WB Games announced this today Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had a massive launch, selling over 3 million copies worldwide and setting new records for Lego games on all platforms around the world. In other words: the newest Lego Star Wars Spiel is one of the biggest releases of the year and one of the most successful star wars games of the decade.
If you are surprised by this news, you might be wondering why this family-friendly game about toys and war of stars is suddenly one of the biggest things of 2022. Well the reality is this is a long time coming since Lego Star Wars Gaming has quietly become a cultural phenomenon over the past two decades, complete with memes, nostalgic fans, and a large community of gamers who have been waiting for this game for a long time.
The first Lego Star Wars The game was released in 2005 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. It took the three prequels war of stars Film and recreate them in Lego form, complete with a large roster of playable characters, a bunch of secrets to discover, and silly cutscenes that are fun to play with war of stars and its universe. Finally it was one of the best selling PS2 games of all time and developed a fan base that wasn’t just reserved for Lego lovers or children. It appealed to anyone who liked silly video games, war of starsor if you just need a fun, easy game to play with a younger sibling.
Over the next few years, TT Games released a sequel, a remastered collection, and a clone wars follow up, Lego Star Wars became more than just a popular game. It has become a cultural phenomenon. Players created memes from everything in the game, including the franchise’s hidden minikits, character UI profile pictures, and even Lego Yoda’s distinctive death scream. In fact, all of the game’s death sounds, in their own way, became memes created by the players compilations of them online. And when social media became a thing, it was common to see people rocking Lego war of stars Avatars on Twitter or elsewhere.
This is such a well-known part of the community that TT Games has published its own official, high-quality profile pictures on his Twitter account since Skywalker saga launched earlier this month.
Just like the nostalgic love for Lego Star Wars was growing, as was demand for a major new addition to the franchise. For years, fans have wanted a remake of the original games with modern technology and the newer designs found in reality Lego Star Wars kits. And while we got one power awakens Lego Game 2016, it wasn’t quite what people wanted. It certainly wasn’t a bad game, but it was mostly based on a movie with some fun character packs from other eras war of stars released as DLC. Good, but not good enough.
Fans lost it in 2019 when TT Games announced it Skywalker sagaa Lego game that collects all nine war of stars Movies in a huge open world package. For years the game suffered from lags and The people who made it endured grueling amounts of crunchHer fans speculated endlessly. You can still find them Videos on YouTube. Every screenshot and teaser has been combed through and discussed by thousands of players Reddit and Discord.
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So, when the game finally landed earlier this month – and turned out one of the best war of stars games ever made—I wasn’t surprised when I saw the game explode on YouTube, tick tock, Reddit and Twitch. It even cracked the top 10 most played games on Steam and in the top 50 to date. This is what people had been waiting for for years. Heck, some people had grown up watching the franchise and spent most of their adult lives dreaming of a massive new one Lego Star Wars Play with hundreds of characters and missions from all movies. Needless to say, when this dream game finally became a reality, people got a little excited.
Although the start was huge, I expect Skywalker saga continue to sell well and likely become one of the best-selling games of 2022 and possibly the best-selling Lego game of all time. People love Lego. love people war of stars. People love big games. Combine them and throw in some silly memes and nostalgic PS2 memories, and you have one of the biggest and (to some) most surprising video game success stories of 2022.
