“The Outer Worlds Spacer’s Choice Edition upgrade was intended to say ‘thanks’ to anyone who purchased The Outer Worlds base game by providing them a free upgrade to the newly improved version,” said the spokesperson. “However, due to various entitlement restrictions and backend issues, we weren’t able to provide this as smoothly as we wished, and our players are, rightfully, upset.”

Further in their statement, they have said that those who bought the base version of The Outer Worlds on PS4 or Xbox One between April 30th and May 27th can contact the support team.

“If you purchased the base game on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 between 4/30 and 5/27, or have any issues with the upgrade, please contact our support team, and we’ll work with you to make it right. Sorry again for the frustration around this.”

As for other platforms, the spokesperson has reiterated that the Spacer’s Choice Edition upgrade will remain free for PC players if they already own the base game, which has since been delisted from Steam. However, PS4 and Xbox One players who own a digital copy of the base game will also need to buy the DLCs or the expansion pass to be eligible for the upgrade moving forward.

Obsidian Entertainment had originally made the announcement about the upgrade at the beginning of the month. However, some poor phrasing led many to think that they would be eligible for the upgrade on PS4 and Xbox One as long as they had bought just the base game before May 27th, and that future purchases would need players to buy the DLCs for the upgrade.

“About three weeks ago, Obsidian clearly announced that if you have bought the original Outer Worlds before May 27, you will get the Spacer’s Edition for free on May 27,” wrote one Reddit user. “However, they just announced that this is now not the case and you need to buy both DLC as well.”

The studio took to social media to offer its apologies and pointed to “unforeseen platform limitations” that only affect PS4 and Xbox One.

“Apologies for the confusion,” wrote Obsidian. “Due to unforeseen platform limitations, Xbox One and PS4 digital owners will need to own both DLCs to be eligible for the upgrade.”

The Outer Worlds was released back in 2019 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Since then, the title has seen the release of two story expansions, an upgrade pack, dubbed The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, and ports for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. In our review of the original release, we gave it a score of 6 out of 10.

“About three weeks ago, Obsidian clearly announced that if you have bought the original Outer Worlds before May 27, you will get the Spacer’s Edition for free on May 27,” wrote the Reddit user. “However, they just announced that this is now not the case and you need to buy both DLC as well.”

It is worth noting that Obsidian had mentioned the fact that the expansions would need to be bought manually by PS4 and Xbox One players to get the upgrade. However, the phrasing used by the company had indicated that this would only be the case after May 27th, with those who already owned the base game getting automatic free upgrades to the Spacer’s Choice Edition.

Obsidian Entertainment has acknowledged the issue and, with a social media post, has apologized to fans of The Outer Worlds. The company has also noted that this issue comes down to “unforeseen platform limitations” that only affect the PS4 and Xbox One.

“Apologies for the confusion,” wrote Obsidian. “Due to unforeseen platform limitations, Xbox One and PS4 digital owners will need to own both DLCs to be eligible for the upgrade.”

Obsidian Entertainment had announced the upgrade to The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition at the beginning of the month, noting that it has more in store for the 2019 sci-fi RPG. The announcement was accompanied by an update that helped the studio set up its development pipelines for further updates, as well as a few bug fixes.

Among the planned improvements coming to The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition are the larger fixes for aspects like performance, gameplay, and quests, and even the addition of new content, like grenades, which were curiously missing from The Outer Worlds on launch.

The upgrade has had its fair share of side effects, however, with the chief one being that the base edition of The Outer Worlds has been delisted from Steam, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. As of now, the only way to get your hands on the RPG if you didn’t already own it is to buy the Spacer’s Choice Edition.

The Outer Worlds was originally released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and was generally seen as a mixed bag. In our review, we gave it a score of 6 out of 10 due to a variety of issues, ranging from mediocre gunplay to the choices and consequences system not quite working well, to even the main character progression system being weird. We did, however, praise it for its art style, world design, and companion progression systems, among other things.

In the meantime, Obsidian Entertainment has also released The Outer Worlds 2. For more on that, take a look at our review.

The announcement was made alongside an update released for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, which was meant to test the studio’s development pipelines and bring in a few bug fixes. Another update is planned for the game, bringing in larger fixes for performance, gameplay, quests, and changes to the in-game lighting system. The studio is also introducing grenades as an available weapon type, which were curiously missing in the original The Outer Worlds. For a full list of changes introduced by the latest update, check out the patch notes below.

