Ubisoft Celebrates Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2-Million-Player Milestone After Disbanding Dev Team

Ubisoft celebrated Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s 2-million-player milestone half a year after it disbanded the development team in October 2024. The game was meant to modernize the franchise, as it’s the first major release in the series since Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands in 2010.

“Well over 2M players by now. You’ve revived the legend. The Prince is back, and believe us — he’s just warming up,” Ubisoft’s X post read.

In October 2024, IGN reported on the closure of the development team after it had failed to meet Ubisoft’s expectations. According to the report, the dev team even fought to get a sequel greenlit or to make more paid DLCs, such as Mask of Darkness. Ubisoft denied the suggestions, saying that they need more help on other projects that have the potential to sell more than Prince of Persia.

Ubisoft believed that a sequel might cannibalize the sales of the first game. As such, most of the developers have been assigned to work on other games at Ubisoft, according to the game’s senior producer, Abdelhak Elguess.

Despite the game not meeting sales expectations, it still received a “Generally Favorable” review score on Metacritic. The Prince of Persia series creator, Jordan Mechner, even wrote on his blog that “this is the Prince of Persia game I’ve been wishing for.”

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was initially released on January 18, 2024, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The macOS version followed on December 3, while the mobile versions were released on April 14 this year.