There was a rumour flying around earlier this week courtesy of VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb, who suggested that he thought he'd heard Scarlet Nexus was launching into Xbox Game Pass, but that has been denied by Bandai Namco.
In a response to Video Games Chronicle, a spokesperson for the company had this to say:
“We have no plans to bring Scarlet Nexus to Xbox Game Pass at this time and are excited for its launch on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC on June 25."
At the time, Grubb stated during the latest XboxEra Podcast that, "I think that's a Game Pass day one, I think, is what I heard," later going on to again reiterate, "I think they might have secured this one, yeah."
Grubb is typically very accurate with insider information, but it looks like he heard incorrectly on this occasion. In any case, Scarlet Nexus will be with us in just a couple of weeks, and is available to pre-order right now on the Xbox Store.
Sad to hear that Scarlet Nexus won't be launching on Xbox Game Pass? Let us know in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
Comments (17)
Jeff Grubb appears to be losing his touch a bit and is definitely falling into that category of online personality who has a few connections but otherwise is guessing like the rest of us.
One not to be relied upon in my view.
I think Grubb is still better than 50% track record. But he used to be well above 50% and now we have to take him with a grain of salt like most everybody else.
And I wonder how this affects sales...Because anecdotally, I've seen a lot of people saying they won't play the game until it goes to Game Pass (or a nice sale)
Don't get why people listen to this guy and his rumours
@UltimateOtaku91 Most of his rumors are vaguely-worded fluff too. I don't pay him any mind at all. All these rumors surroundin Xbox are exhausting.
I'm going to get this game day 1. And with NGS:PSO2 coming out tomorrow, I'll have enough JRPG for the summer.
@Royalblues I'm in the same boat. New Genesis tomorrow!!! Then I got the digital deluxe of Scarlet Nexus preordered.
How many times does one person has to say “I think” and “might” before people jump the gun and claim “he confirmed it!”
Hell the phrasing is the denial still left room for the deal to still be on the table and it being closed at the last minute. But even if it does not, Jeff used plain English to make it clear it was not certain.
Jeff still has a higher accuracy rate than most out there, biggest mistake most people (and reporters) do is run with the rumors with headlines like “insider says this will happen!” and then bury the actual “might/likely” quotes deep in an article (let’s face it, we all know a huge chunk of the audience reads the first paragraph, tops, before making a big fuz about everything.)
@Royalblues Ah ! Glad to see that I'm not the only one to wait for NGS:PSO2 !! Do you know if there will be a separate launcher we have to download, or if it'll be a simple update of the existing game ?
@Bobobiwan it's the existing pso2 launcher when launched will have a option to select new genesis
Game Pass or not, it's a day one for me. I really enjoyed the demo. It would have been cool to get it for free but I'm not butt hurt to have to finally drop money on a game either.
It would have been great. Liked the demo but not enough to buy it full price.
I've had it pre-ordered for a bit now and don't have any plans to cancel it even if it launches on Game Pass.
"Industry insider" in talking out of the wrong hole shocker.
@Bobobiwan As well as what @Terrin said, I do believe there will be a substantial update as well. In total, I expect the game to be about 120GB. I could be wrong though.
@Terrin @Royalblues Thanks for the heads-up !
I just can't wait ! Right now, I can't even decide if I'll keep my beloved character or if I'll try to build a new one, with all of this new customization possibilities !
Tomorrow can't be soon enough ! ^^
Sony must have gotten to them, paid them to keep it off Gamepass at launch. Typical Sony!
@sakanakami Same here. This news changes nothing for me.
@gingataisen I can't pass on that Bandai Namco store exclusive steelbook case. It's just sooo good.
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