The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed underperformed for developer Obsidian, however the studio is not letting that discourage it from making extra video games within the Avowed universe, based on a brand new report.
Talking to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Obsidian head Feargus Urquhart says that each motion RPGs did not promote in addition to the studio’s proprietor Microsoft hoped, though he says neither sport was a “catastrophe” for Obsidian.
As a substitute, Urquhart says the sensation inside Obsidian was extra geared in direction of what classes the studio might take from the 2 video games’ relative failure in gross sales phrases. In keeping with Urquhart, The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed’s unhealthy efficiency led his studio to “assume loads about how a lot we put into the video games, how a lot we spend on them, how lengthy they take”.
A part of that aim is to chop down Obsidian’s manufacturing pipeline to simply three or 4 years per sport; based on Schreier’s report, each Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 took round six years to make, and that is partly why Microsoft had such excessive expectations for them.
The Outer Worlds 2’s disappointing gross sales standing does not appear to have been impacted by the sport being offered for $70 moderately than $80, though gross sales might nicely have been negatively affected by the very fact the sport was launched on Sport Cross on day one, like all new Xbox Studios releases are.
Regardless of these two video games’ relative failure, Obsidian’s cloud did have a silver lining in 2025 within the type of Grounded 2, which proved a success. Maybe relatedly, the sport additionally took loads much less time to make, based on Obsidian and Schreier.
Obsidian says it is not planning to make any extra Outer Worlds video games in future, however that extra video games within the Avowed universe are coming (which additionally means extra video games within the Pillars of Eternity universe, technically).
If you would like to remind your self of what we considered The Outer Worlds 2, you may take a look at our assessment right here, and our assessment of Avowed will be discovered proper right here.
