>Obsidians The Outer Worlds series second game failed to meet sales expectations and has since then according to insiders last week, will not be getting a third installment. A recent official announcement by Microsoft has since then confirmed the series is officially cancelled.>Avowed, from the same studio, has also been put under the microscope after also failing to meet expectations and now new rumors within the industry and from sources on the inside are speculating it too will be canned leaving the studios future up in the air.Wait -- But I thought these games were selling well. /v/ told me they were doing well. And people kept saying >go woke go br-ACK... Implying the games were doing well.What happened?
LMFAO
>>732247642>removes himself and all of his coworkers from their careersPottery
>>732247550>Selling medicore games at full priceWhy would you buy this when you can buy much better games like tainted grail and KCD2 for same price or lessThey look like cousin games, something that seems alright but you have no interest in playing it for more than an hour or two
>>732247550Not that they shouldn't, but I'm surprised to see TGA sharing negative news about game(s) (idr if Avowed was shown there) they promoted at their show.
>>732247698In a sense, he succeeded in his objective.
>>732247964TGA is just another of em news slop accounts now
>>732247550Literally stop being assholes to your customers and kill your writers. Thats all you have yo do.
>The Outer World 1 did poorly. A lot of people called it a shit and woke version of Fallout. They double down for the sequel and make it even worse and even more filled with millennial trash writing and quips.They only have themselves to blame.Besides that - what did they expect? The primary fanbases of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Action games are men. Men who like boobies and killing cool shit and looking cool while doing it.None of those people want these ugly pastel colors and weird coral fish people. They want to be a giga chad knight or gorgeous beauty and kill cool looking monsters while epic music is playing.Who were these shitty games even for?
>>732247642finally, a man of his words
How are circlejerktroons handling the news?
>>732247550What?! But Obsidrones told me both games were so cheap that even their low sales were majorly profitable!
>>732248171I think problem with avowed was it wasn't gay enough for women fanbase eithermostly combat focused with no romance for the player
>>732248171Avowed has got to be the most disgusting and unappealing game I've ever played.
>>732248331Problem is it's ugly and they try to pass it off as normal same as DAVi think more people would be accepting of a game if designs were actually ugly like mad magzine cartoons
>>732247550I thought that they'd confirmed an Avowed sequel was in production already. If that gets binned, is there anything else they could pivot towards?
>>732249875The unemployment line, hopefully.
>>732251213I don’t want them being subsidized by my taxes anymore than they likely already were. Fuck them.
>>732249875there's a small team that has been making grounded and now grounded 2, which are great little games, I hope they get to keep their jobs and the rest get canned
Obsidian has always been slop.People are only finally waking up to it, rather than give it a pass because they were desperate for crpgs
>>732247550Don't worry guys I've been mailing bags of my own shit to random addresses in China.
>>732247550Rate xbox's rpg studios
>>732247550Nobody ever gave a shit about Obsidian. Gamers only pretended to like Obsidian when complaining about Bethesda. You can't find a single praise for Obsidian that doesn't mention Bethesda. In the end Obsidian can only survive in Todd's shadow.
>>732247642the sad part is the company *burning wouldn't affect him personally. he's still set for life and probably owns multiple cars and houses.*if that's even true, failed to meet sales expectations can still mean turning a profit
awesome just as expectedBUT why is the TGA twitter reporting on shit like this?
>>732255807That's not true. People used to like Obsidian because they were desperate for crpgs and they were ex-Bioware devs who worked on Baldur's Gate and Planescape Torment and shit.People who liked Obsidian typically loved Avellone's barely-disguised-self-insert shit who thought they were much more clever than they were.
>>732247642It's amazing how terrible this dude was for the game. They spend a HUGE amount of assets making gay face fungus for the main character which isn't even visible when you're running around doing shit.And when I say gay face fungus, I mean literally homoseexual looking fungus.
>>732247642Fucking idiot. Glad it bombed.
>>732248267Last I checked they were trying to get people to shoot ice and also coming up with shit from the 'files that Alex Jones knew a decade ago. >>732249875Grounded 2. Something POE related. any bethesda sloppy seconds game. Using assets from other xbox properties in some cheap game with their RPG logic.Since they produce games on a regular basis without big delays or big budget overruns, I think they'll just throw some sort of shit together for the subscription service.
>>732255343ShitShit (bigger pile)Who?
>>732247550>Unreal Engine 5eww miss me with that shit
>>732255343I remember when XBox pushed for JRPGs in the 360 era with Mistwalker and I think one other Japanese company? Maybe it was just Mistwalker.I don't expect Microsoft to actually support this, and to eventually drop it like they do.
Enjoyed ToW2, still pirated it though. Really it's just a series of incremental improvements from the first game, but nothing impressive at all for the genre, and I still skipped through 95% of the dialogue, which is about as if not more verbose. If they had hired a different set of writers people would appreciate the game a lot more and this isn't remotely an exaggeration.
>>732248171They fell for the DEI scam. They were told by consultants that adding characters that are not usually in games will attract a new audience.
I said it before and I'll say it again: New Vegas was a wonderful fluke.
>>732247550The gay stuff was the least of Avowed’s problems. The gameplay was just boring and generic as possible. Not as bad as Starfield which is literally unplayable but it makes you wonder wtf they were doing.
kek
>>732249875I don't think we ever got official confirmation. Also, "failing to meet sales expectations" doesn't say much. Microsoft has put a 30% profit margin target for their Xbox studios so Avowed could be doing 20% profit and still fail to meet their expectations.
>>732257205>*phil spencer screaming in the distance*
>>732248171>They double down for the sequel and make it even worseLiterally everything about the second game is better than the first including the writing and companions (still not great).Not worth $80or $70or $60or $50or $40or $30maybe a cheeky $20 after a few beers.
>>732247550>Avowed>The Outer WorldsMight be the most MEDIOCRE games I've seen in a long time.
>>732248171>None of those people want these ugly pastel colors and weird coral fish people.Do not be rude, everyone is valuable when it comes to exterminatus targets
>>732256790>They fell for the DEI scamthey ARE the DEI scam
>>732257589it's because obsidian cannot make interesting games at face value. tow is not a good fps and avowed is not a good action game. they basically never changed "just serviceable enough" approach to gameplay in their rpgs and that shit doesn't cut it anymore.
>>732247642What a way to find that words have power.
>it's bad but it broke new ground!>Sure they hastily undid a leveled upgraded gun system to a flat grey quality only and 5 whole usable guns but...>Yeah companions no longer use gear because you chuds kept putting them in heavy armor with machine guns but don't you like the combat variety of every companion being downed instantly?????!? >Yeah they removed companion kill commands and replaced it with nothing but don't you like getting a useless heal or minor buff every 90 seconds instead >Just don't read or listen to the game >Now it's not worth $90 or even $80 or $70 or $60 or $40 but it's free on gamespass sar and for $20...Every thread. How are they still paying your subcontinent to post
