UK: Star Wars Battlefront 2 physical sales down 60% on Battlefront 1

[Phendrift]

 

[Petran]

still 40% too much!!

keep refunding fellas!

 

[KZXcellent]

EA better hope they got a big push on Digital. Yikes.

 

[Philippo]

 

[ZeroX]

These are just UK numbers, mind you, but still not great.

 

[Lifejumper]

Wow.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Keep digital in mind, though it 100% sold less than Battlefront 1.

 

[Wzrd]

 

[shoemasta]

How much did the original sell?

 

[Iichter]

Much like Destiny 2 and other AAAs, the digital share can overcome the drop in physical.

 

[KillerMan91]

Title should have ''UK'' in it.

 

[Deleted member 10847]

Well deserved EA, should be even lower than that, hopefully it will be out of the top10 next week.

 

[Alchemist]

Good.

 

[DarthGoomba]

They will have to earn the remaining 60% through Loot Crates ;-)

But on a more serious note, I hope that this scares developers enough to think twice about doing this again.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Only UK sales, the titles is misleading.

 

[BloodHound]

Tells us nothing.

 

[juliamcardinals]

EA had it coming after the MT bs and underwhelming sp campaign

 

[Maxime]

Still need to know the digital figures because 2015 ain't 2017 but still: Dang.

Stupid question that I need to ask: Is it for the first day or the full week? Because BF1 was released on a Tuesday when BF2 was released on a Friday.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Still need to know the digital figures because 2015 ain't 2017 but still: Dang.

Stupid question that I need to ask: Is it for the first day or the full week? Because BF1 was released on a Tuesday when BF2 was released on a Friday.

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First 3 days, not full week.

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

Par for the course with most UK releases. CoD managed to buck the trend, and that's a loot box haven so, I don't see this as people taking a stand against Loot Boxes.

 

[Mario_Bones]

It's unfortunate that it'll be the devs that suffer from this and not the suits who got them into this situation. The possibility of Disney working a loophole to cancel the exclusivity contract is also looking more plausible, that would be an absolute PR disaster for EA.

 

[Djawed]

Good

 

[SVX]

Karma.

 

[takriel]

Good. I hope this and the mainstream news reports are enough to make them reconsider this evil monetization strategy.

 

[Bazinga]

Really happy to see gamers voting with their wallets.

 

[Heraldic]

Hopefully, this will be a shot across the bow and send EA a message. Fix the problems EA and more importantly follow through. Then you can begin to regain the people's trust that you have so damaged.

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

The mouse is pissed.

 

[Aztechnology]

Slight tangent, but weren't Destiny 2 physical sales down like 50%?

I'd like to believe this means people are option out of games that burned them the first time and crappy industry standards.

 

[Jay1V]

Aren't all video games sequels in the UK down significantly though? Wolfenstein, evil within, destiny, etc.

Might be more telling of the market rather than the game itself

 

[Petran]

First 3 days, not full week.

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article says 1 day difference in sales between them.
this and digital downloading may be bringing that 60% closer to 30% or 40%,
so get returning!!

 

[Raide]

Probably a good amount got digital so they could have access a but earlier.

 

[purseowner]

I really really hope we still get a Battlefront III after all this.

 

[Salmone_D_Oro]

The game is probably similar to the first one + shitboxes and there you go .

 

[Bruno MB]

To be fair, even if the loot crate disaster hadn't happened the hype for Star Wars is nowhere as high as it was 2 years ago.

 

[Jawbreaker]

The bad word of mouth and poor reviews will cripple its legs, too.

 

[EndlessNever]

It's only UK and digital could be huge via an edition of the game granting early access by a few days, but it still makes me happy.

EA deserve it.

 

[Deleted member 15428]

"Gamers just don't like Star Wars games"
*shuts down EA Motive Studios*

 

[CommodoreKong]

UK physical sales are down though and digital is making up most of the difference for most games. Without knowing the difference in digital sales that number really isn't that meaningful and isn't really a cause for celebration thinking that most gamers rejected the loot boxes in the game.

 

[Vishmarx]

cant wait for them to remove sp from the next game

 

[Pankratous]

The game is probably similar to the first one + shitboxes and there you go .

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Nah, even if you take loot-boxes out, the gameplay is so much worse now.

 

[Astrologer]

And EA still thinks it doesn't affect the sales, huh?

 

[massoluk]

Good, hope it is just as bad, or worse everywhere else. Sorry, the people that actually worked hard on this game, but I can't help hoping for this in my heart.

 

[Ge0force]

This news made my day. My sincere thanks to all gamers who voted with their wallet against EA's anti-consumer practices.

 

[Astrologer]

And EA still thinks it doesn't affect the sales, huh?

Edit: This message is posted twice because my internet's trippy here. Sorry.

 

[Klyka]

So when will we hear about the digital sales having allowed BF2 to surpass the first game by miles? D:

 

[IIFloodyII]

Slight tangent, but weren't Destiny 2 physical sales down like 50%?

I'd like to believe this means people are option out of games that burned them the first time and crappy industry standards.

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Yep, though Destiny 2 was probably the game that had a 40% digital attach rate here, so it's not as bad as it looked. I doubt Battlefront 2 is that high though.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

And EA still thinks it doesn't affect the sales, huh?

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I don't think they'll bat an eye if the revenue goes up anyway with digital sales, microtransactions, different versions and loot boxes, which are coming.

 

[Yoshi]

Slight tangent, but weren't Destiny 2 physical sales down like 50%?

I'd like to believe this means people are option out of games that burned them the first time and crappy industry standards.

Click to shrink...

Destiny 2 is always online though, so a physical version has absolutely no advantages outside of being resellable over a download. For BF2, there even is a new singleplayer, so in principle, retail should have become more desirable rather than less.

 

[Johannes]

Not surprising. The hype never reached the same level as in 2015. The loot box controversy didn't help, but I'm hesitant to believe that this had significant impact on sales.

https://trends.google.com/trends/ex...ar Wars Battlefront,Star Wars Battlefront II

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2015-01-01 2017-11-20&q=Star Wars

 

[VerySerious]

Without digital sales figures, it'll be hard to tell whether this drop is due to the microtransactions.