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This hardy bundle contains a Playstation 4 with 1TB storage, a wireless DualShock 4 controller and a physical copy of Star Wars Battlefront 2. " In fact, Piscatella even went far enough to tweet the “presence of loot boxes correlates to higher game sales volume.” Correlation doesn’t always mean causation, of course, but that hasn’t been the case for Battlefront 2.First up is the Star Wars Battlefront 2 PlayStation 4 Bundle. Three weeks prior to Battlefront 2’s release, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella gleefully told, "The loot box or microtransactions controversy has not yet resulted in clear noticeable limitations of the sales potential of the games with. These numbers are signs of a shockwave throughout this industry that even NPD previously underestimated. That being said, while a larger percentage of consumers would likely be willing to buy a multiplayer-centric game like Battlefront 2 from a digital storefront, it’s still vastly underperforming compared to contemporaries. The only limitation the NPD report has is that it only correlate to physical sales. As the Hawaii state legislature ramps up its efforts to crack down on loot boxes in triple-A games, the controversy hasn’t stopped yet. Recent reports indicated the publisher had lost $3 billion in stock value over the outrage, and now we’re seeing that loss trickle down to overall sales. NPD stats suggest Battlefront 2’s loot crate fiasco has had a measurable, global impact on EA’s profit margins. We have seen signs of sluggish sales from the U.K. That title enjoyed two full weeks on the market ahead of Battlefront 2 and was able to push 4.4 million copies across the same platforms over a similar period of time. That being said, the research firm believes the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the general buying power of the Star Wars brand might help the game rebound in the coming months.Ī number like 882,000 doesn’t sound terrible, but it’s put into perspective when compared to Activision’s shooter juggernaut Call Of Duty: WWII. Since launch, NPD reports that just 882,000 physical copies of the game have been sold. While video game sales were up 9 percent compared to last November, it appears Star Wars Battlefront 2 wasn’t a huge contributor to that statistic. Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Needleman tweeted the release Friday morning: Star Wars Battlefront 2 is officially in a sales freefall, according to the latest NPD numbers published by Dow Jones Newswires.
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