{"id":1260039,"date":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=615369"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:14:07","slug":"obsidian-just-cut-the-controversial-price-of-the-outer-worlds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/obsidian-just-cut-the-controversial-price-of-the-outer-worlds-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsidian just cut the controversial price of The Outer Worlds 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/obsidian-just-cut-the-controversial-price-of-the-outer-worlds-2.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment are slashing the price of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/605841\/outer-worlds-2-developer-interview-sgf-2025\">The Outer Worlds 2<\/a><\/em> ahead of the game\u2019s October launch. Previously (and controversially) priced at $79.99, <em>The Outer Worlds 2<\/em> will now retail for $69.99, Obsidian announced Wednesday via social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cWe have received your SOS via skip drone about the pricing. As an organization devoted to making sure that corporations do not go unfettered, we at the Earth Directorate have worked with [REDACTED] to revise the price of <em>The Outer Worlds 2<\/em>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/obsidian.net\/post\/3lun6okl2us2q\">Obsidian said, very much in character, on its BlueSky account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">An Xbox spokesperson said that the company will keep its full-priced holiday releases, \u201cincluding <em>The Outer Worlds 2<\/em>, at $69.99 \u2013 in line with current market conditions,\u201d in a statement provided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/xbox\/microsoft-concedes-that-the-outer-worlds-2-retail-price-was-too-high\">Windows Central<\/a>, implying that the previously announced jump to $79.99 game prices may be on hold for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft and Obsidian revealed <em>The Outer Worlds 2<\/em>\u2019s original pricing at this year\u2019s Xbox Games Showcase and The Outer Worlds 2 Direct events. The $79.99 price was a shock to many Obsidian fans, despite the Xbox company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/581992\/xbox-price-increase-us\">signaling price increases<\/a> for first-party Xbox Game Studios games. The original <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/2019\/10\/22\/20913097\/outer-worlds-review-pc-ps4-xbox-one-obsidian\">The Outer Worlds<\/a><\/em>, which was published by Private Division, launched in 2019 for $59.99.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Game pricing has been a hot topic this year, as companies like Nintendo have quickly leaped from $59.99 game prices for premium games to $69.99 or even $79.99, as in the case of Switch 2 launch game <em>Mario Kart World<\/em>. While Nintendo may be able to command such prices for hotly anticipated first-party software, it appears that Microsoft may not be seeing the same demand for Obsidian\u2019s next first-person sci-fi RPG.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>The Outer Worlds 2<\/em>&nbsp;will be released Oct. 29 on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/615369\/outer-worlds-2-price-cut-obsidian-xbox\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment are slashing the price of The Outer Worlds 2 ahead of the game\u2019s October launch. Previously (and controversially) priced at $79.99, The Outer Worlds 2 will now retail for $69.99, Obsidian announced Wednesday via social media. \u201cWe have received your SOS via skip drone about the pricing. As an organization devoted to making sure that corporations do not go unfettered, we at the Earth Directorate have worked with [REDACTED] to revise the price of The Outer Worlds 2,\u201d Obsidian said, very much in character, on its BlueSky account. An Xbox spokesperson said that the company will keep its full-priced holiday releases, \u201cincluding The Outer Worlds 2, at $69.99 \u2013 in line with current market conditions,\u201d in a statement provided to Windows&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/obsidian-just-cut-the-controversial-price-of-the-outer-worlds-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1260040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obsidian just cut the controversial price of The Outer Worlds 2 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment are slashing the price of The Outer Worlds 2 ahead of the game\u2019s October launch. 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