Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant Disappointments Pour Pain on Ubisoft's Share Prices | Push Square

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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.

Villainous to the end

Just three months after launch

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.

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

Because more and more people are becoming savvy.

They know to wait 3months for a reduction. (Sand land out 4-5months and it’s £20 for example)

Or sign up to ubi plus for a month and play multiple games for £15.

Wow, a pretty