I'm not sure if it's a case of the sequel got 1/5th the hype from people because Ubisoft didn't advertise it, or if the First game lived up to around 1/5th the hype that it generated.

Wrong time of year to release it and 'stale' reception after the first. To be expected. Release it in April and it would have done a lot better. Reviewers have been saying it's overall a better game so that may have come through the grape vine a little at least.

I think Destiny 2 will underperform too

Watch Dogs 1 was much more hyped. Remember E3 2013? Everyone wanted to play Watch Dogs 1 back in the day and then witht the release in 2014 a lot people got disappointed. lol

Finally a good news this week.

Makes sense, since a lot were hyped for the original, only to be disappointed..

Assassin's Creed?

WD2 didn't sell poor because WD1 was trash, it sold shit because the actual game, WD2 is trash, WD1 was decent

I disagree with most people here. If the game was worse than the previous one, I'd like to see it do much worse. Apparently this one is good. So it doesn't deserve the hate it's getting.

Improvement should be rewarded. Not saying that you should buy it but at least give credit where it's due.

Wasn't sad at all to see AC flop for its standards. It taught them a lesson.

Edit: also, wasn't the first AC extremely boring and improved massively with the sequel? People gave it the benefit of the doubt and for many years it was an extremely successful and loved IP.

Video gaming in the UK perhaps in a decline? Game profits are way down.