Star Wars Outlaws
Ubisoft’sStar Wars Outlawssignificantly underperformed in European markets in 2024 , ranking as the 47th best - sell secret plan across the whole continent . Star state of war Jedi : Survivor , which was released in 2023 , outsold Ubisoft ’s open - human beings adventure secret plan despite releasing a year and a half prior .
These figure were revealed by theVideo Games Chronicle , which highlighted Ubisoft ’s fight commercial-grade year after a series of disappointments in 2024 . BeforeStar Wars Outlaws , Ubisoft faced shortcomings with lively - service titlesXDefiantandSkull and Bones , withthe prior set to keep out down in June 2025 , and the latter having a prodigious budget which led to descriptions as one of the first " AAAA " experiences . Star Wars Outlawscemented a pitiful financial year for Ubisoft , and the connection with the global sci - fi phenomenon brand has n’t assisted sales .
Star Wars Outlaws Fails To Capture The Sci-fi Audience
Technical Issues At Launch Puts Off Players
Star Warsvideo biz adaptations have typically received critical and commercial-grade achiever , withRespawn’sStar Wars Jediseries being a recent example of this . However , Outlawsfailed to capture a similar response from fans and critics , withgame - break bugs , clunky controls , and other technical issues leading to a middlingMetacritic user mark of 5.3.Despite Ubisoft ’s repeat fixes , patch , andDLC updates , the title did n’t win audiences back over after its poor launch .
While it ’s important to notice thatStar Wars Outlaws wasreleased in August 2024 , leave only a few months of sales , other titles released around a exchangeable period receive first-class sale numbers , likeAstro Botin September . The shorter cut-rate sale window compared to the charts ' competitors does n’t fully excuseStar Wars OutlawsandJedi : Survivor ’s comparative warm sales momentum in 2024 seems to reflect player ' deficiency of faith afterUbisoft ’s buggy launching .
Our Take: Ubisoft May Have A Tough 2025 And Will Rely On AC Shadows
Delays To AC Shadows Reflects Tension And Concern From Ubisoft
Ubisoft ’s challenge extend beyond the dismal gross revenue ofStar Wars Outlaws , as the company ’s underwhelming 2024 has go to strategical reassessments . Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot note in a conference , courtesy ofGamespot , that the society has charter advisors to dominate " strategical and capitalist selection " in monastic order to " reshape Ubisoft . “The struggle ofXDefiant , Skull and Bones , andPrince of Persia : The Lost Crownhave all led to this pressure , with the upcoming release ofAssassin ’s Creed Shadowsacting as the last citadel of promise for Ubisoft .
Assassin ’s Creed Valhalla player are sign on a petition to add the escape NG+ feature to the secret plan - but there may be a good reason it was left out .
Frequent delay toAC Shadowshighlight Ubisoft ’s concerns , asthe game has been postponed three metre . The current launch date will be March 20 , asReutersreported that Ubisoft like to " allow the team to well contain the player feedback tuck over the preceding three months . “The performance ofAssassin ’s Creed Shadowswill be polar to the trajectory of Ubisoft in 2025 , as winner could sign a turnaround , whereas further underperformances may exacerbate this tumultuous period .
rootage : Metacritic , Reuters , Video Games Chronicle
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