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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderisa damn goodStar Warsgame. Respawn proved itself a capable steward ofStar Wars, demonstrating that a story-driven singleplayer game has a sizable audience.Jedi: Fallen Ordergot the critical praise right out the gate, but now it has commercial accolades too.
EA boasts aboutJedi: Fallen Order‘s success with some oddly vague but super-specific sales records. This is the fastest-selling digital launch of aStar Warsgame in the first two weeks. Also,Jedi: Fallen Orderis EA’s top-sellingStar Warsgame on PC during its launch window.
They’re tough statistics to parse. Most obvious, no actual sales numbers were given. As for the digital launch claim,BattlefrontandBattlefront IIare likelyJedi: Fallen Order‘s only competition as digital distribution becoming completely commonplace across all platforms is a relatively new trend. Also, the top-selling PC tidbit says nothing of performance on consoles. (It feels prudent to point out that there’s no mention of whether PC sales include downloads from EA Origin Premier subscriptions — although they probably don’t.)
None of these statistics come with a frame of reference so that we can gauge exactly how impressive they are. But if EA chalks it up as a win, we should chalk it up as a win.Jedi: Fallen Orderis proof positive that success doesn’t only follow live service games. That’s a nice reminder every now and then.
