Setting aside prices, I've seen an unexpected amount of sourness directed at the first game. While the first game wasn't a greatest of all time RPG and had flaws, I found it overall enjoyable enough and it was clearly a project with some passion that I didn't regret sinking time into it.

I expect similar of the sequel, with hopefully improvements based on feedback from the first game. I plan to have fun with the game, and it is a bit tiring to see things like the pricing prompting people to badmouth the game itself when they are separate things.

Am I going to pay $80? No. No I'm not. This is a single player RPG though. There's no FOMO of getting left behind on the multiplayer unlocks or the lore of a new season. It's a singleplayer game. Put it on the wishlist and buy it on a sale. Simple as.

"this is Microsoft fault. Please don't blame us."

Gotta say props for having the balls to say that

When game prices reach 80 dollars, I reach an era where games have ceased to be that important. Path of exile all year long

Yar har fiddle dee, 80 bucks a game just ain’t for me, yar har fiddle and fat, I’ll just fucking sail the high seas numbnuts publishers, good job trading the 60 bucks I was willing to pay for the 0 you’ll be getting from me now.

And remember kids, if buying isn’t owning, pirating isn’t stealing.

Wishes everybody could play

Good news!

As long as it doesn't have Denovu, we can!

With all due respect, outer worlds is a $40 game at best.

I won't buy this at full price, when Outer World's two goes on sale at 50% or more off, that is when I will buy it! By then, all the major bugs should be resolved, and new content will be making this game even better. I blame Obsidian Games from not trying to shout down Microsoft and fight them in a Waffle House parking lot over this price.

Support your local libraries. My city’s library system is so good that I borrow games on release day all the time. You get them for 1-2 weeks, Most games that are older than a few weeks you can keep for up to 3 weeks, which gives me plenty of time to knock them off my list. Im sure I’ll get this one soon enough, im currently playing AC Shadows which I borrowed

Pretty much. Greedy publishers are just following Nintendo's lead that they can fleece gamers for more.

Microsoft makes the world worse again. Fuck ms, go linux.

I bought the first one for $20. For the second I'll play on Game Pass, if it is available, or again wait for $20. Maybe even less if I forget about it, which I might.

If you assume 25% of player will buy at 80, 50% will buy at $50, and 25% will buy at $20. Per 100 buyers they stand to make $5,000. However if they start at $50 with 75% of buys buying at that price, they will make $4,250. This is about maximizing profit by selling to fans with deep pockets first then discounting latter to captured the rest of the player base.

i will continue to enjoy my indie games that cost me 5€, thanks.

better yet my free games like warframe that have cost me nothing and given me thousands of hours of enjoyment.

Everyone can play your game 🏴‍☠️

Wasn't the first game entirely average? And now he wants $80 for the sequel.

Just as heads up, Obsidian, I'll require this to be at least 75% off if it's good and over 20 hours of single-player campaign. If it's shorter, I can be enticed at 90% off. I'll wait for a few years, no problem, my family group backlog is in the thousands.

It’s gonna be on gamepass, thats the cheap option.

Bummer, but that's gonna be a no from me, dog.

Heavy respect to obsidian. Outer worlds is a great game, i wish i could buy full price going to obsidian only. Fuck M$

The evolution of game design has basically been dead for a few years now, so shouldn’t the process just get cheaper?

80? What the hell?

If its as light as the first one, all I can say is "YARRRG"

GabeN save us

I'll play the game in like 4-5 years like how I played the first one years later for way cheaper. So cheap I couldn't be disappointed with the writing and just enjoyed the solid but unremarkable game