Buying Ori and the Blind Forest now while it is on sale and then upgrading to the Definitive Edition at a later time will be cheaper than buying the Definitive Edition for full price.
According to the official Ori and the Blind Forest Twitter account you are better off buying the game right now during the holiday sale and then upgrading later to the Definitive Edition when it releases in Spring 2016.
Xbox and Steam both have sales running right now through the holidays where you can buy the game for 40%-50% off. There is no word yet as to what the price of the Definitive Edition alone is or what the upgrade cost will be.
There is no better time to buy Ori and the Blind Forest than now while its on sale. It is a beautiful and fun platformer that has a lot of heart to it. The Definitive Edition will also include new areas and game mechanics.
Jennifer is a games journalist, former games journalist and PR Manager at Gearbox. They contributed 234 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: went on to write for Windows Central and later managed PR for Gearbox Software.