The Outer Worlds 2 Is Going To Be Xbox’s First $80 Game. Really? – WGB

Shortly after the Xbox Recreation’s Showcase the opposite day, Obsidian’s upcoming RPG sequel The Outer Worlds 2 additionally acquired its personal showcase. It was a robust displaying for what’s trying to be a really enjoyable sport. Nonetheless, it’s additionally going to be Xbox’s first official $80 following Microsoft’s announcement last month that it was going to start increasing the RRP for some of its games.

Following the showcase, pre-orders went dwell for The Outer Worlds 2 and retailer listings confirmed the $80/£70 price-tag. Steam, for example, has pre-orders up, and it’s also possible to discover it on each the Xbox and PlayStation shops for a similar value.

There’s additionally a costlier model accessible in the event you fancy shelling out $100.

After all, The Outer Worlds 2 will even launch straight onto Recreation Move, so in the event you’re a PC or Xbox gamer that’s the cheaper manner of taking part in.

What I discover fascinating is that that is the primary sport on the Xbox facet to get the value hike. When asserting the rise, Microsoft mentioned they’d increase the value of “some of our new, first-party video games beginning this vacation season to $79.99.”

To me, that implied the massive triple-A titles. The Outer Worlds, although, was a comparatively small, double-A sort of RPG when it launched, and whereas the sequel does appear larger and possibly has a chunkier funds, I’m unsure individuals are going to view it because the sort of sport that may get away with an $80 RRP.

It’s not a nasty factor that The Outer Worlds 2 appears to be like extra like a double-A title, both. In reality, that’s what Obsidian are good at. Each the trade as a complete and Recreation Move particularly want extra of those smaller video games that don’t have absurd budgets and hefty price-tags. We want video games overlaying a wider vary of costs, somewhat than simply being “indie” or $80.

Now, in equity, we haven’t been given the funds behind The Outer Worlds 2, so this might be Obsidian attempting to step into the triple-An area with an even bigger, punchier RPG, however whereas the sport does look very fairly, nothing within the showcase gave me that sort if vibe. No, it appears to be like extra polished than the previous few Obsidian video games, and I’m super-hyped to play it as a result of I beloved The Outer Worlds, however nonetheless falls into the double-A class from what I’ve seen.

In brief, The Outer Worlds 2 looks like a peculiar option to be main Xbox’s cost towards a brand new customary price-point. After they mentioned “some” video games can be growing to $80, I assumed they meant big-hitters just like the upcoming Fable maybe, or the following Gears of Struggle or Halo. However The Outer Worlds was already a reasonably area of interest sport. Now, Xbox needs to position is sequel because the cannon-fodder on the frontline of the $80 warfare.