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Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV preorders "very strong" says Ubisoft

CEO Yves Guillemot says upcoming games trending well ahead of launch; console transition an "opportunity to reshuffle the cards."

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Ahead of launch this year, preorders for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and newcomer Watch Dogs are "very strong," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told Bloomberg in a new interview.

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"There's a thirst for new products among our clients," Guillemot said. "It's been a very long time since the last generation of consoles was released--there's very strong built-up appetite that transforms very quickly into preorders. And we haven’t seen the end of it."

Both Watch Dogs and Assasin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be released on current- and next-generation consoles later this year beginning in November.

Sony will launch its PlayStation 4 on November 15 in North America, November 29 in Europe, and in 32 countries by the end of the year. Preorders for the console have already exceeded one million units.

By comparison, Microsoft will release the Xbox One in November in 13 countries, down from its previously announced 21 regions. Microsoft has not announced a release date for the console.

Guillemot said Ubisoft eagerly awaits the upcoming console transition, hoping to gain market share in the process.

"In the gaming industry, new consoles are an opportunity to reshuffle the cards. That's when market share changes are potentially the biggest," Guillemot said. "We want to use this time to launch or relaunch our brands. With each generation we try to climb up a step and grab a few more points of market share."

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What else are they going to say..."The pre-orders suck monkey balls?"

That being said I pre-ordered Watchdogs :)

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I think i'll get both AC IV and Watch_Dogs for PS4 to get the best out of the experience.

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I'm not surprised that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has gotten such high pre-orders it's such an amazing game

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@Spongeetron Just like Watch Dogs :)

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i have played ac1,brotherhood,revelations and ac3 after that i was kind of bored of assassins creed and i thought that this would be end of exploring history but ac4 caught my attention,i dont know why something inside me is telling or yelling that this ac4 is gonna be fresh and exciting.iam gonna get watch dogs and ac4 both and gta five if its well optimized for the pc. pardon my english,iam an indian

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@a-jay13 ac2 was the best.Period.

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Excuse my ignorance but... why are some people here hating on Ubisoft?

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@RE4WiiGirl Some reasons to hate Ubisoft, that I've picked up and don't necessarily agree with: Uplay - bad/unnecessary, yet another third-party program needed to play a game. AC - bad, annualizing it like CoD and therefore making it as dull and same-old-same-old as CoD.

Then there are the various stupid statements that Ubisoft has made. Practically all PC gamers are pirates along with other mistrustful things. AAA game development being too expensive to not integrate microtransactions. If they don't make this unholy alliance, it won't be financially viable any longer to make AAA games. Still, the public wants AAA games, so you can't blame Ubisoft for thinking of doing this. Oh, yes you can blame Ubisoft, it's their fault if they can't make games without exceeding their budget. Look at other AAA games from smaller devs, like Metro: Last Light and Witcher 3.

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Ubisoft are rapidly catching up to Activision in my books.

I despise them both quite badly these days.

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I never felt as if my preorder was considered strong , now I do I HAVE A STRONG PREORDER !

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@vivalatour Not as strong as the hate against Ubisoft, though, but it's practically impossible for anything to be stronger than the accumulated Ubisoft hate of the internet people. Adamantium, Superman - all will crumble before the awesome might of HATE!!!!

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They aren't very likely to say anything else though, are they?

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Watch Dogs will be released on November 19 2013 - Game News

Abandoned Dogs Roam Detroit - Real News

Many will buy Watch dogs but who cares these abandoned dogs ?

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@Gamesfetch If they're not cute and doing funny stuff in youtube videos, then why *should* you care about them?

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Rayman Legends ... **** you Ubi****

Buying it used for Wii U and **** the rest of your games.

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@DeViLzzz They'll be just as expensive as buying them brand new. You might as well buy them brand new.

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@19James89 Nah I can wait a long time to play a game and I will wait til this thing is half the price at launch of the title.

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@SSJ4Goku2 I think you should double the amount of Os on ssssssssoooooooonnnnnnn

Also, if the consonants repeat like that too, you're talking in slow motion instead of yelling. Just saying...

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@Mega_Skrull @SSJ4Goku2

Yeah slow motion. lol.

I was kind of half expecting the dialogue to eventually go into...

"Right about now, the funk soul brother, check it out now, the funk soul brother."

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@punksterdaddy @Mega_Skrull @SSJ4Goku2 Mucho props for the Fatboy Slim reference.

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Honestly, the only AC I liked was the first one. Watch Dogs looks fun though. I pre-ordered it cuz Best Buy is offering $10 in reward zone credit.

