Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Has Reportedly Sold More Than 1.3 Million Copies

Ubisoft’s silence on the gross sales figures for side-scrolling title Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has led to fairly just a few rumours speculating on how effectively the title could have performed. The newest comes courtesy of a LinkedIn submit of an affiliate advertising and marketing director, indicating that the title offered 1.3 million copies in its first yr.

Noticed by X person 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 yr, rumours have additionally indicated that the title failed to fulfill Ubisoft’s gross sales expectations, and that additional work on it had been stopped. A sequel was additionally rumoured to have been pitched however in the end 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 may 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 convey extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”

For now, the one different Prince of Persia sport that followers of the franchise can try is The Rogue Prince of Persia, which is at the moment an Early Entry title being developed by Evil Empire. For extra particulars, try our evaluate of the title. And browse our evaluate of Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown right here.