Incline Josh Sawyer appreciation station

[PunchYouInTheFace]

I don't see how it can be profitable with 850k net revenue.

Yes, masterbutter. They only sell gaem on steam.

 

[Butter]

I don't see how it can be profitable with 850k net revenue.

Yes, masterbutter. They only sell gaem on steam.

You're right. This has probably been raking in money for GamePass. Dipshit.

 

[rojay]

I don't see how it can be profitable with 850k net revenue.

Yes, masterbutter. They only sell gaem on steam.

Whose alt are you again?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Sawyer said its the game he's worked the longest on in his career - 3 years total active development time.
And apperantly the whole team was senior gamedevs. No interns, no codemonkeys. So 13 highly paid people.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxyVNYFiwvyU5OpSt87G4DqEV4SnyIjE9G?si=q3qFKUPZTnP30v_a

24 months out of that was spent on picking the fonts.

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

Whose alt are you again?

Bobby Kotick.

You're right.

Of kors me am, Masterbater.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So, aside from us picking apart his personality and shitting on him to the point of hoping he never touches a game again, what do lower level folks at Obsidian think of him?

Does anyone know any folks at Obsidian? IHaveHugeNick Didn't you work there at one point or something? Sorry I can't remember.

 

[rojay]

So, aside from us picking apart his personality and shitting on him to the point of hoping he never touches a game again,

For 80% of the people who post in this thread that is the only purpose of this thread.

 

[Grotesque]

I think Anita Sarkeesian mailed him those frames

 

[mediocrepoet]

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I think Anita Sarkeesian mailed him those frames

Oh, what's Rachel Maddow working on now?

 

[Butter]

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We know how Sawyer spends his 200k salary now.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeffrey-dahmer-glasses

The Glasses Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer Wore In Prison Go On Sale For $150,000

 

[Morgoth]

Josh is simply above the narcissistic I AM THE SHIT peasants.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I watched it just because. It was a blurb of an interview, where Sawyer narcissistically says he doesn't have the "pulse" of the modern audience, which is why he wouldn't make a successful RPG in the modern world etc. He even poo-poo'd Baldurs Gate 3 in this dismissive fashion about how much they spent, etc. Overall, it was enlightening in the sense that he's in some weird way acknowledging he's a failure, but not for being a bad game designer and a shitty dev. Rather, it's because he's an "Artiste!" and too out of touch with the modern folks.

Like WTF, does he think he's Kubrik or something? Apparently he does, and the speaker seems to agree with him. Somehow the speaker really liked Pillars, and thinks he's also out of touch with modern audiences, despite basically Pillars being an attempt at a modernized cash grab of the older RTwP games Black Isle used to shit out on the regular. The guy even praised the Icewind Dale series. Get the fuck outta here.

And then he ignorantly refers to Soyer as a "O.G." as if he's got clout or some horseshit. He's at best a second-gen loser. And then this guy has the idiocy to talk even about New Vegas, as if it was solely Soyboy's work. He's a fucking moron.

 

[Artyoan]

Sawyer narcissistically says he doesn't have the "pulse" of the modern audience, which is why he wouldn't make a successful RPG in the modern world etc.

I took this to be Sawyer not wanting to directly admit that the sex-crazed, romance obsessed insanity took crpg's down a path he doesn't personally care for. So he just says he doesn't have the pulse.

 

[Alienman]

Wish he would just come out and say it instead of dancing around the issue. I think Tim Cain kinda did in one of his videos.

 

[Atlantico]

Soyer is out of touch, but not because of what he thinks. Here's the real secret to making good RPGs that people like and plz remember this is top secret information: Make a well constructed fantasy that would make your inner child happy.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Soyer is out of touch, but not because of what he thinks. Here's the real secret to making good RPGs that people like and plz remember this is top secret information: Make a well constructed fantasy that would make your inner child happy.

I inclined this, but unfortunately Soyer's inner child is a fucking autistic tard with no social skills who's into "maths n history" cause he totally thinks he'd be a great german pikeman or doppelsoldner rather than the cabin boy / mermaid replacement on a dutch fishing vessel.

 

[AfterVirtue]

Soyer's inner child is a fucking autistic tard with no social skills who's into "maths n history"

Were it be just that, he could make great games - you must be pretty autistic with your interests to make quality shit, which brings to "Soyer's inner child is an autistic whose talent isn't on par with his autism, and whose ideology mixed with the way his autism works is at odds with both real understanding and fun". The latter being the greater sin, since he is into making games.

