Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 skipping PS4 & Xbox One claims insider

metro.co.uk:

Despite rumours of a late 2022 release, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 may not launch until 2023 due to being ‘new gen only.’

While EA has announced that it’s in development, there are no formal details about the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. However, the game is expected to be properly unveiled at the Star Wars Celebration event in May and previous rumours pointed to a potential 2022 release.

The most recent rumours, however, say this is no longer the case and that EA won’t launch the sequel until 2023.

The reason for this is because it will be ‘new gen only,’ meaning it is skipping the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and will only release for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, as well as PC.

While this is disappointing news for anyone who has yet to get their hands on either of the newer consoles, it’s increasingly likely that the older formats will be left behind in 2023 and beyond – with God Of War Ragnarök, for example, rumoured to be Sony’s last cross-gen game.

One other interesting detail is that the sequel will supposedly be dropping the Fallen Order subtitle, making it just Star Wars Jedi 2, unless it receives a new subtitle to replace it.

In retrospect, this isn’t that surprising. Back in January, when EA finally admitted it’s making a sequel, it described it as the ‘next title in the Star Wars Jedi franchise’ rather than Fallen Order 2.

This information comes from GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb, who was among those claiming the game would release by this Christmas. However, it sounds like the release window was pushed back to accommodate EA’s plans.

‘It’s going to be new gen only, where it’s PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and then of course PC,’ he says in his most recent GrubbSnax podcast. ‘One of the reasons that