Obsidian recently announced that The Outer Worlds 2 will launch at a lower price than initially stated. The sudden shift from $80 to $70 came just months ahead of The Outer Worlds 2's October 29 release, and while players may find it a cause for celebration, the price cut raises questions about what may be happening behind the scenes at Xbox.
When The Outer Worlds 2's launch price was revealed to be $80 just last month, players didn't take to it kindly. It marked the first Xbox game to embrace what looked to be the new pricing standard for AAA titles, first established by Nintendo for Mario Kart World. Microsoft even planned to endow all of its future AAA first-party games with the $80 price tag, but the Xbox parent has changed its mind following the backlash to The Outer Worlds 2, and perhaps some less-than-encouraging telemetry on the backend.
Obsidian just made a major change to The Outer Worlds 2 that could heavily influence other developers and their future projects.
On July 23, Obsidian confirmed that The Outer Worlds 2 will launch at $70, matching what players have come to expect for AAA games...
