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EA expects to ship 9-10 million copies of Star Wars Battlefront before the end of March 2016 – and even more “if things go well”.
Discussing its expectations for the upcoming shooter during last night’s earnings call, EVP Blake Jorgensen explained that he hoped EA could “leverage a lot of the hype” around the movie.
“For us, we’re thinking about it with two bookends,” he said. “One bookend is the historical Battlefront, which did roughly 9 million units. The other bookend is our core first-person shooter franchise of Battlefield, which typically does around 15 million units.
“So I think in our guidance, we’ve roughly put in there roughly 9 million to 10 million units for the title, with we believe some upside obviously if things goes well. It is Gen-4-only and PC, and so that needs to get factored into people’s thinking, but it is a very exciting title.”
Jorgensen later clarified that the forecast only factors in units the publisher expects to ship during the current financial year, with lifetime sales expected to be higher.
Star Wars Battlefront launches on PS4, Xbox One and PC on November 20.
Source: EA (via seekingalpha.com)
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Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action, First Person, Shooter
