"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a certified hit, officially selling more than one million copies," Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, tells GamesIndustry.biz. "The announcement didn't say players reached – it said copies sold. That was a choice, and I applaud the transparency."

Expedition 33 was set for release on April 24 when Oblivion Remastered broke onto the scene and dropped two days prior. There was a general assumption that the week