Star Wars Battlefront II sold over 4 millions copies on all platforms. I think a Star Wars Battlefront on the new generation consoles would AT LEAST be sold as much, though I really think that Star Wars Battlefront is a game that you enjoy playing for a longer time like some years and not just some months. But that all depends on how awesome it is gonna be. Hopefully it blasts our minds!

i dont see any countdown clock on the sparkunlimited website

Rob thats interesting. Either they accidently let that slip, or they copy/pasted from a notepad document or someting, which unfortunately I think they did. I mean personally if I were answering the emails, and had to give that generic response everytime, I wouldn't type it out each time but instead just copy and paste. Maybe they just accidently forgot to edit out lucasarts and battlefront, since thats probably the only game people think they're making.

To Vadersdmise_93: It´s never too late. We all are still waiting .... :S

LA doesn´t need at all advertising for a new SWBF. And especially not for SWBF3.

SWBF2 has already passed from one generation to the next. So many clans are just waiting to return to SWBF for PS3. Most of them would be lucky to leave the ( crappy ) games, they only play actually for killing the time. And SWBF1 and 2 would be still able to keep competitive standing ( even with respect to the current new games ) if we would have it for PS3 aswell. Most of the people I know, never has even bought other games, if SWBF3 would have been available for PS3. Furthermore there are still people, after all these years, who just start playing SWBF2.
However the SWBF games, next to the fact that they are still the best games ever, has to do with the spirit of Star Wars, just to explain how many people would appear again to play this great game. And when contrary to expectations actually advertising would be necessary, they could still make me ( maybe us ) to advertise SWBF3.

As I wrote before: No other game will ever come even close to the SWBF games !!!

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Robpol,that's pretty funny,maybe they have had that many Battlefront fans contact them that their generic answer was made to suit them,LOL

and it wouldn't surprise me if Pokemon was the highest selling game,as they bring out a dozen versions each time

COD and Battlefield are the big guns,sure....but as said,there is still room for Battlefront,look at THQs recent Homefront,that came out a few weeks ago,sure its been slagged off here,there and everywhere but the game sold over 1 million copies which was reported on 24th March by IGN(the game was released on 15th March)

Now lets move to last years Medal of Honor,again this got a bit of a bad rep,especially online i think(not sure why,not played it myself)...but the game sold over 2 million copies in its first two weeks

...people are still looking for shooter games other than COD or Battlefield

now,imagine Battlefront 3 being released..and it NOT getting slagged off here,there and everywhere as well as having that Star Wars license

Ok this is very weird. I've sent an email to Spark about the timer and see what their response is.

My email:

Dear Spark Unlimited,

I'am a great fan of the games your studio made. Thats why I've been very curious about your next unannounced project. By complete surprise I discovered a new timer on the frontpage of www.sparkunlimited.com, which counts down to the upcoming Comic-Con. Could you confirm that this is the place where you will reveal the unannounced project? Or is there another reason the timer has been placed?

Thanks!

Yours faithfully,
Rob from The Netherlands

Their response:

Hi Rob,

I always enjoying hearing from ardent fans. Comic-Con is always been a strong show for our staff to go to. We like to share our interests with our gaming fans and this is one small way to find common ground. As for an announcement, there had been no announcement that there will be announcement. Therefore, unfortunately, all I can do is reply with a generic response:

We are the solely the developer of games. The publisher is the owner of said properties. All announcements, information and/or materials must come from or coordinated through the publisher.

At this time, we are prohibited from talking about who we are working with or working on either through affirmation or processes of elimination. So, I can neither confirm nor deny what we are working on or whom we are working for. If you want word on Battlefront, then it must come from LucasArts.

Thanks for inquiring. Sorry we can't divulge nor hint at what is going on here.

Regards,
John

Notice that I didnt say anything about Battlefront 3, nor LucasArts.

Not at all... even if a game is unique it will always loose to other companies. Especially if said companies put a massive amount of money into advertising. In this day and age advertising is everything. If you don't advertise your game you just won't be presented to a bigger audience. COD for example is on every blasted game info site. Hell, they even have pop up adds on IGN.com. I just can't see LA doing this with Battlefront 3 at all, and if a game does not sell well it is not supported. And if a game is not supported it fails and loses its audience. It's a big cycle that all games follow, except the successful ones. I mean really, how many people really want Battlefront 3 besides the posters here and some few scattered around other sites. COD and Battlefield have taken over in the FPS market, you just can't compete with those games anymore. What I really am trying to say is... it's just to late for LA to produce a game, even if it is sooooo well done.
And the only good game that is a TPS that I can think of is Uncharted, and even that is not as big as Call of Duty, even if it did win GOTY.

That's what many people don't understand (not that I'm pointing at anyone here). You think that if a game wins GOTY and Best of E3 it makes it an amazing game that has won the crowds. WRONG. A game like Uncharted 2 got a ton of awards including the ones I mentioned above, yet still failed in sales compared to its competition.

Uncharted 2 sales up to date: 4.5 Million copies
Call of Duty Black Ops sales in one day: 5.6 Million copies
Call of Duty Modern Warfare sales in one day: 4.7 Million copies

And up to date I'd say the COD titles listed above have quintupled.

Do you really think Star Wars Battlefront 3 can compete with this? No, I didn't think so.

At most, Battlefront 3 will get 2~4 million copies at most. And I fear it will die very quickly.

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i knew about Starfighter being registered,but not Bounty Hunter

and i hated the space battles in SWBF2

Come on Lea. Why do anyone of us post in any of these threads? It's coming.

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the thing with EA though spending so much money on Battlefield is because they want to pull one over on COD,Battlefield 3 is out 2nd November and every Call of Duty game has been out pretty much within the first two weeks of November..and i personally can't see the Star Wars Battlefront III being released then anyway

this may be a first spending so much on advertising,but its because its the battle of the heavyweights

not every company would want to spend that much on Advertising and i am sure that if SWBF3 came out for example this time next year it would be fine,and totally miss any big hitters

release dates are always important,look at the 360 exclusive Alan Wake that was in production for 5 years,decent enough game but on release was a flop(145,000 Copies) but sold well in the end(over a million)...main reason?,,because it was released at the same time as Red Dead Redemption,whoever put the game up against that should of been fired!!,i remember everyone being excited for RDR like they are now for L.A.Noire

look at it this way:
this is what was released this week for 360 and PS3

so imagine if Star Wars Battlefront III was in there for both PS3 and 360?,i am sure it would of sold fine if not fantastic...for when it does get released,it just needs to be timed well

(sorry this post is a bit long)