Indiana Jones ‘Selling Faster’ On PS5 Than Xbox & Steam, Says Analysis

I’ve been talking a bit on Pure Xbox today about Xbox’s third-party strategy and how putting games on other platforms is finally making sense to me, and these latest estimates from Alinea Analytics seem to align with that as well.

Basically, the analytics firm says that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is selling faster on PS5 than it did on Xbox and Steam, racking up 117.2k sales on PS5 and 91.2k sales on Steam at the six-day mark.

Here’s a graph that the company put together to show these sales figures:

“Six days after launch, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle had sold 117.2K copies on PS5 (as of April 23, 2025) and 91.2K on Steam (as of Dec 14, 2024). It’s selling 28% faster despite the initial marketing cycle being over.”

In regards to Xbox sales, Alinea Analytics simply states that “Indiana Jones is selling faster on PlayStation than Steam and Xbox” without providing any figures, but mentions that a big reason is probably because just under 5 million players have tried Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Xbox Game Pass, representing an “overwhelming majority” of Xbox players compared to those who actually bought the title outright.

It should be noted that this analytics firm relies on estimates rather than official data, but nevertheless claim their “copies sold” estimates are the “most accurate on the market”. They also advise that the data suggests launching games like Indiana Jones on PS5 at the same time as Xbox makes the most financial sense going forward.

“It stands to reason that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would have sold even faster on PlayStation had it launched on the same day as the other versions, when the marketing was in full force.

Xbox is of course looking very closely at this data. We expect that it wants to – and will eventually – launch all its first-party games on PlayStation on day one. It’s been creeping up to it in a bid to not annoy its vocal core fans too much during the transition.”

There’s a whole lot more to this on the official Alinea Analytics website if you’re interested, including a mention of how Xbox Game Pass is “naturally cannibalising premium sales” and why bringing first-party titles to other platforms has become somewhat of a necessity in the firm’s eyes.

Hopefully we continue to get sales estimates like this for Indiana Jones and particularly Forza Horizon 5 as the weeks and months roll on, as we’re very interested to see how Xbox’s third-party strategy continues to fare throughout 2025.