Avowed Boasts 5.9 Million Players In First Month, Leaving Indiana Jones 1.9 Million Behind

The avowed director also confirmed that the game has sold well and is considering expanding into a franchise.

[Lightning77]

Congrats to Obsidian.

[pwnmaster3000]

I really didn’t like the game but because it’s Obsidian, I’m glad it did okay. Big fan of Beth/Obsidian.
Hopefully this was their warm-up game.

[lucasnooker]

Hopefully this was their warm up game. Yeah, only a 5 year development time warm up lol

[lukasmain]

Telling how many players really doesn't mean much. I wonder what the actual sales numbers are.

[Lightning77]

They

Don't

Give

Out

Sales

Numbers

Period....

The fact it needs to be said repeatedly is pathetic.

[Elda]

Agreed.

[lukasmain]

@Lightning you angry little peanut
I 'wondered' what the sales numbers are. I never asked a question on the sales. Your comment never needed to be said. So you can shuttup. How about that?

[thorstein]

Wait. So now it doesn't matter? Am I in some alternate reality? A few months ago when a game released that was claimed to be "woke" (but actually wasn't) that was the single most important "fact" that meant it failed.

[Lightning77]

You're not gonna learn. The next game Xbox releases you'll say the same thing because that's what you types do. I only see one type of fanbase that always says "where are the sales" they've never give out Sales since X1 days.

You or I will never know what the sales are from MS directly. When you ppl always say every single time here, twitter what have you every single time it gets excruciatingly annoying.

[BehindTheRows]

Microsoft shifted to "player counts" last gen, so you'll likely never know. As it stands, though, it probably hasn't done too bad.

[LonDonE]

Yes congrats to them. they really are a top tired developer, i do hope they can build on it and give us some paid dlc maybe and also work towards a sequel.
I absolutely loved the game, its not skyrim or oblivion but does borrow some parts of what made those games great. Its a more focused towards action game and really is great for what it is. The combat alone has so much nuance and depth.. i am hoping they give us new game plus at the very least.. I would so play through again making different choices and using a alternate build.

[ocelot07]

If we use the astro bot logic plenty have people used. Seems a bit low? Considering there is 35mil GP subs (at a guess). Then the 100 million+ steam users.

[pwnmaster3000]

Lmaoo to be fair,
It was just one guy/gal with multiple accounts saying it lol.

[thorstein]

What an obscure observation.

[DivineHand125]

I think you are missing the point. The people who said Astro Bot had low sales did not say so to take a jab at PlayStation. Astro Bot is a great game and the people who actually played it want more games like it, however, we cannot convince Sony to invest more into the franchise if the sales are $1.5M. We see what Sony did to Days Gone and how hesitant Nintendo is about making games like Metroid or how Capcom feels about making MegaMan games. They are of the belief that "I have to green light the next games to be released in X amount of years but the budget is limited. Do I greenlight a game that sold $1.5M copies or a game that sold close to or more than $10M copies?" Astrobot could end up going dormant if it is not appreciated by the PlayStation user base.

Games like Avowed and Indiana Jones are a dime a dozen on the Xbox and PlayStation console so don't expect to see the same sentiments shared about those games.

[ocelot07]

It sold as 1.5 million as of November 2024 4 months ago. Sony has as far as I know have not given any more numbers.

Could be 1.6 could be 5 could be nearly 10 I don't know.

[D2niceforu]

What? astro bot was played by 2% of PS5 users.... This looks like 17% of Gamepass subs alone. Steam is different story.

[ocelot07]

How is steam a different story. I have heard so many stories over the last year. Exclusives are anti consumer. Exclusives don't matter. PC is the main platform for example.

You would think a game coming from a great dev such as obsidian. Who one made Fallout New Vegas and The Outer Worlds. You would think it would of sold a lot better on Steam alone. Not 6 mill between steam, PC and pc gamepass, Xbox and Xbox Gamepass.

[Christopher]

2% of PS5 users is currently 500k, but astrobot sold over 1.5m.

We don't know how many of Game Pass subscribers are Game Pass Standard/PC/Ultimate, only how many Game Pass subscribers there are (Core doesn't get access to the game). We also don't know how many are sales vs subs or how long people played. There's just too many unknowns, unlike the sales of astrobot on PS5.

What I do know is that at least one of those players was me, I bought it on Series X and have enjoyed it.

[thorstein]

You're using logic on the gaming community. Rofl.

[Zeref]

I'm glad to see Xbox games are doing well

[TrueRican69]

I don't know what universe you think Xbox doing well If that was a case Xbox games doing well there won't be coming to PlayStation

[Reaper22_]

They're coming to playstation because you can't get them as part of a subscription there. Thats just clever business.

[Michiel1989]

he said xbox GAMES are doing well, not xbox as a whole. reading is hard

[Zeref]

Avowed is not on Playstation and neither is Indiana Jones.

