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Xbox Just Learned It Can’t Charge $80 For Every Big Game

Trone Dowd

created: July 24, 2025, 6:38 p.m. | updated: July 30, 2025, 2:22 p.m.

Just six weeks after Xbox announced that The Outer Worlds 2 was going to be the first $80 Xbox Game Studios release, the troubled publisher said, actually, nevermind. The decision reversal is ultimately a win for Xbox players looking forward to Obsidian’s next role-playing game. Charging players $80 for a game runs an incredible risk in today’s economy. When Xbox announced that The Outer Worlds 2 would retail for $80 in June, however, most players rejected the idea. Suddenly placing the $80 albatross on The Outer Worlds 2 was never fair to its developers, especially without their knowledge.

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