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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It's funny because Watch Dogs 2 is actually much better than the original. It's getting better reviews across the board than the original and even user scores on Metacritic are fairly high, which is just weird for a game from Ubisoft. Either way, low sales now means a great deal for anyone semi-interested in the game, they'll be able to get it cheap much sooner.