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[Lunatic_Gamer]

Atomic Heart launched into Xbox Game Pass last week, and according to first week player data, it's 2023's most popular new Xbox release to date, surpassing the likes of Hogwarts Legacy and fellow Game Pass heavy hitters such as GoldenEye 007 and Hi-Fi Rush.

Here on TrueAchievements, which now has a healthy sample pool of over one million registered and tracked players, the first week numbers show Atomic Heart sitting pretty with almost 120,000 people having stepped into the boots of P-3 to go take on some out-of-control robots. That's around 20k more than Hogwarts Legacy picked up in its first full week (and that even had the benefit of a few extra days of early access players prior to its official launch date), and well ahead of GoldenEye and Hi-Fi Rush, both of which had around 70,000 tracked players in their first week.

Late last year, High on Life quickly became the most successful third-party Game Pass launch ever, and while Atomic Heart isn't exactly close to the 160k week-one TA players that Squanch Games' comedy shooter picked up, it's still well ahead of every other big Game Pass drop of 2022. Last year's top Game Pass launches (aside from High on Life) came in tens of thousands lower than Atomic Heart in their first week, meaning Mundfish's newcomer has trounced the likes of PowerWash Simulator, Deathloop, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Tunic, Scorn, and the rest. Not bad for the studio's first game, huh?

Atomic Heart is 2023's most popular Xbox launch so far, first week data suggests

Soviet sci-fi shooter Atomic Heart looks to be off to a great start, with first week player data pointing to Mundfish's debut release being the most popular new Xbox game of 2023 so far.

www.trueachievements.com

 

[phant0m]

not surprising, releases in the immersive sim genre are few and far between these days since they don't exactly lend themselves to mtx, lootboxes and always-online CCU #s.

what was the last one? Dying Light 2? Prey (2017)?

game is really fun once you start getting better weapons and abilities, despite the writing.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

that is a bad look

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

I would've thought Hogwarts Legacy had the biggest launch week of the year on any platform, I'm surprised to be honest.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Really enjoying Atomic Heart, I am going to pick up the Music albums if there is one available. Would have to be several albums, there is a lot of good music in this game.
Played enough to see all the issues and bugs but despite that I'm giving this game high marks.

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

Good, it makes me happy to hear that.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I would've thought Hogwarts Legacy had the biggest launch week of the year on any platform, I'm surprised to be honest.

well, this is the thing...what does this mean? is the narrative of "Xbox gamers no buying games" actually true? or this report is sus?.

 

[NickFire]

I would've thought Hogwarts Legacy had the biggest launch week of the year on any platform, I'm surprised to be honest.

The story painted by the article seems to be a bit messy to me. But is the author suggesting only 100k people played Hogwarts week 1 on Xbox? That's how I read it, and there's just no way that can be true. At least I don't think that's possibly true.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Well deserved. The game is great and few developers have released a game of this quality for their first try.

 

[ANDS]

Those numbers for HWL are ANEMIC relative engagement on STEAM. Holy shit. I always thought STEAM numbers were the LOWER bound of what a game was doing on other platforms. Jesus. Though, AH seems to be doing much better on consoles than on STEAM (though the concurrent numbers on STEAM were as high as 40K so maybe not much better).

not surprising, releases in the immersive sim genre are few and far between these days since they don't exactly lend themselves to mtx, lootboxes and always-online CCU #s.

what was the last one? Dying Light 2? Prey (2017)?

game is really fun once you start getting better weapons and abilities, despite the writing.

DL2 is lousy with MTX, though it isn't as bad (yet) as its predecessor.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Red Heat!

 

[Mr Moose]

The story painted by the article seems to be a bit messy to me. But is the author suggesting only 100k people played Hogwarts week 1 on Xbox? That's how I read it, and there's just no way that can be true. At least I don't think that's possibly true.

Out of their 1M members. Doesn't even mean sales, since Atomic Heart is on GamePass. Pretty useless info they are sharing.

 

[phant0m]

Those numbers for HWL are ANEMIC relative engagement on STEAM. Holy shit. I always thought STEAM numbers were the LOWER bound of what a game was doing on other platforms. Jesus. Though, AH seems to be doing much better on consoles than on STEAM (though the concurrent numbers on STEAM were as high as 40K so maybe not much better).



DL2 is lousy with MTX, though it isn't as bad (yet) as its predecessor.

tbh i was on the fence on even calling DL2 an immersive sim. it kind of is, but is also kind of more open-world RPG. but i recognize i'm probably splitting hairs here

 

[Thief1987]

The story painted by the article seems to be a bit messy to me. But is the author suggesting only 100k people played Hogwarts week 1 on Xbox? That's how I read it, and there's just no way that can be true. At least I don't think that's possibly true.