[TrueRican69]

You do know they lie about the number is a whole f****** lie there 5698 players right now on steam playing was that 5.9 million players at it's not on Xbox I tell you that and it's not on steam So where are you getting these f****** numbers

[PhillyDonJawn]

Cope harder

[lukasmain]

They said "players" not people who bought the game. So it's probably all the people who even turned on the game to try it for free and then left. 5.9 million is not really a good number so who cares?

[Lightning77]

Uuh Gamepass clearly where else? That's where the player counts come from.

[D2niceforu]

Thanks for the reporting TrueRican69 lol

[Chevalier]

Exactly 💯. Gullible idiots also fell for this when Hi-Fi Rush did amazing too remember? Lol. Remember telling the same idiots that the numbers didn't add up for Gamepass and something had to give? Then guess what Xbox had to start selling on Playstation and Nintendo because Xbox fans don't buy games.

[BehindTheRows]

Indeed, but as you know, you have a guy in this exchange that will accuse you of spreading misinformation/trolling, but won't ever tell you how and only does so in the protection of a brand he favors.

Apparently STALKER 2 charted on Xbox (per him), but he's the same guy that will then tell you to "stop bringing up sales" and won't show the "chart" displaying the data.

Now who knows how successful Avowed really is, but I would not be surprised to see it also end up on rival consoles. Just not something you saw in any previous gen Xbox has been a part of and a wildly different situation to just porting exclusives to PC. As you said — something had to give.

[Zeref]

Bro is having a meltdown because Xbox games are doing well 😂😂

[PhillyDonJawn]

Lol going ballistic

[Chevalier]

Same idiots believed Greenburg when they said Hi-Fi Rush had some of the best metrics too. Only ended up with closed studio and releasing on Playstation and Nintendo consoles.

Damn Xbox fans are so damn gullible. 🤣 Guess this just means this game is on the way to other consoles soon. Just like Gears, Forza, Halo.

Having a meltdown over Avowed? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 If it was doing well we would hear about topping sales.

[UltimateOwnage]

I’m glad Obsidian found enough success after being acquired by the borg. Hopefully they’re safe from downsizing, for now. It’s a great game that you can tell had some love poured into the world and canon by the team. I really hope to see more of this quality from them in the future and based on the first 40 hours, I expect I’ll get another 40+ more out of it and still have more side questing to do.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Once again, that fluff language. "Players" on a service that offers free trials, as well as counting people who booted up the game for a total of five minutes is dubious at best, manipulated at worst.

[SimpleDad]

So they estimated the number based on the search results in gamepass??? Wow... I think there will be another Hi-Fi rush situation where Phil congratulates everyone with the cake... then goes to his office to send them a shut down e-mail.

[Knushwood Butt]

So Indy bombed?

[D2niceforu]

I mean, it's Gen Z eras. We'll see what PS does this spring for it lol

[Chevalier]

I feel like that boat sailed and they lost an opportunity to sell more during the holidays. Makes me think it will be like when Tomb Raider exclusives finally came to Playstation and no one bothered to buy them

[hennessey86]

I wish I could get into these types of games, but I just get bored.

[DogJosha]

I played a little and it didn't draw me in fully but I was going to try and give it a chance. Too bad the frame rates kept becoming unbearable. Definitely not buying an Xbox for that game. Hopefully Fable is better optimized for PC.

[QuantumMechanic]

"500 people passed by my lemonade stand."

[sinspirit]

Got an grapes?

[franwex]

I tried it during the weekend on the cloud for a few hours. I had some fun actually. I’ll download it and play it when I get more free time.

[Pyrofire95]

wow, didn't know it was on peoples radars like that.

[THEzRude]

Steam havent even managed to get 20.000 players.... So yeah they do count in everyone who even launched the game with game pass.

[Father__Merrin]

How many sales I guess minimal compared to played.

[repsahj]

Meanwhile, in other news, Monster Hunter Wilds passed 8 million units sold. XD

[Miraak82]

I might play Avowed when I get a new PC or it hits PS and on sale , I loved PoE 1&2 and wouldn't mind more lore . As for Indiana Jones I never got the appeal personally , I say this as someone born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s the og trilogy seemed like a good popcorn flick for a product of its era but I just don't see people born in the past few generations appealing to them especially when you have Uncharted and Tomb Raider

[Boy_the_CowRoy]

It released a month ago and only has 6K players on steam right now, and a all-time peak of only 19K. With these statistics, it is unlikely that their claim of 5.9 million players is based on truth.

[drivxr]

Assuming Steam is the only way to play the game.

[Boy_the_CowRoy]

So you believe that only <3% of Avowed players play this game on the biggest PC platform?

[Kyizen]

'Sold' or 'Downloaded'...

[gold_drake]

i was going on a rant about how players should equal sales, but then i realised that it was a GamePass game too. ha.

just tell us the sales.
players alone means nothing to anyone.

[Chevalier]

It does tell us something though. It says Xbox fans are damn gullible. Made up metrics that don't matter AT all. You could boot up the start screen and it counts you as a player

[Reaper22_]

Congrats to the devs and the entire xbox team. Keep bringing the games.