Assassin’s Creed Series Sales Reach 73 Million

Ubisoft's updated website has revealed that sales of the Assassin's Creed franchise have reached 73 million to date – 25 million more than the publisher's second most popular franchise, Just Dance, which has sold 48 million. 

The top 16 Ubisoft franchises and the sales totals achieved by each are: 

1.  Assassin's Creed®: 73 million
2. Just Dance™: 48 million
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®: 30 million
4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six®: 26 million
5. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®: 25 million
6. Petz®: 24 million
7. Rayman®: 25 million
8. Imagine™: 21 million
9. Prince of Persia®: 20 million
10. Driver®: 19 million
11. Far Cry®: 18 million
12. Rayman Raving Rabbids®: 14 million
13. The Settlers®: 10 million
14. The Experience: 9 million
15. Anno™: 5 million
16. Your Shape: 3 million

Ubisoft is the third largest independent publisher in both Europe and the US and employs 9,200 staff of whom 7,800 are "dedicated to production." By contrast, Activision employs over 4,000 people while 9,000 work at EA.

It's believed that two Assassin's Creed games will be released this year, the already announced Unity for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and the currently unconfirmed Comet for PS3 and Xbox 360.

More key Ubisoft franchises are expected to be announced at their E3 press conference which has been dated for June 9th. We'll likely also get more information on The Crew and The Division.