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Watch Dogs 2 Launch Sales Fall 80% Over Original


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Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 is the latest high profile casualty of a struggling few weeks for UK physical games retail.

Sales of the critically well-received open world action game are 80 percent down compared to the original[...]

[...]Watch Dogs 2 was always going to struggle to match the sales of its 2013 predecessor. The first game was one of the most anticipated launches of all time and was the fastest-selling new IP in history when it arrived. The final product disappointed some fans, and so it was inevitable there would be some caution around its sequel. Nevertheless, the scale of the drop will come as a disappointment to Ubisoft and to retail. Ubisoft did warn its investors that Watch Dogs 2 sales may be weaker than expected, pointing to a decline in pre-orders.[...]

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Got this as a gift on steam for birthday, looking forward to playing it when released on PC, that said cant imagine buying boxed content anymore unless its a collector edition of something I really wanted, last time I thought of that was Tomb Raider as you get statue metal box all that cool snaze but aside from that yeah not surprising far more convenient digital stuff.   

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