On August 30, the full release of Star Wars Outlaws took place. The new game from Ubisoft received rather mediocre scores from both the press and users, which negatively impacted the shares of the French company.
Star Wars Outlaws
As of today, critics on Metacritic rated Star Wars Outlaws between 75 and 77 out of 100, depending on the game version. The user rating for the title ranges from 4 to 4.9 out of 10.
As noted by Reuters, following the commencement of trading on the stock exchange on Monday, Ubisoft's shares decreased by 5.2%. The decline continued on Tuesday. By morning, at the time of writing this news, the share price had fallen another 3.52% to 15.74 euros per share. This is the lowest price since 2015.
JPMorgan analyst Daniel Kerven stated that the initial sales of Star Wars Outlaws barely justify the forecast. Kerven lowered his expectations for the game and now anticipates that by March 2025, Star Wars Outlaws will sell 5.5 million copies instead of the previously forecasted 7.5 million copies.
It is also noted that Ubisoft's shares may have been affected by the dwindling audience of the free-to-play shooter XDefiant. According to information from insider Tom Henderson, the project's online presence barely reaches 20,000 people.
Overall, since the beginning of the year, Ubisoft's shares have decreased by 33%.