Assassin's Creed Shadows' $280 Edition Is Already Sold Out in Some Places

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The Collectors Edition ofAssassin’s Creed Shadowsis already sold out in some places. This development testifies to the excitement surroundingAssassin’s Creed Shadows, even though the game itself isn’t scheduled to hit the store shelves for another six months.

Ubisoft revealed the official title of the next entry in its hit franchise on May 13.Assassin’s Creed Shadowsreceived its first cinematic trailertwo days later. Pre-orders for the game opened on the same day.

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collector’s Edition Sold Out Across Europe

Although some vocal fans wasted no time incriticizingAssassin’s Creed Shadows' pricing, the backlash seemingly did little to affect the open-world RPG’s pre-purchase performance. Numerous retailers across Europe are hence already listing its Collector’s Edition as out of stock. That list includes Game, the sole distributor ofAssassin’s Creed Shadows' most expensive edition in the United Kingdom. Multinational retailer Smyths Toys Superstores is also no longer accepting pre-orders for this $280 edition of the game, whileMeccha-Japanstates that it only has “a few units” left, and that’s only for the PS5 version.

As of late May 2024, there no longer appears to be a way to order the PC version of theAssassin’s Creed ShadowsCollector’s Edition. Its console counterparts are still up for grabs in the United States, where they are exclusively distributed by GameStop. Generally speaking, the sole fact that a limited edition of any given game gets sold out quickly does not necessarily guarantee that its overall pre-orders are doing well, not least because publishers can always choose to create artificial scarcity with such releases. But that may not be the case here, even though it’s presently unclear how many $280 editions of the Sengoku-era-Japan game were promised to distributors. Namely, one recent report indicated thatUbisoft is happy withAssassin’s Creed Shadows' pre-order performance across the board.

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Given how long the fans have been asking for a mainline installment set in feudal Japan, it is plausible that the upcoming game will do well, sales-wise. Another reason why the fandom is excited about the upcoming entry is thepromise ofAssassin’s Creed Shadowsoverhauling the series' stealth systemby allowing players to extinguish sources of light in the vein of theThiefgames and even go prone, among other novelties.

Previous reports have even indicated that the new version of the Anvil engine used byAssassin’s Creed Shadowswill be the first to support full-fledged ray tracing, although that claim has yet to be officially confirmed by Ubisoft. The open-world RPG is scheduled to hit early access on November 12, followed by a global release three days later.