Star Wars Outlaws Gets More Bad Sales News

Summary

• Star Wars Outlaws is underperforming compared to 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
• Ubisoft's stock prices declined significantly following Star Wars Outlaws' August 2024 launch.
• Negative player feedback regarding combat and stealth mechanics contributed to the game's poor reception.

Adding to the challenges faced by Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft's open-world title is reportedly being outsold by 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Despite initially positive reviews upon its August 2024 release, player dissatisfaction with the combat and stealth mechanics significantly impacted its performance. While Ubisoft addressed these issues through updates, this proved insufficient to reverse the negative initial reception.

This underwhelming performance led to disappointing sales figures, with Ubisoft acknowledging the game fell short of expectations in September. The launch of Star Wars Outlaws on August 27, 2024, triggered a sharp drop in Ubisoft's stock prices, raising concerns about the publisher's future and sparking discussions about a potential privatization. However, Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment remain optimistic about the game's prospects, pinning their hopes on planned post-launch DLC.

A recent report by VGC and former GamesIndustry.biz journalist Christopher Dring further dampened these hopes, revealing Star Wars Outlaws' underperformance and its being outsold by Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. While precise sales figures remain undisclosed, Respawn Entertainment's single-player sequel clearly outperformed the open-world title. In Europe, Star Wars Outlaws recently ranked only 47th in 2024's best-selling video game list.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Outselling Star Wars Outlaws

Several factors likely contributed to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's success over Star Wars Outlaws. Jedi: Survivor, a highly anticipated sequel to the successful Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, received overwhelmingly positive reviews upon its April 2023 release. Furthermore, EA and Respawn's PS4 and Xbox One update last year rekindled interest in Cal Kestis's adventure.

Conversely, Outlaws struggled to gain traction, despite continued updates and DLC releases from Massive Entertainment. The first expansion, Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card, released in November, introduced Kay Vess and Lando Calrissian. A second DLC, Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune, is slated for Spring 2025 and will feature the return of the popular Star Wars: The Clone Wars character, Hondo Ohnaka.