Alright, Xbox fans, let me throw you one more excuse to amp up your excitement. It really is crazy: a giveaway for a custom Xbox Wireless controller based on the highly anticipated fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio from the makers of Persona. You heard that right: A grand total of five lucky winners will walk away with this beauty, and even just looking at it assures an entry is worth it!
Here’s how this goes: Xbox launched a sweepstakes from their Official account, and you must follow the account and retweet the original announcement with the hashtag #MetaphorRefantazioSweepstakes. So easy? The contest closes May 29, 2025. One must be at least 18 years old to enter; if you actually read these contest rules (we don’t), you’ll see the link attached in their tweet.
Quickly spill a few words about the game. Metaphor: ReFantazio seems to be one of the RPGs to look up to this year. Coming from Studio Zero (yep, the Persona bunch), it holds that storied glare of incisive storytelling, turn-based combat, and a world that is simultaneously breathtaking and mysterious. There are plenty in the reply comments who have started dubbing it their “2024 GOTY”; and well, that’s legit. Another person called it their “second GOTY of last year”—yeah, timelines may be a tad discombobulated, but that’s beside the point. The hype is real.
Back to the controllers. A mixture of hype, confusion (shoutout to those debating if reposting counts—yes, it does), and utter desperation makes for the reply-to-announcement buzz. Someone straight-up said, I want it, man, and really? Pause. Another person said it would be “the perfect complement” to the game, and they’re not wrong. Custom controllers are always a flex, but one for a game of this anticipation? Just perfect.
And for those flamboyant ones appreciating physical media-the-one-true-way-of-doing-it-while-I’m-at-it, someone feared in the thread that Xbox would be “messing with physical releases,” but another user assured that Metaphor will come on two discs. Collectors, shall we?
I mean, if you’ve got one foot into this Metaphor: ReFantazio or that much hype for some really cool gaming gear, this ultimately might be your greatest opportunity. Five winners. One hashtag. So much envy will drench you if you miss out. Hurry before May 2025 gets sneaky over you and, next thing you know, you’re wallowing in a loud “what if?”
And if you win? Hey, throw a little good karma this way. Just saying.