The base game edition of The Outer Worlds is going to be delisted from Steam, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on May 27th. After this date, the only version of the original available to purchase will be Spacer’s Choice Edition, which is currently also available on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG), PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

PS4 and Xbox One players will still have to manually grab all the DLC for The Outer Worlds for their copies of the game to be considered the Spacer’s Choice Edition, however. To help with this, the studio is also introducing pricing adjustments to the base game and DLC, which will be priced at $24.99 and $14.99, respectively.

In the meantime, The Outer Worlds 2 was released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in October 2025. Check out our review for more details.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition update 2.5.7.0 patch notes:

General

• Companions’ status effects are no longer obstructed by their HP bars.
• Shooting from the Storm Cannon repeatedly at a close target no longer results in severe FPS drops.
• The heat effect coming out of the Unreliable will no longer stack up each time the player arrives in the ship’s proximity.
• When the Font Scaling setting also scales up the UI icons appropriately.
• Fixed “artillery cannon” typo.
• Fixed “Shipping” typo in Fallbrook.
• Players are now able to sleep in either of the two beds when exploring Ash’s old Outpost for ‘Little Memento’ on Monarch.
• Players are now able to manually save while under the ‘Concuss’ status effect throughout the title.
• Fixed an issue with the Super Scoper 3000 zoom where the zoom would not properly display.
• Felix’s book “Systems and Serfdoms” now appears in his room when acquiring it in Roseway town.
• The arrow is now greyed out when there are no more options.
• Status Bar displays all relevant Status Effect icons.
• The workbench now displays ownership of items when navigating through the workbench during gameplay.
• The gate will now load correctly while moving from Rizzo’s Distillation Station to the Bridge.
• The Item repair tutorial will no longer cause a freeze when switching to the inventory tab.
• SAM’s weapons can no longer be taken and equipped by players.
• Environment decorations no longer look the same as items the player can pick up.
• Players no longer become stuck when falling between two crates at the Spaceport.
• The sights are now centered after modding the Hunting Rifle Hyper with a Funtimes Barrel and a Gyro Sight.
• Frey’s Bar Cart no longer disappears from Unreliable after revisiting Relay GB-23.
• Mods have correct VFX when inspecting them in the inventory and then viewing them on the ground.
• The shadows on the cans no longer appear dark when viewing them in the office in Phineas Lab.
• A companion’s armor displays correctly if players wear a different type and modify it in the Workbench during gameplay.
• All aptitudes are correctly shown being applied when selecting them and viewing the summary screen.
• Mods display correctly for tinkered Elite Troop Armor.
• Players will no longer encounter a stuck spot when jumping/crouching into the 2nd floor of the General Store with insufficient Mag-Picks in Edgewater.
• Fixed a typo with the quest beacon text.
• Udom Bedford and Vicar Max will now play correct dialogue when attempting to turn in Phineas for the first time.
• The hacking and picking locks tutorial now triggers correctly when the user has a high lockpick skill during gameplay.
• Players can no longer get stuck when jumping in between a crate and pipe by the fence at the Geothermal Plant.
• Fixed an issue with the state of Anton on the Groundbreaker.
• A Workbench in the Covert Lab correctly unlocks a ‘Point of Interest’ icon when moving near it.

Design

• Players will now receive only one +10 from a Bonus Support perk when the companion is in the party.
• Leveling to multiple of 5 in Player Ship now updates the Companion UI tabs to indicate new Perk point available.
• Extend-O-Sight properly increases to both Effective and Max Range to 25%.
• The Paranoid flaw description has been updated to “Repeatedly getting caught by guards has made you jittery, especially when roaming around Restricted Areas or sneaking.”

Quests

• Sanjar and Zora are now only present inside the OSI Temple if the Player triggers a truce between them to happen.
• Once players agree to get the Radiator parts, regardless of chosen dialog, they can talk to other NPCs about them.
• Solution Vital now updates after killing Captain Irion on Scylla.
• Players can give the NVTUR mech the collected phonographs and complete The Electric Fling quest.
• The ‘Weathered Lockbox’ is now turned in when completing the ‘Little Memento’ quest in Amber Heights.
• The user is able to pick up the phonograph while doing the ‘Electric Fling’ quest.
• Sophia will no longer give the Player “Signal Point in Space” after the Player acquires the targeting module.
• The quest objective ‘Speak to Spencer Woolrich’ no longer remains active if the user speaks to Bellhop Owens and retrieves the security footage first.
• During BOLT with His Name, Huxley will no longer be invisible during the conversation after releasing her from the locked room.

