Why did Star Wars Outlaws Fail?

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One million copies in a month may seem decent. But when you add the context of this being a Star Wars game from one of the biggest names in gaming, one million stops feeling so impressive.

So, what happened? Why did Star Wars Outlaws fail?

It’s easy to think that expectations were just too high – that the game could never live up to the hype. But realistically, there never was all that much interest to begin with.

And I think that’s mostly because of Ubisoft.

I’ve been tough on some of Ubisoft’s games, but I’ve also enjoyed some of their recent stuff.

I usually try and give their games a shot, but a lot of gamers just won’t touch anything from Ubisoft anymore.

They’ve been burned too many times by buggy releases, aggressive microtransactions, and repetitive, formulaic gameplay.

In order for Star Wars Outlaws to have succeeded - it needed to be a seriously great game with none of those issues.

Unfortunately, it’s just an okay to decent game that’s burdened by all the classic Ubisoft problems.

I played to the credits – kind of enjoyed it – but it’s just not good enough to shake off the weight of Ubisoft’s reputation.

I don’t want any game company to fail. I don’t want any hard-working developers to lose their jobs. But if Ubisoft wants any chance of turning things around, they need to start making some serious changes to the way they make and monetize their games.

[GameandGig]

Have any of y'all played Star Wars Outlaws? What did you think about the game?

[redbeard]

They locked the PC version behind ubsoft's store instead of making it available on steam or gog. If they hadn't done that, I'd have looked past the ubsoft reputational issues and given it a go. The idea of an open world, non-jedi centric star wars game had me sold on it's own before I found that out.

[michaeltunnicliffe]

Not just Unisoft. I'm skeptical about all Star Wars releases too these days. It's a divisive franchise. And when this is a game made by a divisive studio, that's two layers of controversy it has to overcome.

[FishFreddy]

Ubisoft is where game ideas come to die.

[EchoingVision]

I remember watching the first trailer and being super excited. New characters, massive game, new alien pets, no Jedi. Then the Ubisoft logo came on the screen and immediately my hype died. Then like a year of ads and discussions about the “super special master deluxe edition” or whatever they’re calling that bs these days, it just never reignited the spark. The price was the nail in the coffin.

[Bob-xp]

The micro transactions ubisoft makes is more violent than my dad

[nickbilske]

Was an easy decision between Space Marine 2 and this slop

[ST-mnnw]

Just got it for 45 bucks, enjoying it, all the hate is just bandwagoners

[twistedwisdom]

Game was also seriously buggy. I can't tell you how many times I fell through the floor

[morrisdennison]

Greed that is the reason soulless greed. If just sucks the life out of anything

[IJust__Trust]

I’m playing through it now and there’s a good game underneath but its so frustrating because it’s incredibly unpolished.

[Sniperuned]

Way back in highschool and college I would save money just to buy an upcoming ubisoft game; But now I am not even tempted to buy any Ubisoft games during steam sales.

[Taijan]

I guarantee you, these changes would fix outlaws immediately, aside from general bug fixes.

1. Play your own character, custom make a scoundrel or bounty hunter that you'll be more invested in.

2. Make a more iconic ship, no one wants to fly around a big space RV, this ain't Spaceballs...

3. More weapons options, make all blasters from star wars available as in world pickables with customisation options.

4. Different speeder variants that don't look like someone converted an Enfield into a speeder.

5. Side plot that allows you to become a Mandalorian, go to Mandalore and acquire the armor.

[darkstalkerknight]

It was 1 million copies within its first month which is August. That's like saying 1 million copies within 2 days.

[knarfola]

They promised an open world experience and its just another linear quest line game

[armando_az]

The disc version of far cry 6 that i have is broken without the online update 😢 ima sell it and try to buy a newer build

[RealTommyBeaulieu]

The reason people didn't like the game is because it requires the player to think too much.

[joeveldiaz]

It’s the Ubisoft screen tearing for me, no other games besides fallen Jedi survivor screen tears like all the newer Ubisoft titles.

[katet]

I was excited to play this game and my love of Star Wars meant I didn’t hesitate to get my hands on it as soon as I could but honestly… I hated it. Absolutely hated it … it bums me to say it but I hardly found any real joy in it… 😔

[vinceb.]

Shocking that the star wars plan of alienating and flat out insulting its own core audience telling them to piss off isnt working well for them