According to an insider report, EA has rejected a pitch from DICE for a third installment of Star Wars Battlefront due to high licensing costs.

Battlefront 3 was a pitched title from DICE, but ultimately, the title was shot down by EA due to licensing costs.

“It got turned down because it takes 20% more sales to make the same money”, said one past developer.

— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) November 20, 2021

All in all, it costs a lot of money to make Star Wars games. And if those games are crap and don’t sell like gangbusters, then you will not recover your investment.

For what it’s worth, DICE does have a least two “story-driven” single-player Star Wars titles in development with EA, one of which may be a sequel to the extremely well executed and fun Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

[Source: Twitter]