Obsidian Entertainment has shared plans that detail how it’s going to handle The Outer Worlds, the original RPG, going forward. They involve delistings of the base game on certain platforms and price drops, but on PS5 and PS4, the news is only positive.
If you own the base version of The Outer Worlds on PS4 before 27th May 2026, you will get an automatic upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition on PS5.
This is being done because the developer is removing the original version from most storefronts on the aforementioned date, except for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch — it seems to be a decision mostly affecting PC. As such, anyone who owns the base game on PS4 before the cut-off date is only benefiting from the changes.
After 27th May, there are also going to be some permanent price drops. The latest Spacer’s Choice Edition on PS5 shall receive a $20 price cut, dropping the cost to $39.99.
Since the Spacer’s Choice Edition will soon be the default version of the game, Obsidian Entertainment is going back and patching the RPG some more. It released in a broken state on PS5 in 2023, and despite a few post-launch updates, it’s still not in the best condition.
A new patch is live today, and a second, more significant one will arrive later in May. The latter will contain “performance fixes, lighting changes, a host of other quest and gameplay fixes”, and a new combat option: grenades.
Learn more about today’s update and the future one in the patch notes on the developer’s forum page. On PS5, you are looking for version 2.5.7.0 to update to.
When it was first revealed, the Spacer’s Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds was pitched as a “remaster” that had “higher resolution graphics, a dynamic weather system, overhauled lighting and environments, improved performance and load times, enhanced details on characters, and much more”. It was meant to run at 60 frames-per-second with a 4K resolution, along with PS5 DualSense controller support.