Performance

• FPS Performance improvements:
  • When exploring Fallbrook.
  • When in conversation with Percival Platt.
• Performance has been improved when exploring Roseway, Eridanos, Monarch, Emerald Vale or Gorgon for the first time.
• Player can no longer fall through the ground while walking from islands to the Grand Colonial Hotel.
• Performance has been improved in tutorial area, where first Marauder enemies appear.
• Performance has been improved in Emerald Vale Junkyard POI.
• Framerate will no longer steadily drop as the player is continuously shooting onto any metal surface.

Set in the Halcyon system, you’re the Stranger, an inhabitant of Hope, a colony ship that went mysteriously missing. Due to various megacorporations exploiting the system’s resources, they’re struggling to get by. The Stranger must find a way to wake Hope’s inhabitants from cryosleep while assisting the citizenry of Halcyon.

Alternatively, you could side with The Board representing the megacorporations. It’s up to you, and The Outer Worlds offers a variety of skills, weapons and play styles to go with all of the different choices and consequences. For more details, check out our review here. A sequel, The Outer Worlds 2, is in development for Xbox Series X/S and PC but still undecided for PS5.

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Some fixes include adjusting the settings for Ultra and High End modes on PC, providing a better experience for users with stronger GPUs. SSGI being too high on PC, thus affecting performance, has been fixed, and the dynamic resolution is updated. SSR values on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 have also been updated to improve cinematic mode.

Current-gen console players can also expect a better frame rate in Performance Mode. A rare crash that could occur on Roseway for PS5 is fixed, along with temporary memory leaks that could appear in UI screens on Xbox Series X/S. Check out the full patch notes for more details.

For more details on The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, check out our review here.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Patch Notes – v1.1

Top Community Issues:

• Adjusted settings for Ultra and Very High graphic modes, improving experience for PC players on higher end graphics cards
• Fixed issues with SSGI being set inappropriately high on PC affecting performance
• Updated SSR values to improve cinematic mode on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5
• Updated dynamic resolution on PC
• Improved framerate in performance modes for both Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5

Performance:

• PSO experience improved to mitigate hitching during shader compilation
• SSGI auto settings updated preventing scenarios where it would toggle on unexpectedly

Stability:

• Solved rare crash on PS5 in Roseway
• Fixed chance for Xbox Series X|S consoles to crash during long syncs
• Prevent temporary memory leaks from appearing in UI screens on Xbox Series X|S consoles

General:

• Various HLOD improvements to reduce popping on all platforms
• Fix many instances of flickering textures on all platforms
• Reduce chance for characters hair to glow on all platforms
• Fixed two instances of invisible enemies on all platforms
• Fixed invisible trip mine beam on all platforms
• Improved texture resolution on the Xbox Series S
• Fixed skin shading issues seen on some companions on the Xbox Series S

Regarding the visuals, volumetric lighting, particle systems, and depth of field have been improved. Asset density in environments is also higher, and the character models are reworked. It also supports haptic feedback and adaptive triggers on the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller.

Those who own the base game and its DLC on Xbox One, PS4 and PC can upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition for $10. Unfortunately, Steam users reported performance issues with the PC version, resulting in a “Mostly Negative” rating. Stay tuned for potential updates and fixes in the coming days.

For instance, there’s 4K and 60 FPS support, but volumetric lighting and particle systems are improved. Environments also have increased asset density with improved depth of field and updated “varying” weather conditions. Character models and animations are reworked, and the AI for combat and companions is improved.

The PS5 DualSense’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are supported. Different weapons have different feedback, like a pulse-like kickback with automatic weapons and a “linear pressure” with the flamethrower. It’s also worth noting that the level cap is increased to 99, offering more room for skill choices.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is out on March 7th. Current Xbox, PlayStation and PC owners can upgrade to it at a reduced price, though the price hasn’t been confirmed.

The Outer Worlds is a first-person shooter/RPG where players navigate the Halcyon system and its planets after awakening from cryo-sleep. By making different choices, you can recruit companions, change the direction of the narrative, and gain fervor from different factions. The Spacer’s Choice Edition even has a higher level cap, providing more ways to customize your character.

If you own The Outer Worlds and its DLC on any platform, you can upgrade to the Spacer’s Choice Edition for the latest console in the same family or on the same PC storefront at a reduced price. It’s out on March 7th – stay tuned for more details and gameplay. You can also check out our review for the base game here.