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"Watch Dogs has sold 8 million units, Ubisoft has announced. The figures represent copies sold to retailers and not sales to the public.  Because of the game&amp;#039;s popularity, Ubisoft&amp;#039;s Q1 sales have increased by 374% year-on-year. The company has posted first quarter sales of \u00A3286 million, compared to \u00A360 million for the same period last year. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that the success of Watch Dogs highlights its &amp;quot;continuous drive for innovation&amp;quot;, while &amp;quot;affirming the company&amp;#039;s long-term approach&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;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,&amp;quot; Videogamer quotes Guillemot as adding. &amp;quot;Its sales performance testifies to Ubisoft&amp;#039;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.&amp;quot;  Watch Dogs is available on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. A Wii U version is scheduled to launch in the autumn. The game has become the best-selling new video game franchise at launch, selling 4 million copies in four days. Read our Watch Dogs review: Open-world hacking game a slow starter Watch an extended Watch Dogs trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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