Microsoft has responded to recent claims that customers of the Xbox Game Cloud service have observed the appearance of the Elden Ring. The company has confirmed these reports. Therefore, the most recent work released by From Software would be made available to subscribers of the Xbox service. The producer responded swiftly to this piece of information, describing the entire incident as the result of a simple error. Despite the fact that it is a unique game, it has achieved unprecedented levels of success in terms of both sales and player interest.
A new demographic of potential customers would be completely astounded if Microsoft actually included Elden Ring in their offering. Since the game did not launch until February 2022, it is premature to talk about such a successful transition to the subscription service at this point. Finally, Tom Warren from The Verge put an end to the speculation when he made a statement that addressed the subject on the organization’s official Twitter account:
“Microsoft verifies that there was an issue that has been rectified at the present,” the company said in a statement, “if you’ve seen the Elden Ring and other titles that were intended to be available on Xbox Game Cloud or Xbox Game Pass.” Tom Warren, Contributor to the Verge
if you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix pic.twitter.com/cnYuANBaBo
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) August 10, 2022
Could the Elden Ring debut so quickly? From a publishing perspective, it is highly improbable because the book consistently ranks high on sales lists and toplists. In addition to Hidetaka Miyazaki’s final novel, other examples are Grand Theft Auto V and Soul Hackers 2. The fact that all three of them were featured in the Xbox Cloud Gaming advertisement sparked a lot of fan curiosity. Microsoft stepped in right away. This type of mistaken appearance of Cyberpunk 2077 in the service advertisement is not new to the platform.