Summary
A new indie golf game namedGolf Upwas spotted onXbox’s store at an incredibly expensive price. Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal several weeks ago, the issue of increasing video game prices has had many fans concerned, as the new console’s launch title,Mario Kart World, has been confirmed to come with a price tag of $80.Xbox, PlayStation, and PC gamers alike have also been worried about rising game prices, thoughGolf Upseems to have been an anomaly.
It’s no secret that Xbox has had an incredible 2025 so far. Games likeNinja Gaiden 2 Blackand Obsidian’sAvowedkicked off the year strong, while April alone has seen the releases ofCompulsion Games’South of Midnight, Bethesda’sThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivionremaster, and even a big third-party Game Pass drop inClair Obscur: Expedition 33. Xbox is sharing the love this month, too, having releasedIndiana Jones and the Great Circleon PS5 and gearing up to drop its 2021 open world racing masterpieceForza Horizon 5on PlayStation as well.
One new indie golfing game that’s recently appeared on the Xbox Store seems to have been initially priced more expensively than all these aforementioned AAA games combined.Golf Upis a new game set to release on May 1, and originally had a pre-order asking price of $499.99, the price of anXbox Series X console.Golf Up’s bold price tag caused a lot of head-scratching among Xbox gamers, who believed it to be a simple mistake.
Golf Up Was Listed at $500 on Xbox
The good news is thatGolf Uphas since come down from $500 to its intended price of a cool $6.99, pretty much confirming its original ask was a mistake. One Xbox gamer, Siguardius on Reddit, theorized that Xbox may not allow hidden game listings in its store, and thatGolf Up’s developer listed its yet-to-be-released game at an extremely high price just to get its store page set up. Siguardius added that games are actually purchasable at those inflated prices if gamers are able to catch them before the price is changed. It’s not confirmed whether this is how some developers operate when getting games live on Xbox’s store, and it’s not concretely known whether this is what happened withGolf Up. Nevertheless,fans of golfing games on Xboxcan now pre-orderGolf Upat its intended price.
Xbox doesn’t seem to be slowing down as the middle months of 2025 approach.Doom: The Dark Agesis the next big first-party release coming May 15, andThe Outer Worlds 2seems to be Xbox’s big Fall game. Additionally,Xbox’s Summer showcase is lined up for June 8, where there will likely be even more info about Xbox’s 2025 and beyond.
