As with Starfield, the sequel to The Outer Worlds will not release on PlayStation 5 and PS4. We were taken with the original RPG, awarding it a 9/10 in our review and describing it as a “triumph”. Earlier this year, we also covered the game’s Murder on Eridanos expansion, which we thought was pretty good as well.
However, with Microsoft’s acquisition of developer Obsidian, the sequel will no longer release on Sony’s suite of systems. While it’s clearly still extremely early days for The Outer Worlds 2 – a glossy trailer effectively poked fun at the fact that the studio has nothing to show – you won’t be playing it on a PlayStation platform when it eventually does deploy.
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I was surprised as i thought private division owned the ip. But maybe Microsoft purchased it
It’s a shame but probably expected. The first was really quite fun.
Well at least Microsoft won't have like two exclusives anymore.
Meh, I’ll survive.
The first game was so boring that it put me to sleep but I was sort of interested in the sequel to see what they'd do to improve upon it. A shame but I'll buy it on PC when I can
Too many games to play anyways.im good.word up son
The first one to me is a good case for media hyping a game and not wanting to go back on it.
Simply because the devs were from Fallout New Vegas and because we didn't get a really good Fallout game since a very long time, it was "decided" by the fans and every media outlet that The Outer Worlds was going to be fantastic.
But when it came out, it was good enough, but flawed. But it was too late to change their views, so it was lauded as excellent by (almost) everyone.
Honestly, did this need an article? No, MS's first-party games aren't going to be on Sony's systems anymore (except for the ones that are still outstanding like Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, etc).
Duly noted. This doesn't need repeating from here on out.
Listen PushSquare, I get that the first game was multiplatform and all but like this isn't even news
You don't have to break the news everytime a Microsoft-owned studio announces a game that (shocker) is exclusive to Xbox no matter if they made games for PS before or not
It's clearly meant to generate some sort of reaction from people on this site who primarily play PS games and even though it sucks for those who only game on PS, they're also a Microsoft-owned and operated studio so like...what was the expectation? Microsoft obviously wasn't going to put this on platforms they're in obvious contention with
Like damn Starfield and Outer Worlds from the Microsoft-owned Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment aren't coming to anything but Microsoft's Xbox and the Microsoft Store (and Steam) on PC? "Somebody call CNN"
Not going to lie this one hurts. I'm not buying an Xbox for one game tho.
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Sony gamer Cries
Why are people crying over the fact that Push Square are reporting on this? A few months ago people were posting that MS would be mad to not have their new acquisitions on PS5. Now that it's been confirmed they won't be on PS5, everyone is saying 'We don't care. Stop telling us news.' Ridiculous.
so? the first game only sold 2.5 million copies, majority of sales on pc, its not a game that sell 2-3 million on ps 😂
The first game wasn't the best plus it was super short, not many will miss this game as it didn't have the greatest of sales figures anyway
I personally found that the first one did not scratch my itch to play a fallout game. One reason I like fallout is the exploration and discovery, and The Outer Worlds doesn't really have a similar open world. The fights were pretty good at first but got dull for me as there wasn't much variety.
So far none of these games have affected my personal gaming tastes. But I can only imagine something like MH, RE FF being only on Xbox. I hope all the deals are just western devs already tight with MS, and I honestly hope it's mostly over with. They should have more than enough studios to fulfill whatever goals they have with Gamepass. Stop buying 3rd party please MS, if you are for-gamers, you would see the majority of people game on Playstation and Nintendo consoles and you're actually forcing them to buy your brand now to play certain games. Not very pro-consumer at all, but that couldn't be what the legendary Phil is all about could it? lol
PS6 will be out before this game comes out anyway.
I felt the original outer worlds delivered where Fallout 4 failed but... ultimately it doesn't really matter too much. It looks like they're just barely starting development on it so we won't see it again for another 2 years, at least. That's the problem with all these M$ acquisitions. They're actually playing the really long game, since these devs are just barely working on exclusives for M$.
So basically their trailer was ripping on 90 percents of Microsofts showcases of the last 2 years
Luckily for me I still have to play the first game. I currently have it installed on my PS4 and will be playing it once I’m done with Mass Effect 3.
Really enjoyed the first game but it lost me towards the end.
Liked the first one but I’ll live.
First game never appealed to me, so this one is no loss to me.
The only game I saw today that is a little loss is FH5, but I will live with that as I have played all the others and getting a bit tired of the formula now.
