The Force Unleashed shifts 1.5 million in five days

  • Posted September 24th, 2008 at 06:01 EDT by Mike Harradence
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LucasArts has confirmed that its ambitious Star Wars outing The Force Unleashed has notched up sales of over 1.5 million after just five days at retail.

President of LucasArts Darrell Rodriguez commented: “The record-setting sales of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed shows the undiminished power of Star Wars and its popularity across all media types, including video games.”

“We’re blown away by the response.”

For those of you who have yet to switch to The Dark Side, the game takes place in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, with players assuming control of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice. Cue copious amounts of light sabre duels and some devastating use of The Force – what more could you want?

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  1. Shader | AShaddo

    • 6:03am BST - September 24th, 2008

    Hmm, this got pretty average reviews, I guess this one will be a renter for me.

  2. stairhopper | STAIRHOPPER

    • 6:06am BST - September 24th, 2008

    i played the demo from psn as good as i thought it was ill wait a while for this title as there are others that will excedee this sorry lucus its just wont be for me YET !!!!!!1

    psn id : stairhopper

  3. LegendaryAim | LegendaryAim

    • 6:08am BST - September 24th, 2008

     it wasnt worth all the hype or wait but it was an Okay game even though i finished it in under 7hrs

  4. xclusiveg | xclusive1

    • 6:15am BST - September 24th, 2008

    thats good but not my kinda games

  5. Genesis- | bleu-manga

    • 6:16am BST - September 24th, 2008

    I'm actually glad it sold well. Even though it's an average game, Lucas Arts put years and alot of effort into it.

  6. jphuff | jhuff

    • 6:25am BST - September 24th, 2008

     Well, I think a lot of the reviewers were a bit harsh on this title.  If you like Star Wars, I think you'll like this game.  I'd put it more at an 8-8.5 myself.  Not game of the year, but highly entertaining and fun, especially again, if you like the source material.

  7. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 8:31am BST - September 24th, 2008

    Not bad sells but i think it might stick at that number.

  8. THEmanbearpig | MANBEARPIG

    • 9:04am BST - September 24th, 2008

    sold alot of games in five days....i was done in two. way to short, could have been a great game but there was way too many flaws. kinda disapointed.  would have been a way better movie than the clone wars though......

  9. Staticneuron | Staticneuron

    • 9:14am BST - September 24th, 2008

    I enjoyed the games. I thought the reviews were overly critical of most of the game. I must agree with the *ahem* special scene control complaints but once I ignored the onscreen instructions I managed to get through it.

  10. SamuraiClarke

    • 9:23am BST - September 24th, 2008

    I heard from friends that it is a pretty average game, and should be avvoided unless your a Starwars fan. But then again, some Starwars fans say its amazing. And being a Starwars nerd, I'll probably get this game for christmas, money's tight.

  11. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 9:56am BST - September 24th, 2008

     I dont know what you people are talking about but this game was awesome, one of the best star wars game i ever played. Now i wonder when BattleFront 3 is coming out

  12. cOwpander | Sobe_Elixir

    • 10:50am BST - September 24th, 2008

    I rented it, beat it and will never play it again.

  13. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 10:59am BST - September 24th, 2008

    Man, people will still put out for this Star Wars garbage.  It's over people, that story is stupid.

  14. rockstarnun23 | rockstarnun23

    • 11:19am BST - September 24th, 2008

    okay here's the skinny if you're a fan of star wars and enjoy the idea of slightly customizing your jedi to your liking then you'll like this game.  the downers are pretty predictable story line and level set up.  there is always a half boss and boss in every level so you can figure out where you are at in the level based on what you've encountered.  i love the game i've really tried to take my time with it and not just run past the levels and be done to be done.  i'd say give it a try and just enjoy it, where else can you light storm troopers and rancors up like the fourth of july?  i rest my case.

  15. Xdeth | Xdeth

    • 11:48am BST - September 24th, 2008

    The game was also released on PS3, PSP, PS2, Wii, and Crashbox3fixme. Had it been possible on the DS, Im sure they would have brought it to it also.When you look at that many systems, the number begings to not look as big. I played the demo though and thought it was cool.

  16. chilledbreeze7

    • 11:59am BST - September 24th, 2008

     I just completed it last night. It wasn't the best game I've ever played but it was still pretty good. Now its time trade it in I thinks. 

  17. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 12:42pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    this a good game not bad at all, hope they bring out another one.

  18. saso_7 | goose_7

    • 1:19pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    just recently completed the game (chose alternate ending btw) actually i liked it quite a bit although i wish the story was more fleshed out and some character decisions are questionable but i thought it was an entertaining 7-8 hours of gameplay

  19. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 3:46pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    i thought this was an amazing game and it deserves good sales

  20. AnalogueAutomat | AnalogueAutomat

    • 3:53pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    there were some things about the demo that i didn't like at all, but being a star wars fan, i'll be looking forward to the platinum release next summer.. .:)

     

  21. GrugNorg0606 | L1QU1D_F0X (The I's are ones & the O is a zero)

    • 4:41pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    I liked it

  22. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 6:02pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    It was alright, wasn't worth buying I returned that and Mercs 2 plan on getting Fifa 09

  23. gingo | gingo

    • 6:28pm BST - September 24th, 2008

    psn id: gingo... lol this has nothing to do with how good or bad the game is, put the star wars name on a brick and you would get these kind of sales

  24. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 1:25am BST - September 25th, 2008

    I had it preordered. But since my son liked playing the demo as well, I gave up my PS3 version so he could get the PS2 one for himself. I'll pick mine up as soon as I finish with Lego Batman.

  25. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 10:39pm BST - September 25th, 2008

    @Shader

    Don't let the reviews fool you bro' This is definitely worth a purchase,first Star Wars game i enjoyed.

  26. I_AM_LEGEND246 | Cilldealga + IAMLEGEND2468

    • 11:59am BST - September 26th, 2008

    This game is savage! Woo Hoo Lucasarts u reali did it tis time

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