Last month, when The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was announced -- and stealth dropped the same day -- most RPG fans assumed this would hurt the indie-developed RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which was planned to be released just a few days after.
Apparently, according to publisher Kepler Interactive, it didn't harm the turn-based RPG at all, and they have an idea why.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 And Oblivion Remastered Had Different RPG Audiences
While we can't say for sure that Oblivion Remastered's release didn't harm Expedition 33's sales at all, what we do know is the game still sold very well, to the tune of one million units in its first three days of availability.
Kepler Interactive senior portfolio manager Matt Handrahan explained (via The Game Business) why they think Oblivion Remastered didn't harm Expedition 33's sales, and it makes sense.
Handrahan said, "We always knew that Expedition 33 had a very specific identity. When I was in the press, I saw the Western-style RPG and the Japanese-style RPG as having quite different appeals and audiences. I knew plenty of people that would play an Elder Scrolls game that wouldn't necessarily play Final Fantasy...
