Star Wars Outlaws Gets More Bad Sales News

Star Wars Outlaws Underperforms, Outsold by Jedi: Survivor

Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws, the franchise's first open-world title, is facing significant challenges. Despite initially positive reviews upon its August 2024 release, player reception has soured, particularly regarding its combat and stealth mechanics. These criticisms, while addressed in subsequent updates, haven't significantly boosted sales.

Consequently, Outlaws has fallen short of Ubisoft's sales projections, leading to a noticeable drop in the company's stock price shortly after the game's launch. This underperformance has fueled speculation about the publisher's future and even discussions of a potential privatization.

Adding to Ubisoft's concerns, recent reports indicate that Star Wars Outlaws is being outsold by 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. While precise sales figures remain undisclosed, Jedi: Survivor, a critically acclaimed sequel to a successful title, has clearly outperformed Outlaws. In Europe, Outlaws only managed a 47th place ranking in 2024's best-selling games.

Several factors likely contribute to this disparity. Jedi: Survivor benefited from its established predecessor's popularity and overwhelmingly positive reviews. Furthermore, a PS4 and Xbox One update last year rekindled interest in the game.

In contrast, Outlaws has struggled to gain traction despite ongoing updates and planned DLC. The first DLC, "Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card," featuring Lando Calrissian, launched in November 2024. A second expansion, "Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune," is slated for Spring 2025 and will include the popular character Hondo Ohnaka. Whether this DLC will be enough to revive Outlaws' fortunes remains to be seen.