Microsoft Responds to The Outer Worlds 'Free' Upgrade Confusion

The Outer Worlds developer, Obsidian, has apologized for immoderate "confusion" aft players complained that the workplace reneged connected a anterior update stating that anyone with the basal crippled successful their libraries earlier May 27 could upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition for free.

At the opening of the month, 7 years aft it launched — and astir six months aft its sequel was released — The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian confirmed it would "be pushing a mates of updates to The Outer Worlds" — the archetypal since June 2023 — earlier revealing that, from May 27, the basal crippled variation of The Outer Worlds would beryllium delisted, leaving conscionable the Spacer's Choice Edition.

The squad was speedy to guarantee players that portion this wouldn't interaction anyone who already owned the basal edition, it did mean that anyone looking to prime up the crippled connected current-gen systems aft May 27 volition lone get the newer edition. To sweeten the deal, though, those with the vanilla crippled connected PC (Steam, GOG, oregon EGS), PS5, oregon Xbox Series X/S could upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition for escaped betwixt present and May 27. The connection was besides extended to bequest systems, though to upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition from the basal crippled connected Xbox One and PlayStation 4, you volition request to ain the basal crippled and some DLCs for The Outer Worlds.

On the time the connection was expected to spell live, however, Twitterer/Xer Dominruro01 called retired Obsidian publicly, penning "in the connection you posted connected April 30, it said that if you lone had the basal crippled earlier today, they would springiness you the Spacers Choice version, and I bought it connected May 13, and present it's asking maine for the DLCs. I bought the integer PS4 mentation connected PS5." Another subordinate confirmed the aforesaid happening happened connected Xbox, too.

Responding to the query, Obsidian wrote connected Twitter/X: "Apologies for the confusion. Due to unforeseen level limitations, Xbox One and PS4 integer owners volition request to ain some DLCs to beryllium eligible for the upgrade. Please consciousness escaped to scope retired to our enactment squad for further assistance."

"This is considered a bait & power successful the U.S. and is perfectly illegal. But let’s beryllium real, accountability doesn’t beryllium anymore," commented 1 unhappy subordinate connected a thread entitled "Obsidian lied astir the escaped upgrade for The Outer Worlds." It has generated hundreds of comments and implicit 2 and a fractional 1000 upvotes.

"That is simply a people enactment conscionable hanging disconnected the tree," opined idiosyncratic else.

In a connection to IGN, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "The Outer Worlds Spacer’s Choice Edition upgrade was intended to accidental 'thanks' to anyone who purchased The Outer Worlds basal crippled by providing them a escaped upgrade to the recently improved version. However, owed to assorted entitlement restrictions and backend issues, we weren’t capable to supply this arsenic smoothly arsenic we wished and our players are, rightfully, upset.

"If you purchased the basal crippled connected Xbox One oregon PlayStation 4 betwixt 4/30 and 5/27, oregon person immoderate issues with the upgrade, delight interaction our enactment squad and we’ll enactment with you to marque it right. Sorry again for the vexation astir this."

Furthermore, the upgrade volition "continue to beryllium escaped to PC players if they ain the delisted basal game." Due to however entitlements enactment connected the consoles, however, integer owners connected Xbox One and PlayStation 4 volition request to ain the basal crippled and the DLCs oregon the enlargement walk to beryllium eligible for the upgrade moving forward."

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