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Visions of Mana will not be coming to Game Pass, Xbox has confirmed to Eurogamer.

Over the weekend, references to Square Enix's forthcoming action-RPG releasing on Game Pass on day one were spotted on the Xbox website. Xbox has now confirmed this was an error.

"We're aware that Xbox.com included language that indicated Visions of Mana was coming to Xbox Game Pass and can confirm this was an error," reads a statement to Eurogamer from a Microsoft spokesperson.

"While we are always updating the library and looking for new ways to provide members with value and choice, we do not have plans to bring Visions of Mana to Game Pass at this time."

Visions of Mana not coming to Game Pass, Xbox confirms

Visions of Mana will not be coming to Game Pass, Xbox has confirmed to Eurogamer. Over the weekend, references to Squar…

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[Chuck Berry]

looks like no Xbox owner will be playing it then

Another winner for team phillip

 

[Quasicat]

For me, It depends on how it plays on the Steam Deck…but I’m still needing to play Trials of Mana so by the time I get to Visions, I’ll have it on Switch 2.

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Maddoxswe]

Hey Xbox owners, i have the solution for you. Just buy the game if you want it. It's really easy and as a bonus you can play it even if you do not have an active gamepass subscription.

 

[AJUMP23]

Not yet.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

I read it visions of mana is coming to gamepass at first and was thinking okay? Maybe in the future Eurogamer would better say Xbox denies something instead of confirms that somethings is not true. Was I the only one who got it wrong?

 

[Punished Miku]

Bummer. I'll pick it up on sale. That was my original plan after they showed it at the direct.

 

[Chukhopops]

Doesn’t seem really appealing compared to Trials of Mana.

Curious how it’s going to review but it seems like a B-team project sandwiched between several massive JRPGs.

 

[Metnut]

This will be a good test to see how a Square Enix JRPH sells on Series X/S. Important to see whether this is a viable platform for these games or whether the only chance they have is massive payments by MS for day 1 Gamepass like with Persona 3 remake.

 

[RoboFu]

Hey Xbox owners, i have the solution for you. Just buy the game if you want it. It's really easy and as a bonus you can play it even if you do not have an active gamepass subscription.

Pro tip, it's not Xbox players who are upset.

 

[Kilau]

Hey Xbox owners, i have the solution for you. Just buy the game if you want it. It's really easy and as a bonus you can play it even if you do not have an active gamepass subscription.

 

[Maddoxswe]

Pro tip, it's not Xbox players who are upset.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Let's see how much it sells then.

 

[Maddoxswe]

As a swede i feel this gif hit me really hard !

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Here's your chance Xbox peeps. Show SE what you're made of.

 

[Roman Empire]

Oh shit, this will sell poorly.

 

[Punished Miku]

Here's your chance Xbox peeps. Show SE what you're made of.

About $20. For this game.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

More like Visions of nada.

 

[Beechos]

I'll just wait. It'll come pretty much every square enix game seems to be on gamepass.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[Naked Lunch]

I game on Xbox. I dont care about Gamepass at all.
I will buy Visions of Mana.

Pretty sure games like Baulder's Gate III arent on Gamepass and wont ever be.
Many games I play like shmups arent on Gamepass and wont ever be.

Am I the minority? You tell me. I can tell you I have quite a few friends on Xbox that are the same.
Just glad the game is coming to the console.

 

[Punished Miku]

I game on Xbox. I dont care about Gamepass at all.
I will buy Visions of Mana.

Pretty sure games like Baulder's Gate III arent on Gamepass and wont ever be.
Many games I play like shmups arent on Gamepass and wont ever be.

Am I the minority? You tell me. I can tell you I have quite a few friends on Xbox that are the same.
Just glad the game is coming to the console.

I have probably bought more games on Xbox than 10 people combined bought on PS over the last 3 years. I know because I saw people's numbers in the end of the year stats thread. It doesn't matter. They just like to troll and talk shit.

