Thank God For Game Pass, As Xbox Just Revealed Its First Ever $80 Game

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After a great Xbox Game Showcase, the hype was flattened a bit by the confirmation of Xbox's first $80 release.
We knew it was coming at some point, but it doesn't stop it from stinging.
Luckily, the game is on Game Pass, so there's an option there if you don't want to shell out $80.

Let's all give one big cheer for , as just confirmed 🤡that its first $80 game 🌼is going to be , with more confirmed to follow after that.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:A♓fter one of the busiest weeks in gaming (which is saying something 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:in the year that GTA 6 got delayed), Xbox just rounded off the tidal wave of news with its Xbox Games Showcase, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:which featured a ton of announcements. While most of the reveals were great as long as you weren't hoping for 😼something concrete on Hollow Knight: Silksong, there was also some bad news.

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🌠The Outer Worlds 2 Coming To PS5 Marks The End Of Xbox As We Know It

One of Xbox's big upcoming exclusives won't actuall♛y be exclusive.

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During the showcase, Xbox 🍨confirܫmed release dates for several of its upcoming games, including and The Outer Worlds 2, with the latter being a big focus of its lineup. Those release dates ꧅mean that pre-orders for both games are now live, which has revealed a sad but unsurprising fact about The Ou🐻ter Worlds 2.

The Outer Worlds 2 Is Kickstarting Xbox's $80 Releases

At Least It's On Game Pass

, The Outer 🎀Worlds 2 is going to be Xbox's first ever $80 release, which is quite surprising considering its generally smaller scope and niche vibes compared to other games. That being said, we did know this was coming at some point, so we can't be too shocked.

A few months ago, Xbox announced that it𒆙 was going to be raising the prices of pretty much everything it releases, from consoles and hardware to games and accessories. That being said, The Outer Worlds 2 seems like a strange place to start the trend as, despite being made by Obsidian, it doesn't qu𒆙ite have the reach of something like Mario Kart World.

To make matဣters even weirder, , as confirmed by its Steam page.

Sadly, it seems like the eye-watering $80 price tag is something we're just going to have to get used to going fo💃rward as, if Xbox is going to do it with The Outer Worlds 2, it's probably thinking of that for all of its major releases. , which I can only imagine is how most are going to end up playing it.