Overview
- The remake, which launched on July 9, sold two million copies on its first day and set a new franchise peak for Steam concurrency according to Ubisoft and market data.
- Players and reviewers praised the game's visuals and underwater systems while many also protested prominent day‑one microtransactions and a Ubisoft Connect activation outage that briefly made the PC version unplayable.
- Analyst estimates show strong early revenue on Steam — roughly 701,000 copies for about $35 million plus nearly $1 million from day‑one DLC — even as Steam review‑bombing over monetization lowered some user scores.
- Ubisoft Barcelona, credited with the game's underwater mechanics and multiple quests, faces a proposed 51 layoffs and has held a three‑day strike with about 90 staff rallying to demand job protections and better severance offers.
- The launch comes during a wider Ubisoft restructuring that includes cost cuts and a Tencent‑linked Vantage reorganization and the company has signaled a short pause in major releases followed by a larger content pipeline in fiscal years 2027–29.