 

[Aion002]

It will eventually be on ps plus extra... Just like most smaller S-E games are.

Anyway, if you like the mana series and want S-E to keep releasing them on Xbox, you should probably buy it.

 

[Esppiral]

Also th mana series is quite niche even in historically jrpg centric platforms so anyone expecting this selling well on Xbox is delusional.

FF games on day one would have a better change.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Doesn’t seem really appealing compared to Trials of Mana.

Curious how it’s going to review but it seems like a B-team project sandwiched between several massive JRPGs.

Really? I think it looks like they’ve iterated and improved on everything from Trials of Mana. I’m hyped for this game!

 

[adamsapple]

at this time

 

[Heisenberg007]

I have probably bought more games on Xbox than 10 people combined bought on PS over the last 3 years. I know because I saw people's numbers in the end of the year stats thread. It doesn't matter. They just like to troll and talk shit.

lol people don't argue that Punished Miku doesn't buy games. People say that the majority of Xbox owners do not buy games. And they're right. Xbox has the least software sales.

 

[Punished Miku]

lol people don't argue that Punished Miku doesn't buy games. People say that the majority of Xbox owners do not buy games. And they're right. Xbox has the least software sales.

We know Gamepass is around 15% of the Xbox market, so the majority are not skipping buying games. The majority don't even have GP. You guys point this out all the time.

 

[Chukhopops]

Really? I think it looks like they’ve iterated and improved on everything from Trials of Mana. I’m hyped for this game!

I’m a bit turned off by the open world and the combat system feeling a bit floaty but that’s just an early impression.

It’s really cool that they got the original Secret of Mana composer though.

 

[Topher]

Promoting games on Xbox kind of sucks when there is automatic disappointment if the game is not on Game Pass.

 

[Flabagast]

So no one on Xbox will play it then

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

DOA

 

[graywolf323]

didn’t this happen with something last year too? where a misprint implied a game was coming to Game Pass and it didn’t actually

 

[Porticus]

Fucking hell if this is so sad for the industry.

These people have been indoctrinated to not pay the creator of the games.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I didn’t plan on playing it even if it came to game pass.

 

[Gambit2483]

DOA

Basically

 

[Dr_Ifto]

I mean, i saw this coming.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

We know Gamepass is around 15% of the Xbox market, so the majority are not skipping buying games. The majority don't even have GP. You guys point this out all the time.

They can't make up their mind.

No one will buy the game because it's not on GamePass and that's all they play. But no one subs to GamePass because it's not worth it.

 

[Punished Miku]

They can't make up their mind.

No one will buy the game because it's not on GamePass and that's all they play. But no one subs to GamePass because it's not worth it.

The trolling remains remarkably consistent though, so there is no contradiction. "________ is bad." It works.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

didn’t this happen with something last year too? where a misprint implied a game was coming to Game Pass and it didn’t actually

You're right. It happened last year with another Squeenix game, Octopath Traveler II.

 

[Snake29]

This will be another 80/20 or 90/10% split in favor of PS consoles, like all multiplatform games. We all know the sales number will be low on Xbox.

 

[FrankWza]

 

[graywolf323]

You're right. It happened last year with another Squeenix game, Octopath Traveler II.

odd that both times it’s happened has been with Square-Enix games

 

[JackMcGunns]

Pro tip, it's not Xbox players who are upset.

If you round up the responses, it's coming from the usual suspects.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

So this means Xbox fans have to buy a game from their own money??

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Hey Xbox owners, i have the solution for you. Just buy the game if you want it. It's really easy and as a bonus you can play it even if you do not have an active gamepass subscription.

This ship has sailed. Congrats (I guess) to GamePass for killing the Xbox brand.

 

[JackMcGunns]

They can't make up their mind.

No one will buy the game because it's not on GamePass and that's all they play. But no one subs to GamePass because it's not worth it.

It's embarrassing, and they run amok and unchecked.