I think they are similar to psnprofiles site, so they are gathering data only from those who are registered and linked they xbox live accounts there.

 

[oji-san]

It's amazing (tho full of bugs, that some of them are fixed if you start fresh).
Wish the devs all the best and a sequel please.

 

[SlimySnake]

100k copies at $70 or 120k players for $10? I wouldve expected high numbers tbh.

 

[adamsapple]

The story painted by the article seems to be a bit messy to me. But is the author suggesting only 100k people played Hogwarts week 1 on Xbox? That's how I read it, and there's just no way that can be true. At least I don't think that's possibly true.

100k copies at $70 or 120k players for $10? I wouldve expected high numbers tbh.

the 100K is the number of registered True Achievements users.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Great news! Should want others devs/publishers to sign deals with MS for game pass day 1 releases.

 

[Lone Wolf]

100k copies at $70 or 120k players for $10? I wouldve expected high numbers tbh.

It’s based on true achievements registered members. Which is only 1 million.

 

[AV]

Certainly not going back to it myself but glad it's found an audience. Piles of jank aside it's a cool, weird thing.

 

[SlimySnake]

It’s based on true achievements registered members. Which is only 1 million.

So is the hogwarts number... obviously we know hogwarts didnt sell 100k.

 

[Flabagast]

It's really good and even 100% worth a full price imho.

Critics were oddly harsh with it, we get one of those games only once every 2 to 3 years, and this one is very good and stunning to look at. One of the best art directions I've seen in a high budget game in the last few years.

 

[GymWolf]

Nice to see, the game is very good.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

So more people tried a "free" game via Gamepass than what paid full price for a new release?

Isn't this the very idea behind Gamepass?

It’s based on true achievements registered members. Which is only 1 million.

Still a decent sample size on who bought a game vs played a different one via Gamepass imo

 

[skyfall]

Very good to hear

 

[BrutalTruth_]

that is a bad look

Yeah, a brand new 90 dollar game playable on gamepass without needing to spend money on it is a bad look.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Yeah, a brand new 90 dollar game playable on gamepass without needing to spend money on it is a bad look.

90 dollar game!!!!!! Now....that is a bad look...reaching scam levels.

but i am not talking about that.

 

[Hugare]

Probably my favorite release of the year so far

For Mundfish's first game, its incredibly ambitious, and they nailed so much on their first try, with such confidence

It looks incredible, plays incredible, and the art design is some of the best around. The writting sucks, sure, but everything else is great and the game is so fun.

It scratches that Bioshock itch and then some.

I want a sequel ASAP. Anything from those guys, really.

 

[Heisenberg007]

So more people tried a "free" game via Gamepass than what paid full price for a new release?

Isn't this the very idea behind Gamepass?

But this also indicates another important trend.

Games, that are on Game Pass, sell less. MS has confirmed this. But this indicates that because of Game Pass (Atomic Heart), games that are not on Game Pass (Hogwart's Legacy) may also sell less.

Hogwart's Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023. It's even bigger than Elden Ring was in 2022 (!). If that game (based on a world-renowed IP) is not selling on Xbox, what game would?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Games, that are on Game Pass, sell less. MS has confirmed this. But this indicates that because of Game Pass (Atomic Heart), games that are not on Game Pass (Hogwart's Legacy) may also sell less.

This is the way I use Gamepass, If Atomic Heart was not available I would have bought Hogwarts Legacy. This happened about this time last year when nothing was on Gamepass I bought Elden Ring, A game I thought I would hate but ended up finishing to my surprise.

 

[Kvally]

But this also indicates another important trend.

Games, that are on Game Pass, sell less. MS has confirmed this. But this indicates that because of Game Pass (Atomic Heart), games that are not on Game Pass (Hogwart's Legacy) may also sell less.

Hogwart's Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023. It's even bigger than Elden Ring was in 2022 (!). If that game (based on a world-renowed IP) is not selling on Xbox, what game would?

But what about games on Game Pass that sell more because of Game Pass?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

But this also indicates another important trend.

Games, that are on Game Pass, sell less. MS has confirmed this. But this indicates that because of Game Pass (Atomic Heart), games that are not on Game Pass (Hogwart's Legacy) may also sell less.

Hogwart's Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023. It's even bigger than Elden Ring was in 2022 (!). If that game (based on a world-renowed IP) is not selling on Xbox, what game would?

I think the vast majority of people who buy Gamepass feel they have "enough" games and wont buy games like Hogwarts but will still buy the COD, Fifa and stuff

Just my opinion here obviously

 

[yazenov]

But what about games on Game Pass that sell more because of Game Pass?

What about those games? Do they even exist?

