Although
I
actually
quite
enjoyed
it,
the
rest
of
the
world
responded
to
the
release
of
Star
Wars:
Outlaws
with
apathy.
The
critical
reception
was
okay
and
there
was
at
least
some
mild
interest
in
it
prior
to
release,
but
once
it
was
out
the
discussions
dried
up
quickly
and
people
lost
interest.
It
seems
putting
Star
Wars
on
the
box
doesn’t
draw
in
a
crowd
anymore.

That
idea
has
been
backed
up
by
a
new
report
from
the
excellent
Grant
Taylor-Hill
of
Insider
Gaming.
According
to
Grant,
who
presumably
had
to
pull
off
some
Sam
Fisher
nonsense
to
get
into

Ubisoft
HQ,
the
game
has
sold
just
a
million
copies
in
its
first
month.

Grant
goes
on
to
say
that
he
was
unable
to
confirm
exactly
what
sales
Ubisoft
was
expecting,
but
I
think
it’s
safe
to
say
were
thinking
a
bit
higher
than
a
million.

It
puts
Ubisoft’s
recent
comments
and
decisions
into
some
perspective,
though.
Last
week,

the
company
announced
it
was
delaying
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows,
in
part
because
it
wanted
to
make
changes
based
on
feedback
it
had
received
for
Star
Wars:
Outlaws.
The
company
also
confirmed
that
sales
of
Outlaws
were
‘softer
than
expected’.

For
some
context,

Assassin’s
Creed:
Mirage
managed
5
million
in
its
first
month,
despite
it
being
a
much
smaller
game
than
the
regular
Assassin’s
Creed
entries.
Perhaps
I’m
being
too
generous,
but
I
imagine
Ubisoft
would
have
thought
the
Star
Wars
license
alone
would
bring
them
at
least
somewhat
close
to
Mirage’s
numbers.

The
real
issue
that
Ubisoft
faces
with
low
sales
is
that
Outlaws
is
a
licensed
game,
meaning
they
have
to
pay
Disney
a
chunk
of
the
profits.
It’s
impossible
to
know
the
exact
details
of
the
contract,
but
we
do
know,
thanks
to
leaks,
that

Insomniac’s
deal
with
Disney
for
the
Spider-Man
games
means
the
House
of
the
Mouse
gets
paid
a
significant
chunk
of
cash.
On
top
of
that,
any
copy
of
Star
Wars:
Outlaws
sold
on
PlayStation
or
Xbox
takes
another
30%
of
the
profits
away
from
Ubisoft.
The
Epic
store
takes
far
less,
but
as
we
know
sales
there
can’t
be
great
as
Ubisoft
has
announced
its
games
will
be
launching
on
Steam
on
day
1
moving
forward.