So whilst Infinite Warfare's UK sales plummeted to 52% of BOIII's in both games' first week, Ubisoft is seeing an even sharper decline: WD2 sold 80% less in its first week than its 2014 prequel, and wasn't even able to knock IW off the number 1 spot.
The sharp irony here is that Watch Dogs isn't even an annual franchise. But presumably the graphical downgrade the first game suffered, and the lacklustre critical reception to what was at the time the fastest-selling new IP ever (thereafter bested by Destiny, and then The Division), dented the sequel's hopes. Not to mention the obnoxious style of WD2. I used to quite enjoy the once-a-year memefest that is Aisha Tyler presenting '#UbiE3', but to cram it all into an open-world title lasting at least a dozen hours... that would test even my patience.
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Watch Dogs 2 was bound to fail. They screwed people with the first one but came back and said "Hey trust us again, this one will be better I promise". I have no doubt it is better but no one cares. It's likely that they had contracted the sequel and it was in motion before the first one released, so they had to run with it and make an attempt to save their ass. But at this point that franchise has to be pretty much dead.