Xbox announced that he would not sell the outer worlds 2 – or any of his holiday games – finally for 80 USD. Instead, it will be kept in the amount of USD 70.
The Xbox spokesman today shared the price changes with Ign: “We focus on introducing players of amazing worlds to discover, and keep our full Christmas editions, including The Outer Worlds 2, for 69.99 USD – in accordance with current market conditions.”
Returns and phrases for those who have already ordered a pre -sale game for 80 USD will be available through any store or location in which the game was bought. Xbox claims that customers should expect notifications of refunds from the purchase point, and some sellers can spend several days to access returns.
This happens after the announcement at the beginning of this month that The Outer Worlds 2 will be the first 80 USD Xbox game, arriving at the Xbox Game Pass after release. At that time, Xbox quoted “market conditions and growing development costs” as a reason for the boost in prices of the largest titles. Original world worlds cost $ 60 per premiere and many fans he criticized this movement Especially in the featherlight From the external anti -capitalist worlds and history.
Xbox raised the price of its first AAA games from 60 to 70 USD for the first time officially in 2023. His announcement at the beginning of this month followed in the footsteps of Nintendo, which was published by Mario Kart Worldd last month as the first game of 80 USD and effectively opened The Floodgates for other publishers.
Despite the attempts of management and analysts in order to clarify the causes of the continuous boost in video games, consoles, accessories and services in the industry, players remained frustrated with rising costs required in the hobby. At the beginning of this year, the head of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, directed criticism for suggesting that if someone was a “real fan” Borderlands 4, they would find a way to buy for 80 USD (the game was later announced only 70 USD).
