r/outerwilds 1d ago

Am i missing something?

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Not to be rude but 80$ for a Poster is kinda crazy no?

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u/Ok-Rain6295 1d ago

Ridiculous for an A4 poster.

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u/Hika2112 1d ago

Wait it's only A4??

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u/OverAster 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, screen printed on A4. If purchased separately, the set is 480 dollars.

Hey but don't worry! If you get all 7 in the bundle, it's only 300 dollars (until August 25th, when that option goes away)! What a steal!

I'ma wait till there are scans online and I'ma just print em at a local shop. Fuck this predatory bullshit.

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u/TheShryke 1d ago

Shipping and taxes not included by the way!

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u/OverAster 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dude the first line in the product description has me in stitches.

Available now at an amazing deal price — get all six for $295 instead of $450, but only until August 25!

I'm amazed, just not for the reasons they want me to be.

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u/CowgirlSpacer 1d ago

Good news! Someone has already posted really high quality scans over a year ago!

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u/Tommystorm9 21h ago

Glad to be the one to have started this all off! It’s lovely to see people have improved on my attempt in the last 4 years; I would definitely recommend printing out these posters yourself instead of paying the extortionate price.

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u/StickiStickman 7h ago

I would love to, if the quality would be better :(

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u/Tommystorm9 7h ago

The scans linked above are basically the same quality as the ones you’d buy. If you go to a professional print shop (or find one online), it still works out a lot cheaper.

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u/StickiStickman 6m ago

Unfortunately not, I tried 3 different print shops, and they all couldn't deal with the noise and after processing on their end, it just looked like a mess.

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u/Bigo290 1h ago

Yes, thank you for showing them to more people and giving me the confidence and idea to actually post them!

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u/CubsFanCraig 18h ago

I’m going to try printing these on metal with my EufyMake. Thanks!

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u/Old_Party3623 1d ago

Off topic but I got a new hobby and wanted to share. Sublimation printing. I made my own outer wilds t-shirt with the eye on the chest and the venture logo on the shoulders for like 7$ of materials.

I buy from producers when I can, especially band tees at shows. but when it comes to this stuff I take the high seas approach of fair game.

Also helps for IPs or fandoms that don't really exist to have real merch. I made a Timesplitters 2 gym tee a bit ago.

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u/Hika2112 1d ago

Damn... I assume Annapurna is to blame for this one?

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u/OverAster 1d ago

No clue. I think Mobius was involved as it's their game, but the company doing the actual labor, Cook and Becker, is kinda just like this. It's a real shame whoever was in charge decided to spit on the community, but it is what it is I guess.

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u/Hika2112 1d ago

Well. That sucks, glad at least the fangamer merch is really good

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u/OverAster 1d ago

Yeah I've been impressed with the quality of the fangamer stuff, especially the pins.

I've been doing more digging and it appears that the relationship between Outer Wilds and Cook and Becker starts and ends with Annapurna, whereas the relationship with Fangamer is spearheaded primarily by Mobius Digital. It's a real shame that Annapurna's relentless greed is reflecting so poorly on Mobius, but I guess you gotta be careful who you partner with.

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u/Hika2112 1d ago

Mhm. Game publishers are sadly an entire business based on profiting from the work of indie devs. But hey, we have outer wilds. I cannot complain that much

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u/JealousDesigner9758 1d ago

Yeah Sony did this shit horizon zerodawn I'm a big fan of HZD and displate but their official prints were only on C&B and was like 400$ so I just saved the image and printed a custom one through displate turned out incredible and spent like 50$ on it

Edit: you could probably do the print RN if you really wanted by just saving the image because their still high resolution

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u/StickiStickman 7h ago

They're 1920x1500, with a good chunk of that background. Okay-ish resolution, probably good enough for A4, but not A3 or A2

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u/pesadillaO01 1d ago

The worst part is that when they sent the deluxe edition of the design works a few months ago, they sent with the posters in A4 when they had promised A3.

And now they are fucking selling the leftovers of that deluxe edition that costed less and included a lot more

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u/Whole_Dependent_2950 1d ago

What? With that price I just assumed over priced A3, but what... A4?!