{"id":2038660,"date":"2026-07-11T15:32:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2038660"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:32:39","slug":"assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-opens-to-2-million-sales-on-launch-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2038660","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced opens to 2 million sales on launch day"},"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 opens to 2 million sales on launch day<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Bootyful.<\/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\/Main-Image-2-Edward-Smiling-Finding-Treasure.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Edward is shown opening a buried chest in Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Main-Image-2-Edward-Smiling-Finding-Treasure.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft\/Eurogamer<\/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=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\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\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-11T15:32:39+00:00\">July 11, 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>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a &#8220;strong start&#8221;, selling two million copies on launch day.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule, developer\/publisher Ubisoft tends not to share much publicly about sales figures, which means we can&#8217;t reliably compare them to prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-games-order\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed games<\/a>, let alone to its peers. Clearly, though, Ubisoft is very proud and making an exception for Black Flag Resynced.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official Horizon Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5MMjrUlKwM?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\/D5MMjrUlKwM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5MMjrUlKwM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ubisoft also wants you to know that it expects the trend &#8220;to continue as players across the world get their hands on the game&#8221;, not least because it was the top-ranked game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a> when it launched on 9 July, and is currently sitting on a concurrent Steam peak of 99,451 players, making it the &#8220;highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin&#8217;s Creed title on the platform&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you somehow missed Black Flag both now and during its first outing, Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced is set during the Golden Age of Piracy and invites players to sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway, a rebellious pirate captain drawn into the centuries-old conflict between Assassins and Templars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Edward pursues glory and fortune, he crosses paths with legendary figures such as Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Calico Jack, while the fate of everything the pirates have built hangs in the balance,&#8221; the company teases. It&#8217;s available on PC (Steam, Steam Deck, Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft&#8217;s subscription service, Ubisoft+), plus PS5 and Xbox Series.<\/p>\n<p>Before it even launched, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">was already on track to out-perform Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows,<\/a> pulling in &#8220;roughly $14m in gross revenue&#8221; for publisher Ubisoft.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, however, we&#8217;ve seen something of a back-and-forth over on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751950\/Assassins_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced\/#app_reviews_hash\">the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a>. Whilst many praise the game for its updated graphics, wide open-world, and interpretation of the 2013 classic adventure that came before, others are miffed about a long-standing issue they feel Ubisoft has become synonymous with: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-steam-review-bomb-dlc\">cosmetic microtransactions in single-player games<\/a>.<\/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>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a &#8220;strong start&#8221;, selling two million copies on launch day.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule, developer\/publisher Ubisoft tends not to share much publicly about sales figures, which means we can&#8217;t reliably compare them to prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-games-order\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed games<\/a>, let alone to its peers. Clearly, though, Ubisoft is very proud and making an exception for Black Flag Resynced.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official Horizon Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5MMjrUlKwM?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\/D5MMjrUlKwM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5MMjrUlKwM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ubisoft also wants you to know that it expects the trend &#8220;to continue as players across the world get their hands on the game&#8221;, not least because it was the top-ranked game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a> when it launched on 9 July, and is currently sitting on a concurrent Steam peak of 99,451 players, making it the &#8220;highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin&#8217;s Creed title on the platform&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you somehow missed Black Flag both now and during its first outing, Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced is set during the Golden Age of Piracy and invites players to sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway, a rebellious pirate captain drawn into the centuries-old conflict between Assassins and Templars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Edward pursues glory and fortune, he crosses paths with legendary figures such as Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Calico Jack, while the fate of everything the pirates have built hangs in the balance,&#8221; the company teases. It&#8217;s available on PC (Steam, Steam Deck, Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft&#8217;s subscription service, Ubisoft+), plus PS5 and Xbox Series.<\/p>\n<p>Before it even launched, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">was already on track to out-perform Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows,<\/a> pulling in &#8220;roughly $14m in gross revenue&#8221; for publisher Ubisoft.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, however, we&#8217;ve seen something of a back-and-forth over on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751950\/Assassins_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced\/#app_reviews_hash\">the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a>. Whilst many praise the game for its updated graphics, wide open-world, and interpretation of the 2013 classic adventure that came before, others are miffed about a long-standing issue they feel Ubisoft has become synonymous with: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-steam-review-bomb-dlc\">cosmetic microtransactions in single-player games<\/a>.<\/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 opens to 2 million sales on launch day Bootyful. 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