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

[John Elden Ring]

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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?

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[Alabtrosmyster]

Unless they sold more subs because of it (or retained existing subs) there is no point in having any number of people playing these games on the subs service.

 

[nongkris]

Mundfish thought so little of themselves by selling out to Xbox they probably could've actually sold a good chunk of full priced copies.

 

[Lord Mittens]

Cool game

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Not like it was very hard to surpass HiFi Rush's debut, and in what world is 007 a "heavy hitter", especially when it's a remaster of the 1997 game lacking online MP...ON XBOX!?

Also the game was in Game Pass Day 1 so, I would hope it had a bigger showing than a game that wasn't in the service. Although that might say something somewhat troubling about Hogwarts Legacy's sales split between PS and Xbox (TBF this website doesn't have a lot of users registered, at least when compared to total Xbox owners).

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Something else; the article is slightly misleading because it makes it sound like the 100K+ number logged was from Xbox consoles, but TrueAchievements technically tracks across XBO, Series, and all "Xbox platforms". I would assume this also means PC via the Windows Store and PC Game Pass.

Due to that I don't think we even know the split of that 120K between those who played it through Game Pass and those who purchased the game. The article just seems to assume a correlation that these must be Game Pass numbers because the game is Day 1 in Game Pass, but that's not actually something they've factually proven is true.

Unless I'm missing something here? If so I'd be fine with a correction.

 

[adamsapple]

Nice.

I expect this record to be broken with each subsequent big named release. Redfall, Starfield etc in the coming months.

 

[Zzero]

Nice.

I expect this record to be broken with each subsequent big named release. Redfall, Starfield etc in the coming months.

I don't think Redfall breaks it but things would have to go very wrong for Starfield not to.

 

[adamsapple]

I don't think Redfall breaks it but things would have to go very wrong for Starfield not to.

I expect Starfield to do extremely well both commercially and in getting GP subs. It's gonna sell gangbusters on Steam alone.

 

[Bodycount611]

a yellow score shooter, should be a big hit with xbox gamers.

 

[Darth Vader]

a yellow score shooter, should be a big hit with xbox gamers.

Damn mate, can you tone it down? It's on every single thread. We get it, you don't like Xbox, like many others do., but your comments are constantly a rehash of the same thing. It's non-productive.

 

[Vertigo]

It’s doing great. Top 10 debut for its launch week. However… true achievements is BULLSHIT

I’m not interested enough to buy it tho that’s for sure. If it comes to ps extra (and I’m sure it will) I’ll try it out then.

How come no one is boycotting Gamepass over this? Xbox subsidizing Putin and reeeee is okay with it?

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

It’s doing great. Top 10 debut for its launch week. However… true achievements is BULLSHIT

I’m not interested enough to buy it tho that’s for sure. If it comes to ps extra (and I’m sure it will) I’ll try it out then.

How come no one is boycotting Gamepass over this? Xbox subsidizing Putin and reeeee is okay with it?

I think Putin is a great man for tearing down borders. Because borders are racist and they are a means for white men to control where women and bipoc people go, as if they belonged to them like mere objects.

Take this patriarchy!