Ten Days After "The Odyssey" Opened, an Eight-Year-Old Game Doubled Its Players — Odysseus Isn't in It — Woody Magazine, Aug. 27, 2026
Ten Days After "The Odyssey" Opened, an Eight-Year-Old Game Doubled Its Players — Odysseus Isn't in It — Woody Magazine, Aug. 27, 2026 Woody Magazine We write the things that aren't news Aug. 27, 2026 (Thu.) Company Story Ten Days After "The Odyssey" Opened, an Eight-Year-Old Game Doubled Its Players — Odysseus Isn't in It A hit movie sends people back to the source, the saying goes. Half true. What people actually bought this summer was not the closest thing to Homer but the nearest thing to hand. In three lines Ten days after Nolan's film opened, daily players of Ubisoft's 2018 "Assassin's Creed Odyssey" went from 122,000 to 233,000. Odysseus isn't in it, and it sold only 400,000 copies all year. The new players didn't buy it; they opened it inside a subscription. The book went the same way. The best seller was not a standard translation but the 2017 one already on the front table. Christophe...