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@SlyCooperFan1, that it is only marginally better numbers than 4 is my point, and part of why I think these numbers don't mean a whole lot as they are. There's no idea about how many of these are folks who played it once or twice and never picked it up again, or how many are the same people with multiple accounts (though I freely concede that number probably wouldn't make a dent). There is no indication how many of these are just carryover folks from franchise fans, or new folks fresh to the series.

Interest is all well and good, but this isn't some fresh-faced game franchise coming into existencce, or some Indie project, or even some game franchise that hasn't seen a release in a decade or something like that. For a game of AC's level, 3M downloads at this point is a good achievement, but it doesn't bode particularly well for the future of the franchise less they intend to monetize future games the same way they did Infinity. Interest has to translate to income, that's unfortunately how things work. 1M buys 5 years ago was seen as poor enough to potentially doom the franchise. It's hard to see how anything less than 1.5M-2M would be required for any future game to be a success, possibly higher due to the imbedded cost 7 will have from engaging with the VR aspect if Infinity's profit hasn't fully offset 7's costs. That would mean at least half of those who were willing to go with this nostalgia free-for-all, paying the ~$59.99 up front for the next game.