Four long and arduous years since it first launched on mobile, Genshin Impact <\/em>is finally coming to Xbox consoles, and it’s being packaged with a preorder pricetag.<\/p>
While rumors have circulated over the past few years that Genshin <\/a><\/em>would be coming to Xbox eventually<\/a>, it wasn’t until a post on X (formerly Twitter) by gaming leaker Wario64<\/a> on Aug. 20 that these rumors were confirmed. As reported by VGC<\/a>, this news was also announced during Gamecon’s Opening Night<\/a> this week.<\/p>
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If you hurriedly went to preorder on Xbox, you might’ve noticed there’s no date listed on the official Genshin<\/a> <\/em>store page. If you navigate to the bundle option<\/a> though, the release date (Nov. 20) is shown at the bottom of the page.<\/p>
The Genshin <\/em>preorder bundle on Xbox includes:<\/p>
- 15 Hero’s\u00a0Wit (advanced\u00a0character\u00a0experience material)<\/li>
- 20 Mystic\u00a0Enhancement\u00a0Ore (advanced\u00a0weapon\u00a0enhancement\u00a0material)<\/li>
- 150,000\u00a0Mora\u00a0(currency)<\/li>
- 20 Standard weapon experience materials<\/li>
- 15 character experience materials<\/li>
- 10 Rainbow Macarons<\/li>
- Two Wishes<\/li> <\/ul>
It may seem unusual for a free-to-play game to land on console with a preorder price, but Microsoft seems to be taking a page from Sony’s book with the before-release bundle, which will run you up $9.99. Sony implemented this preorder strategy with <\/a>Zendless Zone Zero<\/a><\/em>, where players could preorder ZZZ<\/a>,<\/em> get a few goodies, and preload the game. However, once the title was live, it was listed as free-to-play\u2014which we expect will happen with Genshin <\/em>on Xbox when it drops in November.<\/p>
As Genshin <\/em>players have been waiting for this reveal for so long, it’s surprising to see how mixed the early reactions have been. Some claimed it’s “about time”<\/a> and declared they’ve been “wishing for this.”<\/a> Meanwhile, other players said they’d either already lost interest <\/a>or are wondering when it will finally arrive on Switch<\/a> instead.<\/p>
My guess on that front is Genshin <\/em>won’t make the big Nintendo jump until the Switch 2 drops<\/a>. But hey, at least it’s finally coming to Xbox after four long years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
