Star Wars Unleashes Force by Selling 5.7M
February 12th, 2009 Posted in Action, Business, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 by Rajiv Ashrafi
The Star Wars franchise has been a money printer for LucasArts for a long time, but Star Wars: Force Unleashed takes the cake for being the fastest-selling title in the franchise’s history: 5.7 million copies since its September 2008 release.
It can also be pointed out that the game’s demo also set records, seeing over one million downloads on Xbox Live in a week.
The game, while not received well by critics, can also thank its success for being released on every imaginable platform in the market – all except for PC. It was released on PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, DS, iPod, iPhone, N-Gage and other mobile platforms.