Electronic Arts executives expected Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to sell 8 million copies by the end of March. It sold that many by the end of December.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order closed out 2020 as a very pleasant surprise for Electronic Arts, easily beating sales expectations and demonstrating that yes, there is plenty of room for a good old-fashioned single-player narrative in the world of AAA video games.
In a call with investors on Thursday, chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said EA expected Fallen Order to sell 6 to 8 million copies by March 31 (the end of EAs fiscal year). Players bought 8 million units by the end of December 2019, Jorgensen said, so the company is raising is sales estimate to 10 million units by the end of March.
Its a very strong result for a single-player action game, Jorgensen said.
Electronic Arts chief executive Andrew Wilson called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order the action-adventure game that fans were looking for this holiday season.
Respawn delivered an expertly crafted, high quality experience with outstanding gameplay that thrilled players, made many game of the year lists, and sold beyond our projections for the quarter, he added.
Respawn had a very strong 2019 overall, delivering Apex Legends as a surprise launch last February. Wilson noted that the third season of the free-to-play battle royale (which started in October) saw an increase in daily active users over the games second season (which ran from July to the end of September).
EAs executives were also eager to tout the strong performance of its FIFA and Madden series, and in a lesser noticed way, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborvilleand Need for Speed Heat(whose midrange reviews are still the series best in a console generation).
But getting the exclusive Star Wars license back on track was the point of emphasis, especially as it and Apex Legends smooths over the disappointment from EAs other AAA sci-fi launch, Anthem. Star Wars Battlefront 2, which launched in 2017, appears to have put its problems well into the rearview mirror after two solid years of post-release content and support, too.
Wilson didnt provide figures but said Battlefront 2s celebration edition, which launched at the beginning of December, also performed significantly above our [third quarter] expectations.
For the coming fiscal year, Jorgensen said the company expects to deliver 12 titles: four sports video games (FIFA 21 and Madden NFL 21 among them), four from smaller developers, and four that draw from the breadth of our IP.