While there’s a lot of controversy and negativity surrounding EA and DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront II, it seems the game’s selling at a decent pace. Not only did it reach the #1 spot in Australia’s gaming charts back in November, but Battlefront II was even the most downloaded game last month on the PlayStation Store.
This was revealed by the official Sony PlayStation Blog earlier today, where it also revealed the most downloaded DLC, PSVR game and so on for last month.
PS4 games:
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 (8)
- FIFA 18 (3)
- Call of Duty: WWII (1)
- GTA V (6)
- Need For Speed: Payback (2)
- Gang Beasts (New)
- Assassin’s Creed Origins (5)
- Rocket League (14)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (Re-entry)
- The Last Of Us Remastered (RE)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (15)
- Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy (RE)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (12)
- The Sims 4 (16)
- EA Sports UFC 2 (7)
- Knowledge is Power (New)
- Gran Turismo Sport (4)
- Minecraft (RE)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (13)
- ARK: Survival Evolved (RE)
PS VR games:
- Superhot (9)
- Job Simulator (5)
- Doom VFR (New)
- Rollercoaster Legends (New)
- Batman Arkham VR (2)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (1)
- Arizona Sunshine (RE)
- Robinson: The Journey (RE)
- Everest VR (RE)
- Accounting+ (New)
DLC:
- Fortnite – Standard Founder’s Pack (7)
- Destiny 2 – Curse of Osiris (New)
- ARK: Survival Evolved – Aberration (New)
- Destiny 2 – Expansion Pass (6)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Year 3 Pass (New)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – The Frozen Wilds (1)
- Battlefield 1 – Premium Pass (2)
- Rocket League – Fast & Furious ’99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 (4)
- Call of Duty: WWII – Season Pass (3)
- Rocket League – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack (9)
PS Vita games:
- Assassin’s Creed III Liberation (RE)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (RE)
- Minecraft (9)
- Borderlands 2 (RE)
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss (RE)
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus (RE)
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night (RE)
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (RE)
- Persona 4 Golden (8)
- Adventures of Mana (RE)
In addition that, DICE seems to have done well in 2017, too. You might not have noticed it, but the PlayStation Store’s biggest-selling games of 2017 list had four games made by DICE in the top 20!
PS4:
- FIFA 2018
- Call of Duty WWII
- Rocket League
- GTA V
- Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- FIFA 2017
- EA Sports UFC 2
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Destiny 2
- Battlefield 1
- Minecraft
- Star Wars Battlefront
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Ghost Recon Wildlands
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Battlefield 4
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
In case you didn’t know what games DICE made in the list, it’s Battlefront II, the first Battlefront, Battlefield 1, and Battlefield 4! DICE’s publisher EA had seven games in total out of the top 20, which isn’t bad at all. Note that these are only PlayStation Store units sold, and doesn’t include physical sales and the like.
What does this all mean? I’d say people still love Star Wars games, and DICE games seems to be highly sought after still. Oh, and EA is still making crazy amounts of money even with the backlash and all.