Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant Disappointments Pour Pain on Ubisoft's Share Prices 1
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Ubisoft’s share prices have plunged and are edging dangerously close to their lowest point in a decade as investors worry about the performance of Star Wars Outlaws and flailing live service shooter XDefiant. While we don’t know how well Massive Entertainment’s open world adaptation has performed yet, reviews have been uneventful and early incomplete indications at UK retail suggest it may be a softer release than expected.

Meanwhile, there’s speculation that XDefiant is on its last legs, as the free-to-play foray struggles to compete with juggernauts like Fortnite and Call of Duty. The French publisher is apparently planning to pull the plug on the game if it can’t attract a significant increase in player numbers over the coming months.

Ubisoft’s shares dipped as low as €15.20 earlier today, a massive drop from the firm’s €102.95 high in July 2018, marking an incredible 85 per cent decline. Fluctuations are, of course, to be expected – but it does suggest investors aren’t particularly impressed at the moment.

We’ll need to await official sales information before we can declare Star Wars Outlaws a disappointment, but JP Morgan analyst Daniel Kerven has revised his sales estimates, anticipating 5.5 million copies to be sold by March 2025 as opposed to 7.5 million copies. That’s still a lot of units, but considering the budget behind this game, it may not be enough.

Are you playing Star Wars Outlaws? (3,384 votes)

  1. Yes, of course I'm playing it25%
  2. I plan on playing it later down the line25%
  3. Nah, I'm not sold on the game yet23%
  4. No, Star Wars Outlaws just isn't for me27%

[source reuters.com, via videogameschronicle.com, gamesindustry.biz]