Microsoft hosts a list that shows what it describes as the “most-played games” on Xbox. But because it’s never explained exactly how that chart is compiled, that data sometimes raises questions. For example, the most-recent data set for Japan includes an interesting anomaly: Metaphor ReFantazio, which has not been released to the public yet, has made its way onto the list at number 39.
Twitter user Jodie De Haarte pointed out the game’s presence on the list in a recent post, while speculating that this could be a window into Xbox’s struggling performance in the region Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Or, as De Haarte puts it, “the bar to get onto the chart in Japan must be extremely, extremely low.”