As the primary ever open world Star Wars sport 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 sport in scope – did upon its launch within the UK final 12 months.
That mentioned, apparently, Star Wars Outlaws has nonetheless carried out a lot better than developer Huge Leisure’s final sport, 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 closing 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 personal. Learn extra on that by means of right here.
Star Wars Outlaws is accessible on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC. Learn our assessment of the sport by means of right here.
