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Today’s Xbox Summer Game Fest Showcase was a solid hour of large and small announcements, Including a new Call of duty Trailer And Xbox Handheld PC Device revealed. But also brought our first $ 80 Xbox game.
Outdoor worlds 2After this year’s excellent, Osidian’s next major open world RPG avowedKicks the Xbox Showcase with a new trailer. And after the event, the Xbox and Osidian showed more than the upcoming Space RPG sequel. He also opened the pre -order, and at the same time when people discovered this Outdoor worlds 2 $ 80.
Although the reaction to this news was mostly negative, it is not surprising. We knew that Xbox would start charging $ 80 for sports this year, As the company confirmed that in May this plan was. He announced last month that he was raising prices on all hardware and accessories. And he confirmed that up to the holidays, some of its new first -party sports will be seen from $ 70 to $ 80. Unfortunately Outdoor worlds 2 And developers Osidian, the next RPG is the first Xbox game priced at $ 80.
When Microsoft announced its plans to raise prices on sports and consoles, it did not explain it. But it is not difficult to connect the dots. Prices are rising due to Xbox President Trump’s ongoing tariff war Against other countries. Although it is true that Xbox consoles and accessories prices are rising all over the world, but the difference is Duration More in the US
Of course, the Xbox is not the first video game company that has received $ 80 for the video game. When Nintendo announced that he was famously broken to the Internet Mario Cart World Switch 2 costs $ 80. And I bet my next lunch GTA 6 Will cost at least $ 80 when arriving in May 2026.
It wasn’t so long ago that people were putting a habit of $ 70 sports. And now that the Xbox has finally jumped, it is only a matter of time until other companies start charging $ 80 as one of the most expensive hobbies around it is even more expensive.
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