Watch Dogs 2 Pre-Orders Aren't Reaching Expectations

Ubisoft is starting to worry a little bit about Watch Dogs 2 as they announced today that the pre-order numbers weren't quite as high as they projected. With the game set to launch in just a couple weeks, Ubisoft was hoping that the game would have more sales locked down at this point in time. Despite pre-orders being low, that doesn't mean the game will be a failure. Far Cry, one of the most popular games just a few years back, had low pre-order numbers but ended up skyrocketing after release. While the number of people pre-ordering the game is definitely important, it's the final number of copies sold that actually matters.

Watch Dogs 2 has received some great reviews and has gotten extremely positive feedback. The thought of the game doing poorly doesn't really take up a lot of space in my mind. I believe the game is going to do very well and people might just be waiting for a Christmas sale before they lock down their copy. Personally, I don't pre-order games anymore ever. I used to when I was younger, but now that I've lost the childish "I NEED IT NOW!" mentality, I'm able to wait a few more weeks to save some cash.



Ubisoft's CEO has even stated that he believes Watch Dogs 2 is going to be the premiere action game of the holiday season. That's quite a bold statement, especially with all of the other major releases hitting the scene right now, but good for him for being confident! Watch Dogs will be available for PS4 and Xbox One on November 15th, but PC gamers won't get their chance to play until November 29th. PC users should still be pretty happy because the delayed launch has given better optimization to the game and multiGPU support available on launch day.