Mario Party Superstars and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy also debut in the top 10, while the Switch dominates the hardware side of things.
Far Cry boss Dan Hay has left Ubisoft, and a new report claims that the series' next outing will adopt a live service model.
Each copy of the game also includes two Buddy Pass tokens, which lets you invite two friends to play free for up to 14 days.
On the eve of the game's first anniversary, Ubisoft has released some absolutely ludicrous collective player statistics for Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
The Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy is free to download on PC through Ubisoft Connect, as a part of the publisher's 35th anniversary celebrations.
Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales saw increased sales thanks to strong Nintendo Switch and PS5 sales.
The update goes live tomorrow and along with various improvements, it also adds new skills like Perfect Parry and Master Counter Roll.
Ubisoft has shared a roadmap for content still coming to Valhalla in the remainder of 2021, which will also include two Title Updates.
Newly added Trophies might have spilled the beans on an upcoming piece of content for Ubisoft's open world action RPG.
A "work-in-progress" version of the mission was released early and has since been removed with the latest Title Update on consoles.
The opening title sequence can now be skipped, performance has been improved, and enemy respawn rate is improved around some areas.
Riders Republic proves that the open-ended racing format can still work, while simultaneously reminding us of how it can come up short.
Mario Party Superstars debuted in third place with six percent lower sales than Super Mario Party. Ubisoft's Riders Republic debuted in eighth.
Ubisoft has provided a new rough launch window for the persistently delayed remake, and confirms it will be out sometime in fiscal year 2022-23.
The free-to-play spinoff was originally supposed to launch before April 2022, but has now been pushed back and will target a launch in FY 2022-23.
The multiplayer title sees players competing in multiple sports across a large open world, including massive +50 player races.
The Viking-themed open world title in the franchise has been nothing less than a major success for the company.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot also says the game "will have a lot of narrative elements in it", as well as "lots of elements that already exist" in previous Assassin's Creed games.
"We will update you on our progress in the future and want to thank all of you for your unwavering support and patience," Ubisoft's message reads.
Ubisoft has been sending out emails to players who haven't finished Far Cry 6's lengthy campaign in an attempt to get them to come back to the game.
