Star Wars hasn't made a particularly glorious return to PC and console recently. Ttiel like Jedi: Survivor or the Dark Forces remake were able to convince the fan base, but the focus is currently not on the success of both titles.
Instead, the spotlight is on a game that the community actually had high hopes for. The comeback of two games had been announced, which were supposed to appear for the first time on the Nintendo Switch. However, the former hype quickly turned into disillusionment and disappointment.
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When did the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection come out?
With the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection A long-awaited title was released on March 14th for the PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and Xbox One. There were two games from the 2000s in the package. There were both Battlefront 1 and Battlefront 2 with some innovations to acquire.
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But the proverbial penalty, the re-release of two absolute classics, was made miles away in the galaxy far, far away. Technical problems prevented the game from building a loyal community from day one.
Interest in the collection quickly disappeared. Our test for both games Like many international ratings, it wasn't exactly rosy. Accordingly, the latest news about the collection on Steam is anything but surprising.
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Horrible flop on Steam?
PCGamesN recently took a look at the Steam statistics for both titles. The result: The Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection is hardly played on Valve's platform anymore. An important indicator for this is the number of simultaneous players.
At the time of this news, around 70 people are playing the collection at the same time. The peak in the past few days was around 100 people. A look at the past month reveals how player base has shrunk little by little. Even the originals on Steam aren't too far off from the values of the new edition.
Sources: PCGamesN, SteamDB.info