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@DrJill2010 Really? I thought the first AC got boring and pretty frustrating at times. I really think AC2 was far better and they'd learned from the mistakes they made in the first one. After AC2 though, I think they've lost their way a little (or a lot) with the rest of the AC titles.

But each to their own and, yes, Watch Dogs looks like it's going to be heaps of fun.

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@spawnholio @DrJill2010 Frankly never felt bored with AC1. I played it only last year? i feard dates graphics and bad movements, yet in the end found it really good. Meantime without Al Tair, we will never had Ezio, Connor and the Kenways :)

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@spawnholio @DrJill2010 Altair owns all these new assassins so your arguement is invalid.

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I wasn't arguing and if I was I'd choose to do it with someone who actually made a valid point, not just made a statement and told me my opinion was invalid.

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Don't count my preorder on Watchdogs Ubisoft, I had extra credit and didn't know what to do with it at the time. I will be changing it because I am sure Watchdogs will disappoint.

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Don't understand the appeal with Watchdogs....is it because it's from Ubisoft? Because of the trailer? Is it based on something else? I don't get what all the hype is about for this game, definitely waiting for the reviews on this one.

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@Alucard_Prime The first glimpse in the first video from E3 2012 was so amazing, many of us were hooked instantly. It's so different to anything out at the moment, and I thought it was a very interesting and exciting concept for a game. Since then I have followed it so closely I have watched every new video released for over a year now. Looking forward to picking it up in a special bundle preorder :)

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@Alucard_Prime Hacking npc or seeing a dynamic "reaction" from the city hasn't been done before I don't think.



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@Alucard_Prime It appears to be different from assassin creed and it looks cool. I was hype for this game but as time has pasted I feel like this game will be decent and will be worth picking up during Black Friday(like most of Ubisoft games). I have been burnt by Ubisoft before(paying full price for Assassin Creed 1 and 3,Far Cry 3) and it will not happen again

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@llantaeusll @Alucard_Prime burnt? Far Cry 3? Really? Most people loved it, myself included. As for AC 1 and 3, I can understand your disappointment.

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Preordered WD after E3. Seems like an obvious choice as far as launch titles go. And you can't be $40.

Passed on AC4. Just doesn't seem that interesting, though I might pick it up later for the MP.

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@NotCeo "And you can't be $40" Ummm, I don't want to be $40. I think I'm worth quite a bit more than that, but it's irrelevant really to put a price on yourself.

As for the games' price, I'll wait until it's 10 dollars, but considering my backlog, it'll be 5 dollars on a Steam sale before I get to it. For launch day it's a good deal, though.

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@NotCeo I have personally never picked up an AC game, I hd always found the series interesting but Black Flag really caught my attention this year. Something about the setting and exploring the sea and nearby islands, i'm very excited to pick this one up!

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Do Ubi's preorders even lift?

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@Trickymaster yeah they lift up the rug and sweep the boosted charts under it

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i read this every game they release. then the "meh" reviews by gamers and game sites. then Tom Mcshea getting ripped a new one when the score is .03 lower than it should be

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@Kickable This isn't an attack directed at you, but at most people. The fault is thinking that a game *should* be a certain score. It's not like different people think differently about the same game and wouldn't give it the same score. It's not like giving a score is the best way to measure a game's worth. It's everything about the game that defines the games worth and a score is a very crude measurement.

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@Hurvl @Kickable I don't treat number scores as anything more than a quick reference on whether I should read/watch the entire review. And I don't buy a game based on Gamespot's coverage alone. I'd hope even they don't care about a number being an accurate measurement they're just falling in line, they have to hook people somehow.

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Heres hoping Watch Dogs doesnt end up as the ''Driver 3'' of next-gen open-world games.

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@Kr3isen I expect it to be Assassins Creed: Future.... It looks like it moves just like Creed, and wouldnt be surprised if at the end, you find out you are in an Animus...

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@BillJr106 @Kr3isen or at the end you find out that both games come from the same company......whoa

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I've been looking forward to Watchdogs for a long time now and was excited when it was announced on the Wii U.

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Not really hungry for yet another dose of AC. I'll play it when the price drops a bit. Watchdogs, however, I think I'll be pre-ordering that on PC. It looks like a great new IP & should be all sorts of crazy fun.

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"Our preorders could beat up your preorders" says Ubisoft

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Fools all of them (For the Assassins Creed pre-orders...).

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yes we are hungry but not as we are hungry for GTA V..

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@blackroommate I am actually more hungry for WD and AC4 :D

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@blackroommate and not as hungry for witcher 3

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