but noted that this would do little to expand the game's current player base unless a large-scale expansion would be added. Sales Avengers was the best-selling retail game during its first week on sale in the UK In the U.S., the game was the top-selling title for the month of September, and second highest launch-month dollar sales of all-time for a superhero game behind Spider-Man. The PlayStation version sold 42,979 physical copies within its first week on sale in Japan, making it the second bestselling retail game of the week in the country. Despite initial strong sales, Marvel's Avengers failed to turn a profit for Square Enix, with the publisher reporting an estimated loss of $63 million for their latest fiscal period at the time. In November 2021, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda described Avengers as a commercial disappointment for the company. However, he affirmed that service games would be an important focus for the company in the future. Following the Black Panther expansion in September 2021, the game returned to the top 10 of the UK video game chart for two weeks. Controversies In September 2021, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix introduced XP boost, which can only be purchased through real-world money. XP boost allows players to gain more experience points for a short period of time, allowing them to level up faster. This move followed an update in March 2021, which altered the progression system to make the leveling-up process take significantly longer than it did when the game first launched. These changes drew ire from both the community and gaming journalists, especially as Square Enix had previously declared in 2019 that the game's microtransactions would only be redeemable for cosmetics and customization items and would not be used to create a pay-to-win system. Crystal Dynamics removed the XP boost from the in-game marketplace one month later, on 3 November. Notes References External links 2020 video games 3D beat 'em ups Action-adventure games Cooperative video games Crystal Dynamics games Open-world video games PlayStation 4 games PlayStation 4 Pro enhanced games PlayStation 5 games Post-apocalyptic video games Square Enix games Stadia games Superhero crossover video games Video games about cloning Video games about robots Video games about time travel Video games based on Avengers (comics) Video games containing battle passes Video games developed in Canada Video games developed in the Netherlands Video games developed in the United States Video