Have to agree with other posts, no need to post articles about this anymore. It's not like you get 'Last of us 2 not coming to Xbox' stuff on Xbox sites. I know the original was multiplatform, but let's just move on now. Constantly writing about Xbox exclusives just plays into their hands, forcing relevance is exactly what they want.
@arra1213 dude, how many times do we have to tell you sales don't make up a game. It's not a healthy mindset to have
However this does suck for the fans of the first game. Multiplat games should never be exclusive to one console ( final fantasy for example) so this definitely is a garbage move on MS part
I'm surprised Sony aren't acting more scared. In a couple of years Xbox will have a formidable line-up of exclusives coming in, which could shift the sales balance heavily back towards them.
If I was Sony I would be concentrating on putting out as many PS5 exclusives as I can in the next two years, so people buy PS5's before Microsoft studios get into gear. Instead God of War and Horizon being cross-gen titles is going to slow down PS5 take-up
@Envy its not healthy mindset to be envy for a game thats not on your prefered platform specially if u have better exclusives on your platform to play
just like this what this article is doing
its not the end of the world for not having a game that sold a merely 3 milliom copies on 3 platform
I'll play it on PC like I did the first one, no biggie.
at least they have a good sense of humor about not having anything to show.
@ThomasHL why would they be scared? they can't even keep ps5's in any store atm, they are selling like crazy. they have tons of games they haven't even shown off yet, and they have those 3 new studio 2nd party exclusives that hasn't even been shown off yet. sony has plenty of games coming.
@twitchtvpat They shouldn't be scared but they at minimum should be worried. Right now is all fun and games as it seems Xbox has no games but there is a giant batch of games that will be ready around the same time.
Microsoft has a giant portfolio of studios now and all their respected IPs. Is a silly mindset to think "Well Microsoft didn't put out exclusives of the same quality as Sony before so they never will in the future either".
It's probably just another 8/10 full of bugs Bethesda game anyway /s
@twitchtvpat the issue isn't this year. The issue is the year after that, and then the rest of the generation. Next year they'll reach the point where production overtakes demand, and then the year after that Microsoft exclusives will start coming out, and they're going to come out at a scale we haven't seen before. I don't think people realise just how many game studios they bought up, but it's beyond what Sony or Microsoft have ever produced before
Plenty of consoles have sold well in the first couples of years, only to fall off later. And Sony have a real threat to face. They're competing against a company who are ready to throw billions just to get to the table - and then to essentially ignore the sales income from those games by putting them straight on gamepass.
Sony should be worried, and in five years, this is going to look a lot different than it looks now.
@ThomasHL
Sony probably isn't scared because they have their own studios with a history of hits. They also have "more than 25" games currently in development. The vast majority of what Microsoft showed was 2022 and beyond, with only Halo and Forza being major players this year...if they don't get delayed.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/sony_explains_how_second-party_fits_into_its_software_slate
I’ve got a Ps5 and the wife has a Series X. No problems 👌
How can people be mad about articles. It's 2021 and you don't understand it's business. @TheFrenchiestFry don't assume EVERYONE is aware MS acquired Obsidian too, I mean I didn't know, @Rob_230 didn't know... Even if the article's purpose is to generate all kinds of noise, you should know Online media by now.
I'll buy a used Xbox in a few years when they're cheap and all the Bethesda stuff is on GamePass (if they're not a buggy mess which they probably will be). Will spend a few months playing through them, then will sell the Xbox to someone else.
Right now, these games are all a ways off though. But yeah Microsoft won't really make any money from me except for a few months of gamepass piddles.
@arra1213 you don't realize how big 3mil copies is do you? Especially for a new IP. But once again sales don't mean anything for a games quality, but you don't seem to understand that ( bugsnax,sackboy,returnal, TLOU2 ) all sold around the same with the first three being less than 3 mil but it doesn't mean the games are bad because of low numbers. All 4 are fantastic games and loved by many
I created an account to state how baffled I am at how elitist a lot of the comments on this article is. I hope one day Sony opens up from its isolationist practises and shares some of its great games with others like they did with Horizon Zero Dawn. Xbox took the first steps and everyone benefitted from it, especially gamers.
@Envy outer worlds 3 milion lifetime sales on 4 platform is not equal to tlou2 4 million on 3 days 1 platform and becoming 3rd highest grossing ps exclusive in just 2 months beating 10+ million selling games like uc4, tlou, hzd etc 😂
but thats not the point, the point here is outer worlds not being on ps isnt a big deal like the article is trying to say cuz there are tons of games on ps and more upcoming thats not on the other platform
I liked the fist game a lot on the ps4, I dont have problems with exclusives on systems because that's how they sell systems but what I do have a problem with is when a game was on all 3 systems and then u make the second one exclusives to only 1 system thats not fair to the players that got it on the ps4 or switch and now won't be able to get the second one just my opinion.
