| Leynos said: Eh, I don't think MS shelled out for this otherwise it would be a physical version as well. A lot of these Japanese games are just Gamepass only. They don't have the confidence to fully commit. Like some Digital/cloud-only versions of some games on Switch. Look at Yakuza. The only one to get a physical edition is the one MS paid for some exclusivity. The rest are Gamepass only. PS4 remains the only place where all those games are physical. |
GamePass deals are definitely not free though and it is a known fact. In order to even put the game on GamePass, Microsoft has to pay a certain sum to the publisher. And here we are talking about the game available there from day one. I do kinda agree though that this deal is cheap as hell, because Octopath is a 3-year old game and it's not like it will sell a lot on Xbox anyway. And I fully expect Playstation version to be announced as well given that this game released even on dead Stadia already.
