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[STEAM] Four years later, Genshin Impact is finally coming to Xbox — but HoYoverse still wants to squeeze you for a pre-order

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is finally set to launch on Xbox. HoYoverse's flagship gacha title released in September 2020 for PC, mobile, and PlayStation 4, with a PS5 port coming in hot a few months later. But despite persistent rumours that it would soon become available on other platforms, this is the first time there's been anything approaching official confirmation.

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, an Xbox store listing for Genshin Impact has suddenly popped up, likely to coincide with Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. There's no release date
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— which currently states that it's "not available separately" — but a click through to the listing for the
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reveals a few illuminating facts.

According to this page, Genshin Impact will hit current-gen Xboxes on November 18th of this year, and you can pre-order it right now for £9.99. If you're wondering why a free-to-play gacha game has a tenner price tag, it seems that
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will be mirroring Sony's time-honoured practice of gating HoYoverse preloads behind a paid bundle containing a few small in-game bonuses. We've reported on this practice for the PlayStation 5 releases of
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, so while it's still annoying, it's not all that surprising.

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