{"id":2052058,"date":"2026-07-20T08:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052058"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:58:12","slug":"assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-sold-3-million-in-its-first-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052058","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced sold 3 million in its first week"},"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 sold 3 million in its first week<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Our flag means bounty.<\/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-underwater-treasure.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 finds an underwater treasure chest\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"AC-Black-Flag-Resynced-underwater-treasure.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=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-20T08:58:12+00:00\">July 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-3-million-copies-one-week?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/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>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-2-million-sales\">its big 2m sales opening<\/a>, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced has reached a new sales milestone: Ubisoft announced that the remake has sold over 3m units in a week across all platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The figure was shared on the official Assassin&#8217;s Creed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/assassinscreed\/status\/2078146457568235659\">X account<\/a> and elsewhere, alongside a message thanking players for their support, and officially announcing that a New Game Plus mode is in the works. New Game Plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-new-game-plus\">was initially revealed in a recent interview<\/a> with the game&#8217;s director, who called it a natural addition, but it&#8217;s nice to see a wider announcement nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Even before it officially launched, Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">had been predicted to outperform Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows on Steam<\/a>. Before Black Flag Resynced, Shadows was Ubisoft&#8217;s best-selling game on Valve&#8217;s platform.<\/p>\n<p>On July 9, those predictions came true, with a strong opening of 2m units sold across all platforms, and a peak concurrent of 104,756 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3751950\/charts\/\">SteamDB<\/a>) on Steam alone. Given this momentum, Black Flag Resynced could end up being the best-selling game in the series.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edward is shown preparing to do some harpooning in Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin&apos;s-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced---Hunting-and-Harpooning-Header.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Edward is shown preparing to do some harpooning in Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin&apos;s-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced---Hunting-and-Harpooning-Header.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft\/Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The launch hasn&#8217;t been without controversy, however. The excessive &#8211; though standard in Ubisoft games &#8211; amount of launch-day microtransactions and cosmetic skins has soured many players on the launch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-steam-review-bomb-dlc\">The game was review bombed on Steam for a while<\/a>, before the overall rating recovered in the days since. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-ubisoft-connect-outage-offline-mode\">Black Flag Resynced was also briefly unplayable on PC, thanks to a Ubisoft Connect outage<\/a>, which shouldn&#8217;t have happened given that the game is advertised as being playable offline.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for what the next remake in the series could be, reports suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-1-remake-ubisoft-rumour\">Ubisoft is working on a Resynced version of the original Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/a>. Although that&#8217;s yet to be officially announced, let alone given a release date, a late-2027 launch to coincide with the series&#8217; 20th anniversary would make a lot of sense.<\/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>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-2-million-sales\">its big 2m sales opening<\/a>, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced has reached a new sales milestone: Ubisoft announced that the remake has sold over 3m units in a week across all platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The figure was shared on the official Assassin&#8217;s Creed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/assassinscreed\/status\/2078146457568235659\">X account<\/a> and elsewhere, alongside a message thanking players for their support, and officially announcing that a New Game Plus mode is in the works. New Game Plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-new-game-plus\">was initially revealed in a recent interview<\/a> with the game&#8217;s director, who called it a natural addition, but it&#8217;s nice to see a wider announcement nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Even before it officially launched, Black Flag Resynced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">had been predicted to outperform Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows on Steam<\/a>. Before Black Flag Resynced, Shadows was Ubisoft&#8217;s best-selling game on Valve&#8217;s platform.<\/p>\n<p>On July 9, those predictions came true, with a strong opening of 2m units sold across all platforms, and a peak concurrent of 104,756 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3751950\/charts\/\">SteamDB<\/a>) on Steam alone. Given this momentum, Black Flag Resynced could end up being the best-selling game in the series.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edward is shown preparing to do some harpooning in Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin&apos;s-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced---Hunting-and-Harpooning-Header.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Edward is shown preparing to do some harpooning in Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin&apos;s-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced---Hunting-and-Harpooning-Header.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft\/Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The launch hasn&#8217;t been without controversy, however. The excessive &#8211; though standard in Ubisoft games &#8211; amount of launch-day microtransactions and cosmetic skins has soured many players on the launch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-steam-review-bomb-dlc\">The game was review bombed on Steam for a while<\/a>, before the overall rating recovered in the days since. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-ubisoft-connect-outage-offline-mode\">Black Flag Resynced was also briefly unplayable on PC, thanks to a Ubisoft Connect outage<\/a>, which shouldn&#8217;t have happened given that the game is advertised as being playable offline.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for what the next remake in the series could be, reports suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-1-remake-ubisoft-rumour\">Ubisoft is working on a Resynced version of the original Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/a>. Although that&#8217;s yet to be officially announced, let alone given a release date, a late-2027 launch to coincide with the series&#8217; 20th anniversary would make a lot of sense.<\/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 sold 3 million in its first week Our flag means bounty. 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