As the primary ever open world Star Wars recreation and coming from a significant developer and writer, you’d have anticipated Star Wars Outlaws to have gotten off to a way more spectacular begin the place gross sales are involved. Upon its launch in August, its bodily launch gross sales within the UK had been reported to be 55 % decrease than what EA and Respawn Leisure’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor managed upon its launch final 12 months, and extra data on its preliminary gross sales within the area has now emerged that continues to color a less-than-glowing image.
As per Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry on Twitter, even with each bodily and digital gross sales mixed, Star Wars Outlaws’ gross sales appear decrease than anticipated, with the sport having offered about half as a lot as Ubisoft’s personal Murderer’s Creed Mirage – a a lot smaller recreation in scope – did upon its launch within the UK final 12 months.
That stated, apparently, Star Wars Outlaws has nonetheless accomplished a lot better than developer Huge Leisure’s final recreation, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which launched in December. As per Dring, Outlaws has greater than half as a lot as Avatar did, and nonetheless has “loads of alternative to drive” extra gross sales within the ultimate months of the 12 months.
Final week, it was reported that Star Wars Outlaws’ middling launch had contributed to continued share worth declines for Ubisoft, with the corporate additionally being urged by traders to go non-public. Learn extra on that by right here.
Star Wars Outlaws is on the market on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC. Learn our evaluate of the sport by right here.
