Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's Controversial Day 1 DLC Earned $1 Million, Just on Steam

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's arguable $85 postulation of time 1 DLC earned Ubisoft an other $1 cardinal connected Steam, it's been reported.

That's according to Alinea Analytics' Rhys Elliott, who has published elaborate income accusation for the game's PC release. Ubisoft itself has officially trumpeted 2 cardinal income of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced crossed each platforms successful conscionable 24 hours.

While the crippled itself has been warmly received, fans person been little impressed by its optional other packs, which full a corporate $85 — much than the crippled itself.

"Come connected Ubisoft you conscionable couldn't clasp yourself huh?!" wrote 1 subordinate via Steam. "Releasing a 70 euro crippled and connected the DAY of the merchandise you slap america with 85 euros worthy of DLC packs that are conscionable not cosmetic but springiness you a gameplay vantage this is wherefore piracy beryllium and I volition beryllium refunding!"

Backlash astatine the offering has dragged down the game's Steam idiosyncratic reappraisal average, with galore players upset astatine the rule of Ubisoft launching Resynced with a much costly DLC postulation than the outgo of the basal game, arsenic good arsenic the information that Resynced besides highlights these other packs to players in-game via a pop-up message.

The cheapest of these other packs, the $4.99 Map Pack, reportedly has a 6.34% Steam connect complaint — meaning that astir 1 successful 15 of players purchased it. (The pack, a mainstay of Assassin's Creed releases, highlights in-game collectibles without the request to observe their locations manually.)

Fewer radical purchased the game's assorted $9.99 cosmetic packs, with an connect complaint for each astir 2% — astir 1 successful 50 players. These supply premium tegument packs for either Edward Kenway himself oregon his Jackdaw ship, though connection nary existent gameplay advantage. Still, for an other $1m successful revenue, you tin spot wherefore Ubisoft keeps making them.

"We've seen your feedback since launch, and we're speechmaking each of it," a Ubisoft assemblage spokesperson said successful a effect to the DLC backlash past week. "Thank you for caring this overmuch astir Black Flag Resynced. We privation to beryllium wide connected 1 point: the modular variation is the full, implicit experience. Every mission, each island, the afloat communicative and the implicit satellite are each there, with thing held back. The further packs are wholly optional extras for players who privation them, ne'er a request to bask oregon implicit the game. We'll support listening arsenic you play!"

"More than conscionable a shinier mentation of the aforesaid crippled you remember, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced brings what was already 1 of the champion games successful the bid up to today’s standards," IGN wrote successful our Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review, standing the crippled 9/10.

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