You're confusing played more with sold more. I guess if your game is a free-to-play model, then you want as many people to play your game to buy MTX. However, for single-player games with no MTX or DLC, it doesn't make sense for your game to be played by millions of players for "free", unless you are being compensated by MS to do so, as I'm sure is with this game.

This however is not sustainable for every game, hence the lack of 3rd party games released on Game pass day one.

 

[Kvally]

I think the vast majority of people who buy Gamepass feel they have "enough" games and wont buy games like Hogwarts but will still buy the COD, Fifa and stuff

Just my opinion here obviously

Damn, I am as dumb as they get. I didn't realize there were two Heisenbergs here. I was like, why does he keep changing from Eva to a shadow jazz face???

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Damn, I am as dumb as they get. I didn't realize there were two Heisenbergs here. I was like, why does he keep changing from Eva to a shadow jazz face???

Not sure if Heisenberg007 talks a lot via PMs here but one day I logged in to several PMs from another member telling me how wrong my take was on this one subject.

We went back and forth a few times and I told them I honestly don't even remember saying that and they linked me his post so don't feel bad we have tricked a few people inadvertently

 

[Kvally]

Not sure if Heisenberg007 talks a lot via PMs here but one day I logged in to several PMs from another member telling me how wrong my take was on this one subject.

We went back and forth a few times and I told them I honestly don't even remember saying that and they linked me his post so don't feel bad we have tricked a few people inadvertently

Ok, so that makes me and the other member the TWO stupidest people in GAF! At least now I know. I was very confused. Goes to show my attention span didn't go to the END of your names. We can chalk it up to Norwegian naivety.

 

[StereoVsn]

But this also indicates another important trend.

Games, that are on Game Pass, sell less. MS has confirmed this. But this indicates that because of Game Pass (Atomic Heart), games that are not on Game Pass (Hogwart's Legacy) may also sell less.

Hogwart's Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023. It's even bigger than Elden Ring was in 2022 (!). If that game (based on a world-renowed IP) is not selling on Xbox, what game would?

Yeah, if true, that's a concern for other publishers. Hogwarts sold 12mil copies. If it can't beat AH on Xbox platform, that's a pretty big indicator that even AAA titles aren't selling there.

 

[j.k.2021]

People wants big games day one in game pass.Finally, It's happening.

 

[Tommi84]

So... 120 thousands LOST SALES of the game then? I wonder how much MS paid for this game to be on gamepasz

 

[Magic Carpet]

edit-Man what the F am I even thinking here. Scratch that

 

[yazenov]

Atomic Heart splits in the UK (boxed sales)

PS5 87% , Xbox: 13%

UK Sales: Week 8, 2023 (Feb 19 - Feb 25)

Physical charts Week 8 First tidbits / additional infos Full reports https://www.gamesindustry.biz/four-new-releases-fail-to-top-hogwarts-legacy-uk-boxed-charts Warner Bros' wizarding RPG managed a third consecutive week at No.1 of GfK's UK boxed charts, despite seeing sales drop by 51%...

www.installbaseforum.com

 

[pasterpl]

Then this record is going to be beaten by redfall, then forza, then stalker 2, then starfield …and so on. So many awesome games slated for Xbox this year and I have 0 time for gaming

 

[Thirty7ven]

Wow so… Hogwarts Legacy fucking bombed on Xbox?

 

[GHG]

Atomic Heart splits in the UK (boxed sales)

PS5 87% , Xbox: 13%

http://[URL]https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/uk-sales-week-8-2023-feb-19-feb-25.1409/

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The splits are getting worse as time goes on, not better.

 

[SJRB]

Another great success for the boycott squad!

Keep the pressure on, people! They can't keep selling copies forever!

 

[Mr Moose]

Wow so… Hogwarts Legacy fucking bombed on Xbox?

No idea, but I wouldn't use this info to suggest that. This isn't sales, it's based on players who signed up to their site.

 

[Kvally]

Wow so… Hogwarts Legacy fucking bombed on Xbox?

According to the Microsoft store, the $79.99 (USD) version of Hogwarts is the second best selling game on Xbox right now behind the new COD.

The splits are getting worse as time goes on, not better.

More and more Series S systems sold over Series X?

 

[yazenov]

The splits are getting worse as time goes on, not better.

Going by this thread, Xbox users are playing it for free on Game Pass. Mission accomplished MS, I guess.

 

[jaysius]

Noooo! YouTube AND Twitter told me to hate this! This can’t succeed it’s too triggering. /s

 

[Ozriel]

Amazing to watch in real time how people have jumped to the illogical conclusion that HL isn’t selling well on Xbox.

More and more Series S systems sold over Series X?

Not to mention that discussing ‘splits’ for a day one Gamepass title is quite strange.