Star Wars Battlefront publisher Electronic Arts hopes to sell between nine and 10 million copies of the sci-fi shooter.

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During the company's quarterly investor call held today, chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen revealed the company considers favorable Battlefront sales projections around nine to 10 million thanks in part to the excitement leading up to its release."We certainly hope we can leverage a lot of the hype," Jorgensen said. "We're thinking about [Battlefront's sales projections] as two bookends. One bookend is the historical Battlefront, which did roughly 9 million units. The other bookend is our first-person shooter franchise, Battlefield, which typically does around 15 million units.""We've put in there roughly nine to 10 million units for the title, which we believe is the upside if things go well," said Jorgensen. "It is Gen-4 only and PC, so that needs to be factored into people's thinking."Earlier this week, EA and developer DICE revealed Star Wars Battlefront will feature 12 multiplayer maps with additional areas to be introduced afterwards in the free Battle of Jakku downloadable content.Star Wars Battlefront is slated for a November 2015 release, though it's likely we'll learn much more during EA's hour-long E3 press conference on June 15.For more on E3, head over to IGN's wiki to check out the list of rumored and confirmed games at E3 2015 and a chart of E3 2015 live streams and press conferences

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