There’s a main scarcity of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 bodily copies on PS5 proper now, with each main on-line retailer within the US, together with Amazon and Greatest Purchase, utterly offered out of the critically acclaimed RPG.
Already touted as a potential Sport of the 12 months contender, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a good recreation and completely price your consideration (IGN awarded it a 9/10 in its assessment).
However should you’re hoping to get your arms on a bodily version for PS5, you may be out of luck for the second. Most retailers are worn out, and Amazon’s uncommon restocks vanish nearly immediately each time new copies seem.
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This sort of shortage is uncommon for a commonplace version launch in 2025, particularly for such a fashionable title. The Xbox model remains to be accessible at Best Buy for $49.99, however the PS5 bodily version is at present unavailable throughout the board.
It is unclear what’s inflicting such shortage, whether or not it is plain recognition or a lack of provide, however for now, these wanting to play the sport could have to keep on with buying by way of a digital-only platform.
Amazon nonetheless stays your greatest shot at grabbing a copy, should you’re affected person, that’s. Whether or not you like bodily video games or need it in your assortment, preserve the product web page bookmarked, in your wishlist, and examine in recurrently. You can too observe @IGNDeals on Twitter/X for alerts the second it comes again in inventory.
In any other case, you may nonetheless purchase the sport digitally on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation, and it’s additionally accessible by way of Xbox Sport Go.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the debut title from French studio Sandfall Interactive, and has outperformed all expectations since its launch in April this yr.
It is offered over 3.3 million copies, which is a outstanding return for a recreation everybody thought was going to get crushed by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (which shock launched solely two days after Clair Obscur).
Developer Sandfall additionally just lately stated it was “at present exploring a big selection of future enhancements” to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
In a social media post, the developer stated these enhancements — “from accessibility options to new content material and all kinds of bits and bobs we’re actively assessing” — will even embrace expanded localization choices.
“Whereas we do not have particular timelines or confirmed languages to share simply but,” the staff added, “we needed to let you already know that it’s extremely a lot on our radar. Wheee!”
Robert Anderson is a offers professional and Senior Commerce Editor for IGN. You possibly can observe him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky.