One million copies sold in a month, this is the sad observation made by Ubisoft after the agitated exit of Star Wars Outlaw. Launched after the end of the exclusive contract between Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm, this super massive production (The division) He was not successful.
But for Yves Guillemot, Chief of Ubisoft, who confirms that the game “did not reach (SUS) sales goals”, the reason does not come from the multiple termination problems he suffered when he was released, but from the license.
If you do not deny that the game still had “some elements” to refine, however, it specifies that since the departure almost a year ago, things have been resolved, “but that they affected sales.”
A theory that is difficult to tenable
In question, in particular, of play problems linked to infiltration and very numerous errors that were often corrected in the first weeks. On PC, the game also suffered its first release exclusively in Ubisoft Connect and the Epic game store, the Steam version observed until December 2024.
It is this “new version” that will also see the day on Switch 2 on September 4, 2025.
If we understand the will of Yves Guillemot to clarify the failure of the title, which benefited from a substantial budget while the French editor is in the complete stock market, the facts remain stubborn. From the return of the Star Wars Andor series, in May 2025, Star Wars Battlefront 2released in 2017, it benefits from a renewed interest among players, as demonstrated by SteamdB data.
Besides, Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorDeveloped by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment and launched in 2023, it sold more than two million copies worldwide. The title has also been sold better in 2024 than its Ubisoft competitor, according to VGC.
Source: BFM TV
