According to these estimates published on May 2, Clear obscure: Expedition 33 Sold more than 785,000 copies on Steam and more than 350,000 copies on PlayStation 5. On Xbox Series, sales are simply judged ” extremely weak “, We therefore rely on the number of users who, thanks to the Game Pass, would be 1.3 million visitors. Notable detail, Ampere estimated that the average playing time of the Xbox Series players on Clear obscure: Expedition 33 is 2:20, against 4:40 for PS5 and Steam players on this same game. We can see the consequence of the “playable demo” effect linked to the overflow of choice of subscriptions and the fact that the investment in a game is not necessarily optimal when you have not really bought it.
Already well placed to have some success in the weeks preceding its release, Clear obscure: Expedition 33 passed through another dimension the day before its release thanks to the excellent notes from the press, then to the no less excellent word of mouth which he has taken advantage of since his release on April 24. On OpenCritic, the French role -playing game is the best rated game of the current year ahead of Split Fiction and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
On Steam, the comparison with the latest Japanese RPGs released on the market is eloquent. By aligning the sales estimated over the first seven days, the game of Sandfall Interactive starts much better than Metaphor: Refantazio (346,600 sales), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (334,400 sales) or Persona 5 Royal (234,600 sales). The catch, of course, is that some of these titles did not immediately release on PC. Nevertheless Clear obscure: Expedition 33 is a cardboard on PC and that, as often now, China plays an important role in this observation. According to Steamscout, 24.85% of the evaluations left by users of the game were written in Chinese. And if English is the majority (45.8%), the French public honor its new national flagship by placing itself in third position (8.74%).
-Concretely, since its release a week ago, Clear obscure: Expedition 33 did not leave the top 3 of Steam’s best sales in real time, alternating between 2nd and 3rd place. Since the middle of the week, Clear obscure: Expedition 33 Even went ahead of Oblivion Remastered, released by “surprise” two days earlier. Alinea’s estimates do not say the opposite: Bethesda’s game has made a shattering start, but Clear obscure: Expedition 33 seems to run slower. “” For example, Expedition 33 sold around 77,000 copies on Steam on the seventh day of its marketing – this is about twice as much as Oblivion sold the seventh day », Can we read.
The peak of simultaneous players on the game published by Kepler Interactive also remains very high every day. It even went back to 117,000 players Thursday thanks to May 1 holidays and maintained above 100,000 players on Friday. A few hours before the publication of this article, the curves are even close to reverse: over the last 24 hours, the peak of simultaneous players of Clear obscure: Expedition 33 has reached a new summit (129,000) and approaches that ofOblivion Remastered (132,000). Be ready, because the announcement of the 2 million sales will certainly no longer be long on the side of Sandfall.
On the PlayStation Store, there is no global ranking comparable to that of Steam (only a top 10 of the moment for each country) but the game also meets notable success. Although very far from the start of an event game like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (estimated here at 1.4 million units in six days), Clear obscure: Expedition 33 is still in front of Metaphor: Refantazio (301,300 sales), Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (282,200 sales) or Persona 3 Reload (227 210 sales). Alinea notes that the price is an important factor and that a classification in value would be tighter than that in volume. In any case, there was an audience for an RPG in turn from the beaten track and certain shots specific to the JRPG. And there is no doubt that he will ask for more.
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