{"id":1966122,"date":"2026-06-01T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1966122"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:08:08","slug":"the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition-continues-to-cause-headaches-as-obsidian-somehow-botches-free-upgrade-deployment-on-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1966122","title":{"rendered":"The Outer Worlds: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition continues to cause headaches as Obsidian somehow botches free upgrade deployment on consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Outer Worlds: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition continues to cause headaches as Obsidian somehow botches free upgrade deployment on consoles<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Somewhere out there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sclk7s.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Outer Worlds: Spacer&apos;s Choice Edition - Bandits\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"sclk7s.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Private Division\/Xbox Game Studios<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-01T11:08:08+00:00\">June 1, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-outer-worlds-free-upgrade-issues?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"3d13d0c6-3e52-4ee6-bb58-9e8259d368e9\" data-name=\"The Outer Worlds\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Outer Worlds\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Outer Worlds\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Outer Worlds\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Outer Worlds\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Outer Worlds\" title=\"Follow The Outer Worlds\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Outer Worlds<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ratings-for-the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition-spotted\">The Outer Worlds: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition<\/a> isn&#8217;t a new release; it launched back in early 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/obsidian-sorry-for-troubled-launch-of-the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition\">with plenty of problems<\/a>. Somehow, it&#8217;s now giving players a headache more than three years later, after Obsidian Entertainment promised a free upgrade path that hasn&#8217;t panned out.<\/p>\n<p>As explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/outer-worlds-studio-apologizes-to-player-who-bought-the-sci-fi-rpg-for-a-free-upgrade-they-cant-actually-get-2000700566\">Kotaku<\/a>, the now-fixed current-gen version of the RPG became relevant once again as Obsidian announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-outer-worlds-is-getting-grenades-nearly-7-years-after-it-came-out\">the original version would be delisted on 27th May<\/a>, with players only getting the Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition from that point onwards. In fact, a free upgrade path was offered to everyone who owned the base version of the game on all platforms. Very nice, especially since it was a paid one originally. But somehow, there&#8217;s been issues with the upgrade path on both PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uex27_Z3D7k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uex27_Z3D7k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition &#8211; Official Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uex27_Z3D7k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On paper, the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-outer-worlds\">The Outer Worlds<\/a>: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition offer would apply to all players who owned the game digitally on any platform, with the upgrade process never explicitly confirmed for people owning The Outer Worlds&#8217; physical PS4 and Xbox One release. After the announcement, many players finally went ahead and grabbed the game&#8217;s vanilla version. On 28th May, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OESupport\/status\/2060024094192459941?s=20\">Obsidian admitted<\/a> it&#8217;d made some mistakes along the way &#8220;due to how entitlements work on the consoles&#8221;, meaning PS4 and Xbox One version owners <em>also need <\/em>the expansion pass, which effectively removes the &#8220;free&#8221; part from the equation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company is seemingly offering alternative workarounds to anyone affected though: &#8220;If you purchased the base game on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 between 4\/30 and 5\/27, or have any issues with the upgrade, please contact our support team and we\u2019ll work with you to make it right. Sorry again for the frustration around this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, comments on X aren&#8217;t pretty, with most users either confused by the wording and muddled process or downright mad about the situation. &#8220;Simply put: scam,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrBert11\/status\/2060056968832684237?s=20\">one player wrote<\/a> before going off after losing fans&#8217; goodwill. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely hilarious how this shit tends to happen most to games that are fiercely critical of capitalism,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JumberFromPure\/status\/2061084195556917464?s=20\">another one added<\/a>. Even some people on PC <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fungerhord\/status\/2060066515605668142?s=20\">are reporting issues with the upgrade on GOG<\/a>, though it seems Steam players had no such troubles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ratings-for-the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition-spotted\">The Outer Worlds: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition<\/a> isn&#8217;t a new release; it launched back in early 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/obsidian-sorry-for-troubled-launch-of-the-outer-worlds-spacers-choice-edition\">with plenty of problems<\/a>. Somehow, it&#8217;s now giving players a headache more than three years later, after Obsidian Entertainment promised a free upgrade path that hasn&#8217;t panned out.<\/p>\n<p>As explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/outer-worlds-studio-apologizes-to-player-who-bought-the-sci-fi-rpg-for-a-free-upgrade-they-cant-actually-get-2000700566\">Kotaku<\/a>, the now-fixed current-gen version of the RPG became relevant once again as Obsidian announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-outer-worlds-is-getting-grenades-nearly-7-years-after-it-came-out\">the original version would be delisted on 27th May<\/a>, with players only getting the Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition from that point onwards. In fact, a free upgrade path was offered to everyone who owned the base version of the game on all platforms. Very nice, especially since it was a paid one originally. But somehow, there&#8217;s been issues with the upgrade path on both PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uex27_Z3D7k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uex27_Z3D7k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Outer Worlds: Spacer\u2019s Choice Edition &#8211; Official Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uex27_Z3D7k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On paper, the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-outer-worlds\">The Outer Worlds<\/a>: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition offer would apply to all players who owned the game digitally on any platform, with the upgrade process never explicitly confirmed for people owning The Outer Worlds&#8217; physical PS4 and Xbox One release. After the announcement, many players finally went ahead and grabbed the game&#8217;s vanilla version. On 28th May, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OESupport\/status\/2060024094192459941?s=20\">Obsidian admitted<\/a> it&#8217;d made some mistakes along the way &#8220;due to how entitlements work on the consoles&#8221;, meaning PS4 and Xbox One version owners <em>also need <\/em>the expansion pass, which effectively removes the &#8220;free&#8221; part from the equation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company is seemingly offering alternative workarounds to anyone affected though: &#8220;If you purchased the base game on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 between 4\/30 and 5\/27, or have any issues with the upgrade, please contact our support team and we\u2019ll work with you to make it right. Sorry again for the frustration around this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, comments on X aren&#8217;t pretty, with most users either confused by the wording and muddled process or downright mad about the situation. &#8220;Simply put: scam,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrBert11\/status\/2060056968832684237?s=20\">one player wrote<\/a> before going off after losing fans&#8217; goodwill. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely hilarious how this shit tends to happen most to games that are fiercely critical of capitalism,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JumberFromPure\/status\/2061084195556917464?s=20\">another one added<\/a>. Even some people on PC <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fungerhord\/status\/2060066515605668142?s=20\">are reporting issues with the upgrade on GOG<\/a>, though it seems Steam players had no such troubles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Outer Worlds: Spacer&#8217;s Choice Edition continues to cause headaches as Obsidian somehow botches free upgrade deployment on consoles Somewhere out there. 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