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Great Scifi RPG Stumbles Into Really Dumb Free Upgrade Debacle
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Great Scifi RPG Stumbles Into Really Dumb Free Upgrade Debacle

Kotaku·Ethan Gach·3 days ago
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It’s not the best choice, it’s Spacer’s Choice. That satirical slogan has been dogging The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition since it arrived with some annoying issues at launch back in 2023 . It’s once again become appropriate after the game’s latest unexpected snafu. Players who owned the original version of the game were recently supposed to get a free upgrade, but Obsidian Entertainment ultimately had to decline “due to various entitlement restrictions and backend issues.” This all started with the original version of The Outer Worlds being delisted this month. As a result of that decision, Obsidian Entertainment promised everyone who owned it that they could get a free upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. This was especially cool because when the next-gen port originally came out, people who had already bought the game had to pay an extra $10 to upgrade.…

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