Update: In a follow-up tweet, Games Industry’s Christopher Dring revealed there “may be some missing data” from the UK physical sales numbers for Star Wars Outlaws. He advises waiting till the end of the week when the digital sales data arrives, so stay tuned for updates.
Original Story:
Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws launched last week amid above-average critical reviews and early access issues. While Ubisoft hasn’t provided sales data, Games Industry’s Christopher Dring reported a weak launch in the UK, with physical sales 55 percent less than Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (per Gfk).
Digital sales data isn’t available yet and, as Dring notes, this is only for the UK. Compared to its last major release, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, sales were 15 percent higher. It’s worth noting that despite a strong launch, Jedi: Survivor’s sales were 35 percent lower than its predecessor, Jedi: Fallen Order.
As some have pointed out for Outlaws, there are other things to consider, like the percentage of players who played it through Ubisoft+. Without concrete information from the publisher, we won’t know how much that impacts sales.
Star Wars Outlaws is available for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Check out our review, where we gave it a 6 out of 10.
We don’t have digital data yet. And this is just the UK. But… it was a weak launch for Star Wars Outlaws at UK retail. Launch sales are 55% lower than what Star Wars Jedi: Survivor did. It was 15% bigger than Ubisoft Massive’s last game, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (GfK data)
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 3, 2024
So it turns out there may be some missing data from the physical numbers, so it’s worth waiting for the end of the week when the digital stats are in. Which is just true generally. https://t.co/J0ZG9l518K
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 3, 2024
