Electronic Arts has high hopes for the upcoming online shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2 and expects extremely high sales numbers.
During a conference call with investors, EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson stated that Star Wars Battlefront will offer approximately three times as much content as its predecessor. Additionally, a robust live service plan has been developed, which they wish to discuss at the EA Play event. In addition to a single-player campaign that many players desired, new game modes, locations, characters, and vehicles will be included.
EA aims to sell at least 14 million copies of the shooter
Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen mentioned that they expect to sell at least 14 million copies of the game by the end of the fiscal year on March 31, 2018. This number was achieved with the predecessor. They want to sell more versions of the successor.
Fans need to be convinced first
Those are ambitious goals. The question is whether EA can achieve them. Star Wars Battlefront was one of the most anticipated games of its time, but it did not convince in the reviews.
The game faced considerable criticism. For example, for the lack of a single-player campaign and the relatively low replay value. EA will have to convince the fans who were disappointed by the first part to buy the successor as well.
How good Star Wars Battlefront 2 is will be revealed on November 17, when the online shooter is released for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is like its predecessor Star Wars Battlefront an online multiplayer shooter in the Star Wars universe. While the first part painfully mi...
