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- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s clean sweep at the Game Awards boosted its sales by 6x.
- The RPG hit its highest sales peak since May on the weekend after its GOTY win.
- 76% of these sales were on Steam, while 21% on PS5, with Xbox Game Pass also seeing a player surge.
Many expected Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to take home the ultimate prize at this year’s Game Awards. But the domination the gaming community witnessed last week was probably a surprise to all, as Sandfall Interactive’s RPG completely swept the show.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the most awarded game in TGA history, and unsurprisingly, this has given a new life to the RPG’s commercial performance.
Why it matters: Despite its flaws, the Game Awards are a good platform for the industry to introduce its best products to a new audience through spectacle and showmanship.
According to Alinea Analytics, Expedition 33’s dominance at The Game Awards increased its daily sales by six times, helping it sell over 200K copies since the award show ended. Due to the resulting attention and hype, Sandfall’s RPG has now crossed 6 million copies sold.
Post-Game of the Year win, Expedition 33 averages 69K copies sold every day with the RPG hitting its highest sales peak since May on Saturday, December 13th, with over 92K sales.
Furthermore, the analysis revealed that Game Pass engagement also saw an increase following the Game Awards. More than 52K users accessed Expedition 33 via the Game Pass for the first time after its GOTY win.
But this also led to a decrease in sales on the platform, as fewer than 10K Expedition 33 copies have been sold on Xbox since The Game Awards, accounting for only 3% of the sales. On the other hand, Steam accounts for 76% of the 200K units shipped, while PS5 players bought the remaining 21%.
Hence, one could make a case that Game Pass is cannibalizing the RPG’s sales, but Sandfall doesn’t seem to have an issue with the service and actually considers it important to the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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