{"id":1961601,"date":"2026-05-29T09:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961601"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:43:54","slug":"microsoft-responds-to-the-outer-worlds-free-upgrade-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961601","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Responds to The Outer Worlds ‘Free’ Upgrade Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Outer Worlds<\/u><\/a> developer, Obsidian, has apologized for any “confusion” after players complained that the studio reneged on a prior update stating that anyone with the base game in their libraries before May 27 could upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition for free.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the month, seven years after it launched \u2014 and almost six months after its sequel<\/u><\/a> was released \u2014 The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian confirmed it would “be pushing a couple of updates to The Outer Worlds” \u2014 the first since June 2023 \u2014 before revealing that, from May 27, the base game edition of The Outer Worlds would be delisted, leaving just the Spacer’s Choice Edition.<\/p>\n

The team was quick to assure players that while this wouldn’t impact anyone who already owned the base edition, it did mean that anyone looking to pick up the game on current-gen systems after May 27<\/u><\/a> will only get the newer edition. To sweeten the deal, though, those with the vanilla game on PC (Steam, GOG, or EGS), PS5, or Xbox Series X\/S could upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition for free between now and May 27. The offer was also extended to legacy systems, although to upgrade to the Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition from the base game on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, you will need to own the base game and both DLCs for The Outer Worlds. <\/p>\n

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On the day the offer was supposed to go live, however, Twitterer\/Xer Dominruro01<\/u><\/a> called out Obsidian publicly, writing “in the statement you posted on April 30, it said that if you only had the base game before today, they would give you the Spacers Choice version, and I bought it on May 13, and now it’s asking me for the DLCs. I bought the digital PS4 version on PS5.” Another player confirmed<\/u><\/a> the same thing happened on Xbox, too.<\/p>\n

Responding to the query, Obsidian wrote<\/u><\/a> on Twitter\/X: “Apologies for the confusion. Due to unforeseen platform limitations, Xbox One and PS4 digital owners will need to own both DLCs to be eligible for the upgrade. Please feel free to reach out to our support team for additional assistance.”<\/p>\n

“This is considered a bait & switch in the U.S. and is absolutely illegal. But let\u2019s be real, accountability doesn\u2019t exist anymore,” commented one unhappy player on a thread<\/u><\/a> entitled “Obsidian lied about the free upgrade for The Outer Worlds.” It has generated hundreds of comments and over two and a half thousand upvotes.<\/p>\n

“That is a class action just hanging off the tree,” opined<\/u><\/a> someone else.<\/p>\n