

        Reply

  2. oVg Errorist

    April 22, 2014 at 14:06

    Money money money must be funny in rich “GIRLS” world 😛
    I thought I would update the lyrics from the dark ages.

    Reply

  3. Admiral Chief in Space

    April 22, 2014 at 14:20

    Twice in one day Geoff got a damn song stuck in my head….ffs

    Reply

  4. UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

    April 22, 2014 at 14:22

    I honestly don’t mind them doing it if the game is awesome!

    Reply

  5. Martin du preez

    April 22, 2014 at 14:26

    What the haters don’t understand is that Assassins Creed (Love it or hate it) is the beast that brings in the cash for Ubisoft to fund new IP’s like Watchdogs,The Division etc. The day AC dies is the day Ubisoft dies.

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    • Admiral Chief in Space

      April 22, 2014 at 14:28

      I don’t mind Ubisoft. I just really mind uPlay

      Reply

    • Umar's Sin

      April 22, 2014 at 14:29

      Nothing wrong with it, at the very least , Ubi still tries new things which is awesome, AC is the money maker and to me at least, that’s okay. We got Rayman Legends, Child of Light, Division and Watch Dogs. I can respect that…Unlike Call of ………….. Cthulhu???

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      • Martin du preez

        April 22, 2014 at 14:33

        The AC franchise gets a lot of hate from pubescent gamer tweens on the internet for being an annual franchise. But to be fair,the (main) series has been rock solid,there hasn’t been a “bad” game yet. They all act like they’re being held at gunpoint to buy the game every year. People buy it because it’s a stellar series. Here’s the evidence in this article.

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        • Kensei Seraph

          April 22, 2014 at 14:36

          Here is* the evidence in* black and white.
          I even refreshed in hope that you had fixed the mistake.

          I agree with you though.
          All the AC games I’ve played have been enjoyable (although I lost interest in AC3 about 1/3rd of the way through)

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          • Martin du preez

            April 22, 2014 at 14:41

            Lol dude I’m gooi’ing my is and are’s when I type in a hurry fast :p

          • Kensei Seraph

            April 22, 2014 at 14:52

            *Twitch twitch*
            You’re doing that on purpose aren’t you?

        • Umar's Sin

          April 22, 2014 at 14:37

          See, with AC, it at least does something different and tries to remain fresh. If you look at a game like CoD however, that’s a clear cash cow

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          • ConkerBFD

            April 24, 2014 at 00:20

            Agree! I try to respect the preferences of everyone, but it’s hard to not diminish the overall quality of CoD when compared whit AC. The acting is excellent and it “has” a story. I’d not go so far as to say Cod’s a cash cow (because you already did) but AC proved to me that not all of those annual games are bad (despite I can’t remember another).

          • Umar's Sin

            April 24, 2014 at 07:30

            Conker’s Bad Fur Day! Love that game lol and yeah, AC at the very least proves Annual franchises can work and Ubi at least still tries new things which is great! If only other companies did the same

  6. Pieter Smal

    April 22, 2014 at 14:54

    I saw the title… I saw the Abba clip… I laughed… 😀 😀 😀

    Reply

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