“Good enough for game pass”

Laura brings up some excellent points

  • Obsidian shipped on time, after being acquired
  • Obsidian already has outer worlds 2 in the works
  • Obsidian gets the OW team back together

Avowed may not be a win on its own, but in the context of a MS studio it’s a win, and they cleared their plate to focus on OW2.

  • lustyargonian@lemm.eeEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    I hope MSFT sees it like Laura does. However it does look like they’ve been kind and patient with Obsidian so far (pentiment, grounded, Avowed pivots from dark live service to rainbow RPG, and sequel to Outer Worlds, an ok release). They’re definitely happy with regularly shipped games of diverse genres and audiences for GamePass. In a way, a perfect studio for a subscription service.

    • lustyargonian@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      Their other studios on the other hand, oofh.

      • Rare: Ever wild (sea of thieves helps tho)
      • Undead: State of Decay 3 (almost half a decade since announcement)
      • Initiative: Perfect Dark (vertical slice looked good, but maybe that’s all they’ve made so far)
      • Turn10: Forza Motorsport (reboot didn’t do anything it seems)
      • 343/Halo studios: …