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Microsoft has reversed plans to charge $80 for The Outer Worlds 2 (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Outer worlds 1 was really fun, but I would put it in the $40 dollar tier of games. Above assassin's creed, but not rdr2 quality or anything. Unless 2 really outshines 1, I'll be waiting until it's down to that level

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Outer Worlds reminded me of one of those cheap jewel-case-only games you’d find in a bargain bin at the Future Shop in the 90s. It was worth maybe $20 when it was new, as it was rather dull and obviously unfinished. Reducing their price to $70 USD (which is still mad) isn’t going to improve their pre-sales much. The first game doesn’t have a great reputation and neither does Microsoft. Anything over $50 is incredibly ambitious in this economy.

[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember; No pre-orders!

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

also, claim AI downloaded it because it's legal for AI to pirate anything and everything

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

This is the winning comment

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 2 days ago

I disagree, it was fun, it was a good game - it just wasn't worth 60 dollars.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I'm glad I played it on Game Pass, let's put it that way.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 days ago

$70 is still crazy.

The original one was OK. Not great, but OK. Felt and played like a $40 game. Felt much better for $20 on sale.

This idea that $70 should be the baseline for games is insane on its own. Tbh, some of the most fun games I have played with the best replay values have been sub-$30.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 days ago

Microsoft laid off 9,000 people recently. Its also not their first time. Fuck microsoft.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

... making the lesser increase seem less gouge-y.

Door in the face technique.