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Star Wars Outlaws allegedy has disappointing sales figures – What went wrong?

Ubisoft has released a roadmap of fixes and patches to try and improve sales

Star Wars Outlaws has posted disappointing sales figures since its launch on August 30, . It has been reported that the game has only shipped 1 million titles in the month since it hit shelves – which, as the publication points out, is a fraction of what Ubisoft typically expects from open-world big-budget projects.

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Ubisoft has made moves to try and improve results, launching a roadmap of planned improvements for the months ahead, but, as things stand, Outlaws has greatly underperformed against the likes of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, w✅hich had sold millions of copies within the first week and a half of ♎its launch.

The trailer and premise for Star Wars Outlaws had built quite a buzz of anticipation as fans of the franchise looked forward to an open-world setting in w🎃hich they could explore sets similar to those in the movi💟es and subsequent series.

However, the game was hit with some major bugs on the day of launch and its reception from critics and players has been somewhat underwhelming. Five days after the launch of the game, Ubisoft𒐪’s share price had dropped 13.5%, presumably as a result of poor sales figures.

In a bid to try and resurrect the title, Ubisoft has announced a roadmap of developments that they hope will steady the ship. Two major updates are due in October, both of which concentrate on fix🐼ing bugs within the game. November 21 sees a major update that Ubisoft promises will improve the stealth and combat within the game.

Ubisoft will 𓆏hope the fixes and first patch will help boost sales figures and interest as the game’s first DLC is also set for launch on November 21 and the game debuts on Steam on the same day. A Steam launch can help lagging game sales as many PC players wait for its launch on the platform.


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