EA's 2015 Star Wars Battlefront reboot got a middling-to-positive response at launch and still has a small-but-dedicated group of fans, but in the illustrious history of the best Star Wars games it's barely a footnote. At least, that's the vibe I had before today, but as it turns out, Battlefront 2015 is still the best-selling Star Wars game of all time in the US, and EA is absolutely dominating the charts.
"Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) is the best-selling Star Wars video game in US tracked history, and Star Wars as a property ranks 7th overall in lifetime franchise full game dollar sales (excludes digital add-on content)," according to Mat Piscatella of US market analyst group Circana, sharing some sales trivia for Star Wars day May 4 on Bluesky.
Circana only tracks the US market, but it's tough to imagine the global trends being much different. In fact, the explosive emergence of global markets over the past decade or so would likely mean that the worldwide sales charts are even more weighted toward modern games.
Oh, it's May the 4th. Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) is the best-selling Star Wars video game in US tracked history, and Star Wars as a property ranks 7th overall in lifetime franchise full game dollar sales (excludes digital add-on content). Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
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EA titles account for the top four slots on Circana's list of the best-selling Star Wars games, with Jedi: Fallen Order, Battlefront 2, and Jedi: Survivor following the Battlefront reboot. You know what's not on the list? Knights of the Old Republic. Jedi Knight. Republic Commando. Bounty Hunter. There are actually only two LucasArts-era titles in the top ten, with The Force Unleashed and the original Battlefront 2 coming in at seven and eight, respectively. Everything else is either EA or Lego-shaped.
For those of us who grew up in an era when many Star Wars games felt absolutely essential not just for Star Wars fans, but for anybody who liked video games generally, it's a minor shock to see the modern titles dominating the sales charts. Don't get me wrong – the modern Jedi series is great, and I'd even put Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws at a minimum of "pretty good." But they aren't the genre-defining GOTY nominees that, say, KOTOR and many of the Dark Forces games were.
But hey, let this be your reminder that games are bigger than what you grew up with, and our collective nostalgia holds no power over the rapid growth of the game industry. I will maintain that more of you need to play TIE Fighter, however.
