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   Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 00:33:45 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)
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   > Ubisoft stated that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed a million players on its release date,[80] and had three million players within a week.[81][82] Steam showed a concurrent player count peak of 41,412 on launch day,[80] growing to 64,825 during the first weekend after launch.[82][83] The feat established the game as the highest Assassin's Creed game by concurrent players on Steam to date.[82] Shadows was the best-selling game of March 2025 according to analysis by market research firm Circana,[84][85] and the second-best selling game of the year after Monster Hunter Wilds.[86]
   
   Am I missing something? Looks like the game was a strong commercial success despite the "woke" stuff?
   
   I haven't played it or looked into it much, so I have no opinion on whether the success was deserved or not. I only know that the main characters are a black guy (based on a real person from history) and a woman if I remember correctly, which in and on itself isn't a bad thing; just a question of how well the idea is executed.
   
   For example, if the black protagonist talks like a 21st century US American civil rights activist despite being a 17th century East African dude who ended up in Japan, then that would be quite cringe-worthy and eyeroll-inducing. Likewise, if the female protag started talking like she's a liberal feminist from tumblr while being an 18th century Japanese assassin or something, I couldn't stomach that.
   
   But if the game was such a success then it must have not been that bad... No wait, I just checked the sales of DA:Veilguard and it was also a big commercial success, so never mind, I guess people really buy anything. :blobcat-thonking: Also, I just literally laughed out loudly when I saw that the only award it won was from GLAAD. :blobcat-extremejoy:
   
   In any case, it seems like the higher-ups are likely to ignore the social media complaints / sarcastic memes / etc. about the games, since the money is flowing. They will only react if people actually refuse to buy the game, like it was the case with Concord for example, which was down to a lot more than just "woke stuff" though.
   
   As much as I'm critical of some "woke" things, I think it's often just a cope when people say "go woke go broke." There are some instances where it happens (Bud Light??) but it's not universal, especially not in gaming and other media consumed by youngsters.