Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Data Reveals Where Most Players Are; Also Mentions 35% of Players Overlapped It With Oblivion Remastered
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With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a bona fide hit, some might wonder where the RPG is played the most. Is it on consoles or PC? Thanks to an analytics company, we now have numbers for that.
The answer shouldn’t surprise anyone, given that the RPG has been available on Game Pass as a “free” game since it launched on April 24.
According to the data from Ampere (via The Game Business), 45% of Expedition 33 players were on Xbox, with PS5 players accounting for 30%, and 25% of players were on Steam. This is understandable given Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, compared to PS5 where players will need to pony up $50 in order to play it.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered Play Time Per Platform Shows the Power of Game Pass
The company’s data also reveals that 35% of Expedition 33 gamers also played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered,.Around 55% of Xbox Expedition 33 players also played Bethesda’s RPG. For reference, both games were released the same week on the Xbox Game Pass service, which explains the high cross-over numbers.
For PS5, the cross-over numbers drop significantly to 16%, which is understandable given you have to buy each game separately at full price. PC data shows 22% of Steam players tried both RPGs.
Regarding Oblivion Remastered, the data indicates 47% of players were from Xbox, with Steam as the no.2 platform accounting for 34%, and 19% on PS5. Again, the Xbox numbers are bolstered by Game Pass, which heavily skews the data in favor of Microsoft’s console, given that Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered were not part of any subscription service on Steam or PS5.
Tracking average playtime for Expedition 33 yielded 2.2 hours on Xbox, 4.4 hours on PS5 and Steam. For Oblivion Remastered, average game time on Xbox was 2.2 hours, Steam at 3.6 hours, and PS5 at 3.8 hours.
The data sample pool covers “major” European markets, Canada, Australia, UK and the US. It tracked all players from each game’s launch until Sunday, April 27.
Whatever the data shows, one thing is clear: it’s been a good month for RPG gamers. We’re eating well whichever platform you’re on.
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