Assassin’s Creed Shadows sneaks to top of March sales | Circana
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Summary
Assassin’s Creed franchise titles have generally done well in the past, and the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows has continued that trend, at least in terms of sales.
Despite controversy and a less-than-stellar critical reception, Shadows has managed to make it to the top of the U.S. sales charts for March.
It’s the second best-selling game of the year so far, behind only Monster Hunter Wilds.
However, despite the breakthrough of several titles in March, sales of video games (and hardware) are still down when compared to last year.
Overall hardware sales are down 25% YoY (and were also down in February).
Digital-only SKUs have accounted for 75% of Xbox Series and 50% of PlayStation 5 hardware units sold so far in 2025.