Assassin's Creed Shadows has had a bit of a rough time of late, with Ubisoft initially pulling out of the Tokyo Game Show entirely and delaying the launch of Shadows to February 2025, attributing its absence at the show to the buggy, incomplete nature of the 2025 entry into the Assassin's franchise. In the announcement confirming the launch delay and the Tokyo Game Show Absence, Ubisoft also communicated that it would be shaking up the Assassin's Creed launch and monetization strategy significantly. Apparently as part of that monetization switch-up, Ubisoft has also changed the price of the Assassin's Creed Shadows Collector's Edition, cutting it by a whopping $50.
Ubisoft confirmed the price change on Discord in an official Q&A, announcing that, due to dropping the three-day early access that Collector's Edition buyers would originally have received, the Collector's Edition would now cost $229.99 instead of the previous price of $279.99. Meanwhile, the Collector's Edition will still include all the other paraphernalia and real-world loot that it originally bundled. The aforementioned delay and changes to the monetization strategy not only saw the cancellation of the Season Pass model previously used by Ubisoft, but it also meant that all Assassin's Creed Shadows players would also get the game's first expansion for free along with the base game.
Shortly after the first announcement confirming the monetization changes and the delay, Ubisoft started refunding pre-orders for Shadows, which is still causing confusion among the members of the Assassin's Creed Discord, despite the announcement.
The full Q&A post reads as follows:
Although the changes to Assassin's Creed Shadows are supposedly to blame on the incomplete state of the game, there is speculation that the announcement of Ghost of Yōtei also posed a threat to AC Shadows because of its similar setting, aesthetic and supposed superior authenticity. How either game actually turns out, though, remains to be seen, but it certainly seems like Ubisoft is feeling the pressure of the increasing game quality coming from up-and-coming indie and smaller game studios.
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Ubisoft confirmed the price change on Discord in an official Q&A, announcing that, due to dropping the three-day early access that Collector's Edition buyers would originally have received, the Collector's Edition would now cost $229.99 instead of the previous price of $279.99. Meanwhile, the Collector's Edition will still include all the other paraphernalia and real-world loot that it originally bundled. The aforementioned delay and changes to the monetization strategy not only saw the cancellation of the Season Pass model previously used by Ubisoft, but it also meant that all Assassin's Creed Shadows players would also get the game's first expansion for free along with the base game.
Shortly after the first announcement confirming the monetization changes and the delay, Ubisoft started refunding pre-orders for Shadows, which is still causing confusion among the members of the Assassin's Creed Discord, despite the announcement.
The full Q&A post reads as follows:
Although the changes to Assassin's Creed Shadows are supposedly to blame on the incomplete state of the game, there is speculation that the announcement of Ghost of Yōtei also posed a threat to AC Shadows because of its similar setting, aesthetic and supposed superior authenticity. How either game actually turns out, though, remains to be seen, but it certainly seems like Ubisoft is feeling the pressure of the increasing game quality coming from up-and-coming indie and smaller game studios.
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Even more if you count console and mobile exclusives as well. Ten years from now there will be 30 and on and on ad nauseum for god knows how long.
