{"id":2032862,"date":"2026-07-08T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032862"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:01:09","slug":"assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-hasnt-set-sail-yet-but-its-already-doing-better-than-shadows-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032862","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced hasn&#8217;t set sail yet, but it&#8217;s already doing better than Shadows on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced hasn&#8217;t set sail yet, but it&#8217;s already doing better than Shadows on Steam<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Loot and plunder.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/AC-Black-Flag-Resynced---reaching-a-port.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Edward Kenway nearing a small port village\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"AC-Black-Flag-Resynced---reaching-a-port.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-08T13:01:09+00:00\">July 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7bfe1fe9-86cc-4aad-81c5-82a6f2cbce07\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" title=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<\/a> isn&#8217;t even out yet &#8211; Edward Kenway makes his long-awaited return tomorrow, 9th July &#8211; but it&#8217;s already on track to perform better than last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to estimates by Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis for the games-oriented market data company Alinea, the remake of Ubisoft&#8217;s 2013 seafaring classic has <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/two-summer-games-due-to-make-a-big\">already sold over 300k pre-order units on Steam<\/a> ahead of this week&#8217;s launch, equating to &#8220;almost $14m in gross revenue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aaG8yEcY3aE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/aaG8yEcY3aE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aaG8yEcY3aE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That, Elliott notes, means Resynced has sold 5.39x more copies on the PC platform than Shadows did during the same pre-release window. As for consoles, Elliott added, &#8220;Because Black Flag carries so much nostalgia for the PS4-era crowd who remember it as a definitive day-one title, we expect it to perform even better on PlayStation than on Steam&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shadows, for context, has shifted 5.7m copies globally to this date &#8211; 1.3m of those on Steam &#8211; falling some way below 2018&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-odyssey\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey<\/a>, which had sold 10m copies as of March 2020. Viking-centric follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-valhalla-passes-usd1bn-revenue\">Valhalla was also a significant hit for Ubisoft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-final-update\">enjoyed considerably longer post-launch support compared to Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Black Flag Resynced&#8217;s arrival comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-1-remake-ubisoft-rumour\">reports Ubisoft is already working on a Resynced version of 2007&#8217;s original Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/a>. As for the game itself, Eurogamer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review\">awarded Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced three stars in our review<\/a>, calling it a &#8220;perfectly fine way of experiencing this tale&#8221; even if some of the new additions and changes &#8220;are not universally positive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<\/a> isn&#8217;t even out yet &#8211; Edward Kenway makes his long-awaited return tomorrow, 9th July &#8211; but it&#8217;s already on track to perform better than last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to estimates by Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis for the games-oriented market data company Alinea, the remake of Ubisoft&#8217;s 2013 seafaring classic has <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/two-summer-games-due-to-make-a-big\">already sold over 300k pre-order units on Steam<\/a> ahead of this week&#8217;s launch, equating to &#8220;almost $14m in gross revenue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aaG8yEcY3aE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/aaG8yEcY3aE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Immersion Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aaG8yEcY3aE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That, Elliott notes, means Resynced has sold 5.39x more copies on the PC platform than Shadows did during the same pre-release window. As for consoles, Elliott added, &#8220;Because Black Flag carries so much nostalgia for the PS4-era crowd who remember it as a definitive day-one title, we expect it to perform even better on PlayStation than on Steam&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shadows, for context, has shifted 5.7m copies globally to this date &#8211; 1.3m of those on Steam &#8211; falling some way below 2018&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-odyssey\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey<\/a>, which had sold 10m copies as of March 2020. Viking-centric follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-valhalla-passes-usd1bn-revenue\">Valhalla was also a significant hit for Ubisoft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-final-update\">enjoyed considerably longer post-launch support compared to Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Black Flag Resynced&#8217;s arrival comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-1-remake-ubisoft-rumour\">reports Ubisoft is already working on a Resynced version of 2007&#8217;s original Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/a>. As for the game itself, Eurogamer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review\">awarded Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced three stars in our review<\/a>, calling it a &#8220;perfectly fine way of experiencing this tale&#8221; even if some of the new additions and changes &#8220;are not universally positive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced hasn&#8217;t set sail yet, but it&#8217;s already doing better than Shadows on Steam Loot and plunder. 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