Obsidian Entertainment has announced a price cut forThe Outer Worlds 2, bucking the growing $80 price trend that companies likeNintendohave embraced in recent times.
Video game publishers have been pushing for $80 game prices for a while now, withNintendo making the jumpduring the Switch 2 generation. Naturally, consumers aren’t happy about this, especially when it’s a company like Nintendo, which rarely has its mainline games appear in sales.
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Microsoft has been a huge proponent of $80 games, but it seems that parts of Xbox Game Studios want to cut prices. A post on the Obsidian BlueSky channel has confirmed that The Outer Worlds 2won’t be launching at $80. Instead, it will be released for $69.99.
The Outer Worlds Won’t Be An $80 Title
The post ties the price cut into the lore of the games, without explaining the real-life reasons why the cut was made. Perhaps Microsoft realized that an $80 price tag for a title that’s coming to Game Pass is an easy to ensure no one buys the game on their platforms.
Whatever the case, it’s a step in the right direction. The gaming public has made its feelings on $80 titles known, and this could be part of a larger rollback across the industry. It certainly makes sense not to launch The Outer Worlds 2 at that high a price, considering it’s a relativelyniche RPG shooter franchise, even with the Obsidian name behind it.
Even if the industry as a whole backs down from $80 (and there’s certainly no indication that Nintendo is doing that), it likely won’t be gone for good. WhenGrand Theft Auto 6launches, there will be tons of speculation about whatever ridiculous cost “experts” thing it’sgoing to launch at, and that will be the perfect time for companies to start sliding the prices up again.
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