I have bad news and more bad news. So EA may have finally lost the Star Wars license, but this comes to who did get the franchise. Well, with the announcement of Star Wars Outlaws it seems Ubisoft got it. Now, most may think that is amazing news sad to see Star Wars Fallen Order might not continue, but it beats another Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco. So when people heard about the new game it was time to check for the pricing and it is the worst thing I have ever seen. One the base game is $70 over the usual $60 and I’d ignore that preorder bonus it just looks like cosmetics they didn’t put in the game. Now in the gold edition it is $110 getting the base game, some cosmetics, and a season pass. The season pass just includes a mission and a pack that seems to be more cosmetics as well as a 3 day early access making me question why 3 days are not a lot. If it already sounds bad the ultimate edition is $130 comes with everything, 2 cosmetic packs (Does this game have no cosmetics of it’s own?) and a digital art book.

Now, I’m going to tell you the even worse part. Ubisoft has a second launcher aside from the ultimately horrible Uplay called Ubisoft+. While Uplay may not be used anymore or they just rebranded it this means to even play these games you need to pay $20 no matter the version so let’s review, to simply play the base version and cheapest version of this game you need to pay at least $90 alone, and anything after that can mean $130-$150 for things I don’t consider content. Or the alternative idea buy about 10 indie games or two AAA games that you could have more fun with at an equivalent amount of money.

Sources:

Ubisoft. “Star Wars Outlaws  Standard Edition.” Ubisoft, 20, April, 2024 https://store.ubisoft.com/us/star-wars-outlaws/645ba713a9ce0448bffa4c12.html?ucid=SCH-ID_188881&maltcode=brand_C2W_SCH_googlesearch___SWOUT____&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrIixBhBbEiwACEqDJWTYLjopjti7QKS0ldv_lifLLBfpdbIIyoMQ4gooYjttWCgJXrgNbBoCRVsQAvD_BwE