Lies Of P Has Sold 1 Million Copies Already, Despite Its Inclusion With Xbox Game Pass

That's a really great game. Probably the best soulslike not developed by From. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft went after Neowiz for an acquisition after this hit, Phil Spencer talked about pursuing more studios in East Asia.

Seeing thins like this honestly make me wonder if it'll make more developers shy away from Xbox and Gamepass in general.

Was it worth the development of an Xbox version and the the contracted about? Or would it just be better in the future to skip it and get their sales from elsewhere.

Sadly, until we're privy to the numbers developers get on Gamepass contracts it will be hard to predict until it actually starts happening.

Great game glad to see its success. I’ve been chipping away at it and am currently at the end of chapter 6. It runs at a flawless 60fps and looks great, I thought it may have gotten lost in the shuffle but it’s not the case. Great stuff.

@InterceptorAlpha I didn't buy Lies of P, but I actually "sold" at least two copies to my friends who own Playstations. Maybe Lies of P would not sell one million copies so fast without Game Pass and the word of mouth it brings to the table.

My friends were on the fence about this game, but I told them how much it looks like Bloodborne and how good this game is and they decided to buy it right away, instead of waiting for a sale.

Not to mention that no company is forced to sign a deal to put their games on Game Pass. The studio received an offer and they decided to accept it.

I think MS is doing a good job moving people away from thinking about success in terms of purely “sold copies” Netflix (before they lost like half their market share) killed juggernauts without “selling” a single dvd.

I don't see how Gamepass could have a bad effect on sales, if anything it's good marketing, there's a lot of games I bought because I played them on Gamepass first.

@InterceptorAlpha I mean wouldn’t they just develop it for Xbox and not put it on GPU?! And get sales from everyone?

@JayJ I guess there’s a lot of people that conversely say ‘I’ll wait till it hits GP/Plus’ … seen alot of that today just on dead space alone.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Not if the numbers show the likelihood of being purchased on Xbox is significantly less due people having enough to play via Gamepass. Same reason you see other games skip Xbox all together.

I'm actually one of those numbers to be honest. I rarely buy a game on Xbox unless it is disc based and going for less. 90% of my purchases are on Steam or Switch or VR.

Also, you can reply to more than one person at the same time.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I've said that before, so it can be give and take, but it's not like things are different with PS+ tiers.

@InterceptorAlpha PlayStation users still buy games, despite having more games available on plus vs GPU (obviously no day one etc etc).

There is more than enough Series consoles out there to warrant a port GP or not. If you release a high quality game, people will buy it

Final fantasy 16 sold 3 million in it's first week and that was a "flop" soooooo

Far too many people miss the point of Game Pass. It helps those with lower budgets enjoy loads of great games but also serves as a way to test games before you decide to buy or buy and Lies of P is a great example of how it works well! It won’t always work well but when it’s a great game, it helps rather than hinders.

There is a blinkeredness to just how brilliant Game Pass is!