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The future looks bright for Watch Dogs after the new IP sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any previous title in Ubisoft’s history.
“Watch Dogs is an amazing achievement and our teams should be proud that the creativity, innovation and long hours they invested in making this game are paying off,” commented Ubisoft’s co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot. “It’s great to see so many players enjoying the game, and it shows that Watch Dogs has cracked the code for developing a new blockbuster IP and a thoroughly new-gen experience.”
The record breaking launch for Watch Dogs is based on internal estimates for worldwide sales data on all platforms as of May 28.
Ubisoft hasn’t revealed sales figures for Watch Dogs.
Sadly for Ubisoft the launch hasn’t been without issue, with the publisher’s Uplay service creaking to a halt under the stress.
“Dear fans with the release of Watch Dogs we are seeing an exceptional increase of activity,” states a Uplay service update: “While we have taken many measures to limit the impact to our servers, they are not responding as fast as usual. Rest assured our team is monitoring closely our servers and taking every measures so that our services remain up. Thank you for your patience.”
A Tweet from the game’s official account seven hours ago added: “The authentication issue affecting our online services is almost resolved.”
Source: Press release
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Watch Dogs
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure
