Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Underperforms, Microtransactions Coming Back

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Darwinianevolution said:

twintail said:

I think you guys are misinterpreting.

It didn't sell what they thought it would. That doesn't mean they didn't make money.

Yes, I know this game is still in the green, but how much money did they want to make with this to consider 9m sales ans a couple of months with lootboxes below expectations?

Didn't Mass Effect: Andromeda cost about $50mil and take 4 years.

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 came out two years after the first title, using:
The same engine,
A similar art pipeline (probably improved so they can produce more, with less),
and likely reusing base assets and / or code.

60 USD times ten million units is 600 million USD in generated revenue (ignoring price cuts).
Add MTX to the mix.

Give me a minute...

Over a billion dollars (USD).

That is how much they wanted to make from the title.
We will have to wait and see, to find out how much they will make now.