

make no mistake, gamepass is about turning service style games into hidden subscription games, where people are paying monthly without ever thinking if it's actually cost beneficial. i suspect it wasn't going to sell well on PS4/5 anyway, even if it wasn't on gamepass.Ī month ago MS was out of touch, the villain of the industry, yadda yadda when it tried to up the price of xbox gold to £85 a year. Is there anyone out there still planning on purchasing it at full-price? Were you even interested in the game to begin with? And could this set a precedent for future releases being included with Microsoft’s subscription, where the PlayStation version is full-price?ĭeleted the demo after a couple of hours, thought it was dire and pretty juvenile too, and wouldn't play it for "free", even if they have fixed the nausea-inducing reach-for-the-toilet camera. Whatever the case, with the PlayStation version commanding a £59.99/$59.99 price point, this title looks like impressively bad value on Sony’s system right now. To our knowledge, this is the first time the Team of Green has netted a day one third-party release, although there may be other examples we’re overlooking. Our resident looter shooter boffin Robert Ramsey suggested that the release is in for a “rough launch” when it deploys on 1st April – well, as far as PlayStation platforms go, how does a “non-existent launch” sound?Īfter strong rumours over the weekend, an increasingly aggressive Microsoft has scooped the third-person outing for its Game Pass service, meaning subscribers will be able to download it for free* as part of their monthly fee.

Ah, good ol’ Outriders: a PlayStation 5 and PS4 shooter that we, well, didn’t like when we played the demo earlier this month.
