Ubisoft has shifted its financial targets for the fiscal year and delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows due to Star Wars Outlaws' tepid launch.

Ubisoft Entertainment SA (OTC:UBSFF) admitted that Star Wars Outlaws, its highly anticipated open-world game, has underperformed. Despite receiving a Metacritic score of 76 and decent user reviews (3.

Ubisoft reports that Star Wars Outlaws has fallen short of the publisher's sales expectations in yet another troubling omen for the company.

Ubisoft’s latest release, Star Wars Outlaws, has not met the company’s sales expectations despite receiving fairly solid reviews. The French video game publisher revealed in a recent financial report,

In response to the lower-than-expected sales and player feedback, Ubisoft said its teams are now "fully mobilized to swiftly implement a series of updates to polish and improve the player experience" ahead of the holidays. Ubisoft said it hopes Star Wars Outlaws can be a "strong long-term performer."

Assassin’s Creed Shadows was supposed to be one of the biggest games of the fall. It will now come out on February 14, 2025 instead. Publisher Ubisoft blamed the delay on “soft” sales from Star Wars Outlaws,

Star Wars Outlaws is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. For PC users who don't want to wait for it to come to Steam, it's available on the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store.

“In response to player feedback, Ubisoft’s development teams are currently fully mobilized to swiftly implement a series of updates to polish and improve the player experience in order to engage a large audience during the holiday season to position Star Wars Outlaws as a strong long-term performer.”

Star Wars Outlaws was long expected to have been a disappointment for Ubisoft. Shares plummeted to a near 10 year low shortly after its August 26 release date and a disgruntled investor even called on the company to go private as a result of the slump.