Assassin's Creed II sells 1.6m worldwide

By Robert Purchese Published 24 November, 2009

Ubisoft makes a killing.

Ubisoft has just announced that Assassin's Creed II sold 1.6m units worldwide in one week, according to "internal estimates".

That's 32 per cent better than the original Assassin's Creed, which is still the fastest-selling new IP that North America has ever seen.

The increase may be attributed to Assassin's Creed II being a much better game. Eurogamer scored the original Assassin's Creed 7/10 and gave the sequel 9/10.

Assassin's Creed II débuted at number two in the UK All-Formats chart this week, denied top billing by the colossal Modern Warfare 2. Activision's war game sold 1.7m copies in one day in the UK alone, and around 4.7m copies globally in 24 hours. First-week sales have not been revealed but are expected to be around the 7m mark.

It's worth noting, however, that Assassin's Creed II had fewer days on sale before counting, having been released on a traditional Tuesday (US) and Friday (UK) timetable. Modern Warfare 2, remember, arrived globally on Tuesday 10th November.

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Comments (34) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Ninja_Tino #1 2 years ago

    All these games and no console at uni. This Xmas break is going to be EPIC (kinda).

  • Eraysor #2 2 years ago

    I'm glad it sold loads, it's an excellent game.

  • jim1975 #3 2 years ago

    great sales for a GREAT game

  • kangarootoo #4 2 years ago

    "All these games and no console at uni"

    Its the best way.

    If I had had a console at uni my education I would have been in big trouble. I had a beige Mac back then, for which there were about 8 games in the whole world :)

  • Teamallstar #5 2 years ago

    It's amazing that a game could do this well being released so close to modern warfare 2!

    I feel a bit sorry for valve as left for dead seems to have gotten lost in the the assassins creed and mw2 rush!

  • davisorle #6 2 years ago

    You guys rated the original one with a 7/10? Are you serious? oO

    Anyhow, Great news for a great game. But to think I would rate more the first Assassin's cause it was too original and great as well. and now you give an extra 2 points for the improved one? I will never understand how you guys rate games.. Its kinda bad thoguh. but still a great game :)

  • kaya08 #7 2 years ago

    Has to be one of the most improved series from the first to the second one. Well deserving of the sales

  • andywilkie35 #8 2 years ago

    Fantastic stuff - Game of the Year deserves good sales.

  • spekkeh #9 2 years ago

    should I help Ubisoft, or get Batman instead?

  • Moribundman #10 2 years ago

    Batman and Creed are actually very similar. Love them both.

    Have to say Batman seemed slicker but Creed seems deeper.

  • ZeroAX #11 2 years ago

    @spekkeh

    eidos has been sold to the japs, so you might as well support the last european publisher left.

    ah eidos. how did you fall from grace from the psone era. oh yeah so many tomb raiders and no legacy of kain

  • spekkeh #12 2 years ago

    @moribundman: yes that's why I asked ;) thanks..

    @ZeroAX: Legacy of Kain was actually the only Eidos game (up till perhaps Batman) that I found to be decent. I still don't understand why they ditched an excellent control scheme and went for the Tomb Raider / Hitman mess in their other games instead.

  • Thedni #13 2 years ago

    Congrats to Ubisoft, good to see it pull the numbers after last weeks launches.

  • Razz #14 2 years ago

    Hopefully they can now concentrate on making Beyond good and Evil 2
    Edited by 1 at 24/11/09 @ 14:54

  • markymark22 #15 2 years ago

    Got this yesterday for the ps3, first part i was a bit worried about how it was going but i'm glad i held out! I'm loving it! Cant wait to finish work and get in!

  • Rodchenko #16 2 years ago

    I was a bit underwhelmed by the beginning and the early missions but gladly it soon kicks up speed and fun and the Venice parts are really breathtaking. Glad I hung in there. Great game, Ubi. Maybe I'll finish the first one day as well...

  • Drpwnage #17 2 years ago

    Impressive sales, there must be a lot of people (like myself) who have held back on buying AC2 due to the current glut of games occupying their time and intend to pick it up closer to Christmas.

  • Les #18 2 years ago

    "All these games and no console at uni."

    Didn't have a console at uni but I did have a PC with a copy of Championship Manager installed (back in the days when SI was still creating it and there was no fluff like 3D match engines)... ;)

  • Lunatic4ever #19 2 years ago

    game industry is definetely booming :D
    thats awesome. they were all complaining about piracy and all that...
    just look at it. finally gamers get good games AND good developers get payed!
    Call of DUty,Assasisins Creed 2...dunnoo but it feels like a new era of high quality games.

  • schnide #20 2 years ago

    Only the guff about the animus and overcooked storyline are putting me off this.

  • kangarootoo #21 2 years ago

    "eidos has been sold to the japs, so you might as well support the last european publisher left."

    Ubi are a huge multi-national. With studios in France, Canada and Shanghai, it doesn't really matter where they have their head office.

    I suggest you either buy games on the basis of whether they are fun to play, or if you want to do something "worthwhile" buy games by small indie devs based in the country of your choosing.

  • kangarootoo #22 2 years ago

    @schnide

    The animus and associated guff feature afr less in AC2 than in the first one. In AC1 you were in and out of the bloody thing like a cat at the cinema with a bucket of mouse-corn.

    During my play so far, I've only been out of the thing once and that was right at the start.

  • makeamazing #23 2 years ago

    Glad its doing well... :)

  • Stomp224 #24 2 years ago

    EG, one day you are gonna kill me with those puns.

  • matrim83 #25 2 years ago

    Well deserved.

    Unlike that other big selling overhyped game. Modern whatshisface.

  • des #26 2 years ago

    Is that big?

  • Nephirion #27 2 years ago

    I think alot of copies of MW2 will be traded after xmas, having to pay more that any other console game and then to be forced to buy map packs that should have been part of the original release is a complete piss take. AC2 while not containing the multiplayer element is at least 3 times longer than MW2.

  • mkreku #28 2 years ago

    I just realized something.. There has been no mention of Jade Raymond in the Assassin's Creed 2 news stories!

    ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 IN NAME ONLY!!

  • Stratix #29 2 years ago

    I really enjoyed the first game, even though it was a bit repetitive, I still enjoyed the free running aspect. However, when the French guy on all the preview videos said they had improved number 2, they were not kidding. Assassin's Creed 2 is AWESOME. I love it, I'm glad it sold well, I have played it for hours and I don't think I'm anywhere near completing it, or being bored of it.

  • interceptor #30 2 years ago

    Assassins Creed 2 is one of the best games I've ever played. It deserves to be mega-mega successful and I'm so stoked for AC3 already

  • sneetch #31 2 years ago

    Excellent game, well done and well deserved!

  • SL33PY #32 2 years ago

    I'm thrilled to get my hands on it. This friday, a friend of mine will bring my black edition over from the UK (they were all sold out here :( )

  • oreillymj #33 2 years ago

    Was interested in this, but no Jade WhatsherFace, no sale for me.

    What's she up to these days?

  • mega7ech #34 2 years ago

    "Was interested in this, but no Jade WhatsherFace, no sale for me.

    What's she up to these days? "

    Shes executive producer on AC2. There was a lot of hoohah back when AC1 launched that Ubi maybe used the lovely Ms Raymond a bit too much in the promoting of the game so maybe thats why you've not heard much about her with the launch of AC2. Not that you'd need a pretty face to sell the game this time around - Brilliant game! Ubi are one of the best developers around imo.
    Edited by 1 at 25/11/09 @ 14:34