UK Sales Charts: Expedition 33 Debuts in Second Place, Almost All Sales for PS5 Version

The UK's physical sales charts for last week are here, and it's more good news for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

The RPG has debuted at number two, only trumped by Hogwarts Legacy, which has been top for several weeks in a row.

Furthermore, 96 per cent of the copies sold were for PS5 — perhaps not as shocking a statistic when you remember the game launched on Game Pass on Xbox systems, but in the realm of physical sales, that's quite the gulf.

[italiangamer]

96% PS5
4% Xbox
https://youtu.be/YTC75cKzuN...

[dveio]

Geez.

I don't even know how to put it.

I mean, yeah, ok, that's just impressive.

While still remembering times when Xbox discs were on par or even sold more than Playstation's in the UK.

[VenomUK]

That stark difference between sales on the different platforms, 96% on PS5 and 4% on Xbox, is much larger than I think anyone was expecting. The only people buying it on Xbox are likely the ardent physical game collector enthusiasts.

It demonstrates that including premium games as day one freebies with subscription services kills off any demand from consumers to purchase them. If Microsoft had 100 million Game Pass subscribers this business model would be profitable for it - but it doesn't so every game that launches this way has lost out. In time industry experts will look back at Game Pass and pontificate on day one releases' effect on customer buying habits and the harm it did to the Xbox ecosystem.

[ThinkThink]

I think 60 million is realistic in the next couple of years. I guess we will see how the "this is an xbox" initiative goes with cloud and smart TVs. That's the only way they will be able to further expand gamepass numbers. XCloud needs to get out of beta first. More servers needed to mitigate wait times and continue to reduce latency.

[jznrpg]

Proud of those 4 percent of Xbox players supporting games with their wallet and going physical. Not a joke.

[DarXyde]

Certainly worthy of praise.

For the rest of you, you deserve Microsoft doing things like DRM check-ins. Y'all are too excited to see an all digital future without pushing these companies to do better with digital rights first.

[Eonjay]

Here hoping they got a healthy deal from Microsoft. If they do DLC they may be able to cash in on a bunch of GP subscribers. And of course really nice to see this selling so well on PlayStation.

[Relientk77]

Good! I'm glad Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 got a strong debut. We'll deserved and I hope it continues to sell well.

[shadowT]

96%... maybe there was no Xbox disc available?

[ZeekQuattro]

You can't be serious? 😒

[goken]

While we’re at it, Maybe 50% of those wanted to buy it for Xbox but accidentally bought the PS5 version instead and will be taking it back to the store to exchange it in the coming days.

[Chevalier]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cl...

So much for that theory

[InUrFoxHole]

That's great 👍🏽

[Scissorman]

This is why devs praise being on Game Pass. They know that the Xbox install base won't buy their game anyway, and they get a nice payout upfront. It's a complete win win.

[mkis007]

This game could have made more if it wasn't on gamepass. Only under the radar ones benefit that much from gamepass.

[dveio]

I'd guess they saw the potential of the game and paid Sandfall a very (!) good amount of compensation before-hand.

[OptimusDK]

So you know the deal they made

[ThinkThink]

Zero chance I'd ever buy an Indiana Jones game for 80 bucks though. Would much rather put that towards something like assassin's creed shadows. I did quite enjoy Indiana Jones on gamepass though.

[Bathyj]

More likely they were taking the safe option and getting a payout up front in case it didn't sell and now they are regretting it as it could have been a big hit .

who knows that ratio could have been closer to 60 40 had it not been on Game pass

[MrNinosan]

The ratio will never be 60/40, not even close whatever game it is.

If this game wasn't on GamePass, the ratio would in best case scenario reach maybe 90/10.

1. Playstation install base is more than double (almost triple of Xbox).
2. Xbox gamers don't tend to spend as much money on games
3. Jrpgs are still way more popular on the Playstation consoles than on Xbox.

[pwnmaster3000]

Me personally, I usually buy games I really like when playing on gamepass to support the devs like oblivion.
But understandable

[MrNinosan]

Yes, you're one of extemely few, which has been proven over many years now.

[gold_drake]

im not surprised by that
playstation is the place for games like these, the high fantasy rpgs with stories like that.

xbox just isnt. i dont even think the majority of xbox fans appreciate that sort of artform. nithing wrong with that, but u know.

[ebotj]

The standard PS5 version of Clair Obscur is actually sold out at Gamestop in the US! That's pretty impressive