Insomniac Games' first Xbox-exclusive game, the stylized shooter Sunset Overdrive, will reach Xbox One consoles on October 28. The designer's promotional "Sunset TV" YouTube series was updated this morning with details about the game's pre-order program, and in that clip, an Insomniac rep alleged that digital pre-ordering will finally reach Xbox Live in time for the game's launch.
As Gamespot reported, Insomniac's Brandon Winfrey answered a question about the game's "Day One Edition" content—including exclusive costumes and guns—and assured fans that digital buyers will receive the same content. Winfrey then added, "You can't preorder it digitally yet, but soon you will be able to."
This announcement lines up with public comments made by Xbox chief Phil Spencer during E3, during which he described pre-buying and pre-downloading as "things we look at as important to our long-term success." Microsoft has yet to confirm Insomniac's announcement, which means we can't say when digital pre-ordering will reach the console, nor whether digital pre-ordering will come with a pre-download feature à la Steam. Without that loading capability, which eases the pain of multi-gigabyte downloads, we see little reason to cough up early cash for a game that has yet to receive a single review (unless fans really want exclusive pre-order costumes that badly).
We've reached out to Microsoft and will update this post if the company provides any additional information.
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