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Leynos on 16 March 2021

Mar1217 said:

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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.

Yakuza Like-a-Dragon was a pretty recent release they heavily advertised when the Series X was about to be released while Octopath Traveler is a 3 year-old game that already saw it's prime on Switch and PC a bit later. Why would they bother to make a physical version of the game knowing it's sales potential would be excruatingly low against a Gamepass release.

A lot of older games get physical releases on modern systems.

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Leynos on 16 March 2021

Mar1217 said:

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A lot of older games get physical releases on modern systems.

Cite me which one got them on Xbox, I'm curious.

That's what I am saying. Japan is not fully committed to Xbox. They will release older titles on disc or cart for PS/Switch but not Xbox. Similar to how some games only release digitally on Switch. Mainly western stuff.

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Chris Hu on 16 March 2021

Nice going to split my time between Yakuza 6 and Octopath Traveler on the 25th then.

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Sogreblute on 16 March 2021

Mar1217 said:

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A lot of older games get physical releases on modern systems.

Cite me which one got them on Xbox, I'm curious.

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derpysquirtle64 on 16 March 2021

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.