How Star Wars Outlaws is received by fans
One of the most important factors for the success of a game, perhaps even the most important factor of all, is the assessment by the community. Because what people like gets bought and what they don’t like gets left unbought, and may even get refunded.
On Metacritic.com, the PC version currently has a user score of 4.3 (based on 1,231 reviews). That’s a devastating verdict. Even the PC version of Helldivers 2, which was occasionally hit by review bombing, still has a user score of 7.3 – and that’s only considered mediocre.
This is how critics rate the game
Professional reviews paint a slightly different picture: The PC version currently has a meta-score of 77, which is not outstanding but at least in the green zone of the platform. The verdicts range from “decent, without setting new standards” (stuttgarter-zeitung.de) to “it is mediocre” (giga.de). Praise usually looks different.
Star Wars Outlaws sales figures and Ubisoft’s share price
The headlines surrounding Ubisoft’s share price after the unfortunate launch of Star Wars Outlaws continue to circulate: A Share price falls by ten percent represents the lowest value in ten years. This means that all price gains and increases in value that the company has collected since 2014 – and thus also during the Corona pandemic – have been lost for the time being. Ubisoft has not yet published any official sales figures, Market research data However, data suggests that the physical version has not even reached half of Jedi: Survivor’s sales. That would be a disaster for Ubisoft.
The game itself made its debut as part of the gamescom Demo von Star Wars Outlawseven if the System requirements turned out to be quite sporty.
