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[Draugoth]

Xbox News updated the article:

"We’ve removed the mention of Octopath Traveler II coming to Xbox Game Pass which was included in error. Octopath Traveler II will arrive on Xbox platforms in 2024."

 

[Chuck Berry]

Guess no one on team green here will be playing it then

 

[Tsaki]

Either they don't want to cannibalize sales on other platforms in the holiday period and the announcement will come later or the interest in the game just took a nosedive.

 

[JaksGhost]

Square said it's time to show-and-prove after all that online bitching.

 

[pqueue]

Oh No!!!!!

Anyway.

 

[adamsapple]

"included in error"



See y'all in 2024.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Hope Xbox fans will still support this release though. It's substantially better than the first Octopath Traveler imo.

 

[Danjin44]

Octopath 2 was sooooooo good, I want to see this game get even more support.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Fuck you Phil!

 

[jshackles]

I love this game and bought it twice (digital on Steam, physical on Switch).

All you Xbros that complain about the system not having enough JRPGs need to buy this.

 

[bender]

I love this game and bought it twice (digital on Steam, physical on Switch).

All you Xbros that complain about the system not having enough JRPGs need to buy this.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Guess no one on team green here will be playing it then

Releasing their games on Xbox 1+ years after all other systems at full price and then saying the audience isn’t there when sales don’t pick up. Sqex sure have perfected the self-fulfilling prophecy routine. Watch them blame the Xbox audience when they release the most barebones port of FF7 remake part 1 on the next Xbox in 2028 for $80 and the game flops.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Time to see if team green buys games.

Releasing their games on Xbox 1+ years after all other systems at full price and then saying the audience isn’t there when sales don’t pick up. Sqex sure have perfected the self-fulfilling prophecy routine. Watch them blame the Xbox audience when they release the most barebones port of FF7 remake part 1 on the next Xbox in 2028 for $80 and the game flops.

This happens to other consoles in reverse.

 

[Neofire]

Good, this game developers deserve to get every penny that it's worth and not be cannibalized by GP. Very good game.

 

[Gambit2483]

MS conditions its userbase to only play JRPG games on Gamepass.

SE: "Let's release Octopath Traveller 2...not on Gamepass."

 

[Spitfire098]

Either they don't want to cannibalize sales on other platforms in the holiday period and the announcement will come later or the interest in the game just took a nosedive.

That's assuming a large enough overlap of gamepass users and PS, Switch, or PC, which I don't think is the case.

 

[Punished Miku]

I love this game and bought it twice (digital on Steam, physical on Switch).

All you Xbros that complain about the system not having enough JRPGs need to buy this.

I would but I already bought it on Switch.

I'd consider double dipping on both 1 and 2 when they're truly dirt cheap just for slightly improved performance. It's on SQEX if they can't figure out that bringing a game a year late means they miss out on some sales.

I've always expected that the game would have done somewhat decently on Xbox though. People played the first one on GP so try and sell the 2nd one to that audience at retail. Would have been a lot more appealing had they not done it a year late, but better later than never.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Bought it physically on Switch already. Awesome game.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Should have bought Nintendo then

 

[llLeonhart]

Will Octopath Traveler 1 come to PS though?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Guess no one on team green here will be playing it then

Wrong! I will be. Want a 4K/60fps version to complement my Switch physical copy. Top 5 RPGs of this generation.

 

[Roman Empire]

Octopath 2 is fucking awesome. It's a shame is not coming to Game Pass but I already bought it . Can't recommend it enough.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Glad its coming to Xbox. Ill buy it just like I did the first.

Now just waiting on the FF Pixelremasters to release on Xbox please.
Oh and Front Mission 2.

 

[A.Romero]

Wrong! I will be. Want a 4K/60fps version to complement my Switch physical copy. Top 5 RPGs of this generation.

I downloaded the demo for the first game on Switch and found it to be very good.

I'm waiting for it to come down in price to see if I can pick it up.

 

[Tsaki]

That's assuming a large enough overlap of gamepass users and PS, Switch, or PC, which I don't think is the case.

Yeah you are right about that

 

[Pop]

I love this game and bought it twice (digital on Steam, physical on Switch).

All you Xbros that complain about the system not having enough JRPGs need to buy this.

Impossible

Xbros want it all "free" for $16 a month

 

[Fabieter]

Releasing their games on Xbox 1+ years after all other systems at full price and then saying the audience isn’t there when sales don’t pick up. Sqex sure have perfected the self-fulfilling prophecy routine. Watch them blame the Xbox audience when they release the most barebones port of FF7 remake part 1 on the next Xbox in 2028 for $80 and the game flops.

Do we know the pricing tho? Is this already damage controlling the bad launch?

 

[SenkiDala]

Guess no one on team green here will be playing it then

Why ? I bought the 1st Octopath on Xbox I will buy the second. Don't understand those posts.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Why ? I bought the 1st Octopath on Xbox I will buy the second. Don't understand those posts.

Congrats on being the anomaly I guess

 

[SenkiDala]

Congrats on being the anomaly I guess

Nah, that's more you being a dickhead

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Impossible

Xbros want it all "free" for $16 a month

This seems remarkably like console warrior fodder.

 

[Danjin44]

Xbox gamers want more Japanese games on their system, then they need support games like these.

 

[Barakov]

Xbox News updated the article:

Smart move.

 

[yazenov]

It seems SE is sending this game to Die on Xbox without launching it on Gamepass.

 

[mejin]

It seems SE is sending this game to Die on Xbox without launching it on Gamepass.

Yep.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

All you Xbros that complain about the system not having enough JRPGs need to buy this.

 

[ByWatterson]

Well, pour one out for the very last Square Enix game on Xbox, I guess.

 

[Kilau]

WTF am I supposed to do now? Buy it?!?

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Please Xbox fans don't buy it. Show more Japanese devs that skipping Xbox due to the lack of sales is the right way.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

"Enjoy Octopath 2 on GP everyone!"

 

[Shake Your Rump]

This news reminded me to buy the game. Thanks! The cartridge is at an all-time low right now. I was working through the first game until I got distracted by Sea of Stars. Now I’m busy with Pokemon Legends Arceus.

 

[proandrad]

To all my only Xbox JRPG fans.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It'll come to GP at some point. Just wait it out for MS and SE to agree on a $$$ GP fee.

 

[Deft Beck]

I think the audience for this game on this platform is very small and Square-Enix knows it. They're doing this out of contractual obligation, I'm sure.

 

[German Hops]

I'm buying an Xbox just to play this.

 

[DavidGzz]

Put that money toward something good. Hurry up and strike a deal for Alan Wake 2 to save me more monies.

 

[Thirty7ven]

SE is going to love the sales numbers.

 

[Three]

I'm buying an Xbox just to play this.

Not sure if this was meant as a joke, it's hard to tell these days, but it's already on every platform except xbox. You can buy it already if you didn't know.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Nah, that's more you being a dickhead

Irrational and childish reactions like this are why people stay away from Xbox nowadays

 

[lh032]

Guessed the Gamepass leak spooked alot of devs.