The stellar Watch Dogs PS4 bundle pre-order performance at Amazon is proving Ubisoft has developed a knack for offering the must-own game for a new console launch. Having seen the E3 demo in person, the sustained interest in the story of a hacker with Chicago’s digital network at his disposal will be the worth the wait and the attention it is deservedly receiving.
Late last week, Amazon began accepting sales orders, or pre-sales, for four different PS4 “Launch Day” bundles after the standalone PS4 with a launch day guarantee quickly sold out following Sony’s successful E3 media briefing a couple days earlier.
Right from the get go gamers chose to pre-order the PS4 Watch Dogs bundle priced at $459 and left the other bundles looking up from behind. Those other bundles included a PS4 with Knack, a PS4 with Battlefield 4 and a year’s worth of PlayStation Plus (PS Plus), and a PS4 with Killzone Shadow Fall and the year of PS Plus.
As of this morning the only items in front of the PS4 Watch Dogs bundle at Amazon.com are the Xbox One Day One console, Sony’s own Naughty Dog for PS3, and the standard PS4 console without the launch day guarantee. The standalone release of Watch Dogs for PS4 is also in the top 20 bestsellers list, which is updated hourly. Further fueling interest in the game is an hour’s worth of content that is exclusive to the PS4 version.
Click here to pre-order the Watch Dogs PS4 bundle with free shipping at Amazon.com, while it’s still in stock.
The Watch Dogs demo at E3 delivered one of the biggest surprises for those who went in unaware of the twist. At one point in the demo, a second hacker is detected and a cat-and-mouse chase ensues. The curtain to the back right of the demo room whips open to reveal a second player whom had sneaked into the first player’s game and appeared as any random citizen, only they were actually a dangerous hacker out to inflict harm.
Ubisoft found similar console launch success with last year’s ZombiU, a Wii U exclusive that helped boost Wii U numbers and was successful enough for its developer to publicly state that prototypes for a potential sequel are already underway.
The next-gen version of Watch Dogs is priced at $59.99 individually and will be released the same day the PS4 and Xbox One consoles are. You can pre-order Watch Dogs for PS4 now with the hour’s worth of exclusive gameplay.
