Ubisoft Reveals Watch Dogs Stats

Watch Dogs has shipped 8 million copies worldwide

Ubisoft has announced that open-world hacking title Watch Dogs has shipped eight million copies worldwide.

Some of the impressive stats it has accumulated forWatch Dogs. Over on its official site for the open world action game, Ubisoft has revealed that over a decade has been played of the game since its launch — 11 years, 87 days, 45 hours and 59 minutes to be exact.

Other global data stats show that 76, 516,079 crimes have been stopped, 50 percent of the city is under surveillance, there have been 25,080,901 number of times players were hacked, and 41, 792,148 nitro uses while driving.

"Watch Dogs is now well positioned as a major franchise and we will be able to replicate and build on its success in the coming years. Its sales performance testifies to Ubisoft's expertise as a creator of blockbuster brands. That expertise enables us to stand out from our competitors at the beginning of each console cycle and therefore to reach a new dimension."

As a result of Watch Dogs’ success, Ubisoft posted Q1 sales of £286 million, marking a whopping 374 percent rise from the same period last year, where sales reached just £60 million.

Ubisoft announced in late May that Watch Dogs had become the company's fastest-selling title to date. The PS4 version of the title outsold all other versions in the U.K. upon its release, and the game's success has already got Ubisoft chatting about a potential sequel.