I have a Series X as well as PS5 so I could play this if I wanted to but this particular game didn't interest me anyway.
@__jamiie Have to agree. So many whingers on here sometimes, it's so annoying.
@TheFrenchiestFry They post articles like this cause they know it's going to generate traffic to the site because they know they will attract the Sony extremists and in the end that's all the site cares about is traffic.
@Rob_230 No, Obisidian said shortly after revealing the game that the advantage of signing with the Private Division is that they only get the publishing rights to the game they funded, not the entire IP, and almost a year before the release of the first game Microsoft had already announced that sequels would be exclusive to Xbox, if you remember it was even posted here.
From the beginning, they had already made it clear that the first game would only be released on other platforms because they were bound by a contract.
@adrianthealchemist First-party games will support the past generation for UP to a year and a half, and your mistake is to forget that PC + Xbox + xCloud is a huge user base, this game won't be out anytime soon, at least 3/4 years.
This is a shame but totally expected, oh well. Just means I won't be playing the first game either anytime soon...
@UltimateOtaku91 The 1st one was very good and the length was super fine. We don't need 100hrs games that are impossible to finish. I'm really excited for part 2
You all should go and buy a Series S. They're cheap and available. Do it now!
Not too bothered about this one, tried the first one twice but never finished it played a few hours and just got bored of it. And starfield don't know enough about it yet so not too disappointed, but for me to buy an Xbox I need more games to justify a purchase tbh and at the moment they just don't have the games I want, yes gamepss is great value but I just prefer to play my games on playstation atm
@art_of_the_kill I mean yeah it did honestly, it gives USA glimpse on what Microsoft plan on doing with IPs that already exist, it gives us a glimpse to see if Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5 will be exclusive and judging by their decision on The Outer Worlds it will be. But I'd like to be notified if it will or won't be
Sorry to say this but with 6-8 AAA games money you buy an X and with game pass you get back your money in time. Slowly my PS5 will be only for exclusives and games that have a real experience shift with dual sense.
I didn't know, and now that i know, i don't care.
@TheFrenchiestFry it's not news and anyone half informed knows it, but what it is, though, it's a "news" article that drives the engagement on this site up. Not necessarily a click-bait, more like click-missery.
Original was a good game, if a little shallow at times, was hoping for something much deeper.
But this is no news.
This one hurts, I loved the original.
Just get an Xbox lol.
Got no interest in this game anyway.
@ApostateMage no.
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@Alanlafrae this is irony, right?
meh who cares. If you have a gaming PC you can play it there.
BUT we got Discord soon....MS didnt
@ILikeStake they make a lot of money and have a lot of good games on Gamepass also coming to it and it's not like some PlayStation games don't have lot's of bugs as well.
@HotGoomba you should learn how to count
@tartanross Why should someone named HotGoomba learn how to count?
Just keep rubbing that salt in 😢
@tartanross ?????
A lot is a stretch...my comment didn't refute any of the other stuff.. Not sure why you replied to me?
Because I can and it deserved one. The line up is great so far and more to come
Hardly worth an article, yeah it's a shame for us PS gamers but the angle they could have done is to reflect on fact by Microsoft buying Obsidian and then after Bethesda, amusingly they have product exclusives for Xbox which compete for very similar market with not one but two Space Based Open world RPGs assuming Starfield plays like fallout in space, which was what obsidian tried to do with OW so could end up very similar, maybe not time will tell. But as ever seems Xbox will bet heavy on gun toting sci fi. Pure conjecture but I can imagine Bethesda already had the idea for space game before purchase maybe even having seen what obsidian did and thought let's just copy. Maybe not.
I do hope someone makes a genuine alternative franchise to fallout for PS in future as nothing else quite scratches that itch if you like that type of game
I have a PC to supplement my PlayStation so no biggie. There is no reason to but an Xbox when their exclusives also release on Steam
That's perfectly fine with me. I was less than pleased with the first one anyhow. Same with my friend. We usually love single player RPGs.
@Alanlafrae They have many others that will find they way to PC and eventually mobile, just like Game Pass Ultimate allows you to play on any device that has it(love it on my phone now it runs great) Sony's deal with Microsoft Azure pretty much guarantee's they'll do the same...it's already happening.
Well, glad I didn't buy the first game then. Now it's sony's move.
The good news is if you want an XBX they are easily obtainable.
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