Let's start out with the announcement first, shall we? Included in the Avowed lineup is a 'Premium Edition' of the game costing $94.99, and that version of the title contains a bunch of cool Avowed goodies - alongside a digital download code for the game itself. The fact that this isn't a physical disc has caused substantial backlash; just look at some of the replies to this tweet:
Then, Xbox President Sarah Bond tweeted about a completely different Xbox related topic; Microsoft's ongoing saga with Google about its Xbox mobile store. Sarah talked about offering players "more choice" being the aim here - and some of those disgruntled Xbox fans took this as an opportunity to bring up Microsoft's decisions with the Avowed code in a box. TLDR; they're not happy about the lack of choice from these editions of Avowed.
We're not necessarily seeing loads of individual tweets on the digital download topic in response to Sarah, but what's here is getting a fair few likes, and there's clearly something brewing in the community on this particular issue. We've not spotted any sort of response from Xbox — or Avowed developer Obsidian — on this topic just yet.
Anyway, we can definitely see where people are coming from here - especially if you're spending almost $100 on a steelbook edition of a game to get no actual disc for your steelbook to hold. For those who aren't bothered about purchasing this particular game outright, Avowed comes to the Xbox Game Pass library on February 18th, 2025.
Go ahead and give us your opinions on this whole saga down below.
Xbox Fans Plead With Microsoft: 'Don't Forget About Us Physical Gamers'
Avowed to be frustrated
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