Oblivion Remake Hits No. 3 in US 2025 Game Sales

Demonstrating its blockbuster status beyond just Steam's impressive concurrent player counts and Bethesda's official 4 million player announcement, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has rocketed to become the third highest-selling game in the U.S. for 2025 within its first week of release.

The surprise April 22 launch achieved a peak of 216,784 concurrent Steam players, though this figure doesn't fully capture its success as the remaster also launched simultaneously on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Game Pass.

Industry analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana revealed that in terms of dollar sales, Oblivion Remastered currently only trails Monster Hunter: Wilds and Assassin's Creed: Shadows on the 2025 sales charts.

Notably, Circana's metrics exclude subscription-based players, confirming the remaster's commercial success despite its Game Pass availability.

This triumph practically guarantees more Bethesda remasters, with industry speculation leaning toward either the leaked Fallout 3 project or Fallout: New Vegas as the next likely candidates.

Original Fallout 3 designer Bruce Nesmith has suggested any potential remaster would significantly upgrade what he admits was the game's "not good" gunplay, bringing it closer to Fallout 4's improved combat mechanics.

Speaking with VideoGamer, Nesmith explained: "Fallout 3 represented Bethesda's first attempt at shooter mechanics. The substantial enhancements seen in Fallout 4's gunplay would logically carry over to any remaster of its predecessor."

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Developed by Virtuos using Unreal Engine 5, Oblivion Remastered delivers comprehensive upgrades including 4K/60fps gameplay, revamped systems from leveling to character creation, improved combat animations, modernized UI, additional dialogue, enhanced third-person perspective, and advanced lip-sync technology.

The extensive improvements have led many players to argue the project qualifies more as a remake than a remaster, though Bethesda has clarified its intentional approach to staying within the remaster classification.

Nesmith predicts Fallout 3 Remastered would follow Oblivion's precedent of implementing deep systemic improvements: "Oblivion wasn't simply upgraded to Skyrim's 2011 standards - it surpassed even Skyrim's most recent graphical updates in many aspects." He's gone so far as to call the result "Oblivion 2.0."

With Bethesda currently developing The Elder Scrolls VI, potentially expanding Starfield content, maintaining Fallout 76, and producing the Fallout TV show's New Vegas-themed second season, fans can expect a steady stream of content across the coming years.

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