Xbox #1 Platform For Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, But Worst For Average Playtime

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 attracted a massive audience on Xbox Game Pass when it launched last week, even despite the shadow drop of Oblivion Remastered a couple of days earlier – making Xbox the #1 platform for the game.

As reported by The Game Business, new Ampere data has revealed that 45% of Expedition 33 players were on Xbox at launch, followed by 30% on PS5 and 25% on Steam. It was a similar situation for Oblivion Remastered, which racked up a whopping 47% of players on Xbox, 30% on Steam and 19% on PS5.

“Xbox was the No.1 platform for both games because of that Game Pass inclusion. 45% of Expedition 33 players were on Xbox, while 47% of Oblivion players were on Microsoft’s platform.”g

As mentioned, Xbox Game Pass is the big reason why Xbox has become the #1 platform here, but it’s also why it’s the worst for average playtime. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players on Xbox have only racked up an average of 2.2 hours, while that number is doubled to 4.4 hours on both PS5 and Steam. Oblivion once again fairs very similarly.

There’s nothing too unexpected about this, as loads of curious Xbox Game Pass owners will have tried Expedition 33 and bounced off it for whatever reason, whereas those who are buying it on PS5 and Steam are the game’s target audience and obviously want to get their money’s worth.

Anyway, the good news is that Oblivion Remastered didn’t affect Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 too harshly according to Expedition 33’s publisher, with Kepler Interactive’s senior portfolio director stating that the launch “went as well as it possibly could have done in our eyes” and that “proximity to Oblivion didn’t seem to harm us at all”. Phew!

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