With Final Fantasy VII Rebirth right around the corner, you would likely assume the Square Enix sequel to be dominating the pre-order charts found on Sony's own PS Store. However, for roughly a week now, this hasn't actually been the case. Ever since the confirmation of the PS5, PS4 Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, the RPG follow-up has had to fend off stiff competition to claim top spot from two re-released PS2 classics.
Up until this morning, the Star Wars Battlefront bundle was actually tracking higher than both Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree in the UK under the default "Bestselling" filter. In the USA, it is the third most popular pre-order behind both of the aforementioned titles.
The current UK PS Store pre-order chart:
The current USA PS Store pre-order chart:
Since the multiple versions of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — one of which has a great deal expiring tomorrow night — have been up for pre-order significantly longer than the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, it's almost certainly sold more digital copies. However, the excitement for the returning multiplayer classics has seen it shoot up the pre-order charts, and that makes for impressive reading.
For those who missed the announcement during last week's Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection brings back both PS2 games in their original forms, complete with online multiplayer functionality. If you've got PS Plus, you can get a 10 per cent discount on a pre-order, which drops the price to £26.09 / $31.49. It's out for PS5, PS4 on 14th March 2024.
Are you feeling nostalgic and have pre-ordered the Star Wars Battlefront pack? Let us know in the comments below.
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So what you're saying is that if you release an actually half decent Battlefront game, people will want to buy it! Who would've known? Certainly not EA, that's for sure.
I'm tempted by it, but I'm waiting until the launch to see how the performance is and I will likely still be playing Rebirth when it releases. I need my dose of Galactic Conquest, great stuff.
These games have been desired since they released the new battlefronts with how bad those were
Far too many good new games to be playing and Helldivers 2 is covering my online fix to bother with these games. They were good back in the day but too much else to play nowdays.
Really want something shootery with a decent single player option sk might give this a go. Never played the originals (they were out when games were pocket money buys) but always wanted to
Will be picking this up for sure. I still have friends that I game with in person, so the inclusion of splitscreen made this a no brainer (as long as it’s a good port, of course).
Better pre order now before it goes out of stock.
I can honestly say I haven't been this excited for a shooter on Playstation since...Killzone Shadow Fall I guess? It's just been so long since we got a not GaaS shooter on Playstation. Plus Battlefront 2 is an all-time great so yeah. It was one of the easiest pre-orders I ever did!
I prefer the new battlefront games so no thanks
These two games don't really hold up well compared to the two recent ones but I'll still give it a go for nostalgia sake
We want multiplayer games. I'm playing through Last of Us part II again and it just makes me lament no Factions MP is coming, unless it's in Last of Us part 3 (doubt it, at least at release). Factions would sell so well if it was just a $20 package of maps and multiplayer like the first game... So frustrating
@BowTiesAreCool Dude, these games are lightyears better than the ones EA made.
@Enigk Well this pre-order is cheaper, so I think it's worth.
Don't forget the Dark Forces Remaster is out tomorrow (1pm GMT) too such a good game.
@Shrek_Realista I'm glad you think so, I just had a much better time with the ea/dice versions.
Excellent games. Still play 2 reasonable often with friends.
Cant wait for these
This was my favourite game when I was a kid! I wish they gave us a battlefront 3 sith the new visuals and ground to space combat but the same gameplay as the old...
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