Ubisoft’s silence on the gross sales figures for side-scrolling title Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has led to fairly a number of rumours speculating on how nicely the title might have executed. The most recent comes courtesy of a LinkedIn put up of an affiliate advertising and marketing director, indicating that the title offered 1.3 million copies in its first 12 months.
Noticed by X consumer Timur222, the time Alexandre Guenounou spent at Ubisoft as an affiliate advertising and marketing director from October 2021 contains him having labored on the advertising and marketing for Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown. Guenounou’s profile states that the title offered greater than 1.3 million copies.
If true, these gross sales figures would lend credence to earlier rumours from again in October that indicated that the sport had offered 1 million copies on the time. For context, the primary time round, gross sales figures of Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown had been rumoured to have been round 300,000 copies again in January 2024.
Having been launched final 12 months, rumours have additionally indicated that the title failed to satisfy Ubisoft’s gross sales expectations, and that additional work on it had been stopped. A sequel was additionally rumoured to have been pitched however finally rejected, with the event group that labored on the title having since been disbanded.
Ubisoft has since confirmed that the dev group for Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown had moved on to different initiatives. The title had wrapped up its post-launch content material roadmap with the discharge of free updates in addition to new DLC.
“A lot of the group members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different initiatives that can profit from their experience,” stated the sport’s senior producer again in October. “We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is worked up to carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
For now, the one different Prince of Persia recreation that followers of the franchise can take a look at is The Rogue Prince of Persia, which is presently an Early Entry title being developed by Evil Empire. For extra particulars, take a look at our evaluation of the title. And browse our evaluation of Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown right here.
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown offered 1.3 million models in its first 12 months pic.twitter.com/rLhi4ZXAB3
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