Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has received a higher sales record than Fallen Order by a whopping mark of greater than 30%. This revelation follows an announcement by Christopher Dring, the head of GamesIndustry.biz, earlier today via a tweet on his page. The context of this sale margin is mainly in the UK market. It is worth noting that 30% is quite a huge margin worthy of critical gaming attention. According to his tweet, Dring attributed the huge margin to the fact that Jedi Survivor made higher digital sales as compared to Fallen Order’s capitalization on physical sales.
Reasons for the Great Sales Margin between Jedi Survivor Fallen Order
Although physical sales were down, with the digital data, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor actually beat Star War Jedi: Fallen Order's launch sales by over 30%. This is because Survivor's digital accounted almost double what Fallen Order managed
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) May 8, 2023
Firstly, it is worth noting that Jedi Survivor’s high sales have shocked the game’s creators and the gaming society in general. It is also worth noting that, naturally, we all expected Fallen Order to have the upper hand regarding sales. This is because it is the predecessor to Jedi Survivors. Therefore, prompting curiosity on the reasons for the high sales.
As Dring notes, Fallen Order made higher sales for the physical boxes. However, the game’s digital sales were lower. On the other hand, although Jedi Survivors sold poorly regarding the physical box sales, they made higher digital sales. Therefore, with this knowledge, it is equally important to note that digital sales account for a higher number of sales than physical ones. Hence, by making higher digital sales, Jedi Survivor sold more than its predecessor Fallen Order.
Jedi Survivor also enjoys a great deal of media presence in the UK. Furthermore, the game has recorded an increasing digital media popularity.
As much as the sequel has surprisingly high sales, it is critical to note that it has taken a lot of effort from the game’s developers. With this, it is important to note that the game had initially recorded numerous negative reviews on its Steam page. Therefore, it pledged to continue improving the game and fix various issues per players’ needs.
Conclusively, Jedi Survivor’s higher sales compared to Fallen Order are surprising. However, one lesson from this high sales to the gaming community is that we should not underestimate digital sales.