 

[Beans00]

The issue with Josh Sawyer, is none of his games are very good. Not many people like them which is why they dont sell well =/

 

[Major_Blackhart]

The issue with Josh Sawyer, is none of his games are very good. Not many people like them which is why they dont sell well =/

The question is when is microsoft gonna clean house at Obsidian.

 

[mediocrepoet]

The issue with Josh Sawyer, is none of his games are very good. Not many people like them which is why they dont sell well =/

The question is when is microsoft gonna clean house at Obsidian.

Oh God, we could see both Obsidian and Bioware get cratered in the same year!

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Listen, I mean it as a legit question. From a business & operations standpoint, I'd like to know what Obsidian contributed to the firm in the last year. Even if it was a cash grab or something else. Does anyone know that info? Should be publicly disclosed. I know some banks are releasing their Q3 details now, so I figure other publicly traded companies would follow suit.

 

[Beans00]

If avowed and TOW 2 flop that will probably be the end of obsidian.

 

[The Nameless One]

Soyer is out of touch, but not because of what he thinks. Here's the real secret to making good RPGs that people like and plz remember this is top secret information: Make a well constructed fantasy that would make your inner child happy.

Hence why he should just be a writer and not a designer/producer.

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I think Anita Sarkeesian mailed him those frames

Looks like a boomerized hipster, before it was cool.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Listen, I mean it as a legit question. From a business & operations standpoint, I'd like to know what Obsidian contributed to the firm in the last year. Even if it was a cash grab or something else. Does anyone know that info? Should be publicly disclosed. I know some banks are releasing their Q3 details now, so I figure other publicly traded companies would follow suit.

You'll never see it. It'd be a footnote of a footnote if it were to exist at all. Gaming in Microsoft is a blip which is why it didn't get much attention from the rest of the corp until they started spending as much money as possible. Obsidian's operations as a whole are a speck.

This is what they said about gaming in the 2023 financial report, regarding a $5.3 billion decrease in revenue.

• Gaming revenue decreased $764 million or 5% driven by declines in Xbox hardware and Xbox content and services. Xbox hardware revenue decreased 11% driven by lower volume and price of consoles sold. Xbox content and services revenue decreased 3% driven by a decline in first-party content, offset in part by growth in Xbox Game Pass.

No one gives a shit about Obsidian. Gaming barely offers more revenue than LinkedIn and probably costs a hell of a lot more.

Revenue segment reporting in 2023

(In millions)
Year Ended June 30,	2023		2022		2021
Server products and cloud services	$79,970		$67,350		$52,589
Office products and cloud services	48,728		44,862		39,872
Windows	21,507		24,732		22,488
Gaming	15,466		16,230		15,370
LinkedIn	15,145		13,816		10,289
Search and news advertising	12,208		11,591		9,267
Enterprise Services	7,722		7,407		6,943
Devices	5,521		7,306		7,143
Dynamics	5,437		4,687		3,754
Other	211		289		373
Total	$211,915		$198,270		$168,088

Notes about Zenimax and ActiBlizz in 2023

ZeniMax Media Inc.

On March 9, 2021, we completed our acquisition of ZeniMax Media Inc. (“ZeniMax”), the parent company of Bethesda Softworks LLC (“Bethesda”), for a total purchase price of $8.1 billion, consisting primarily of cash. The purchase price included $766 million of cash and cash equivalents acquired. Bethesda is one of the largest, privately held game developers and publishers in the world, and brings a broad portfolio of games, technology, and talent to Xbox. The financial results of ZeniMax have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the date of the acquisition. ZeniMax is reported as part of our More Personal Computing segment.

The allocation of the purchase price to goodwill was completed as of December 31, 2021. The major classes of assets and liabilities to which we have allocated the purchase price were as follows:

(In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents	$766
Goodwill	5,510
Intangible assets	1,968
Other assets	121
Other liabilities	(244)
Total	$8,121

Goodwill was assigned to our More Personal Computing segment. The goodwill was primarily attributed to increased synergies that are expected to be achieved from the integration of ZeniMax. None of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Following are details of the purchase price allocated to the intangible assets acquired:

(In millions, except average life)	Amount		Weighted Average Life
Technology-based	$1,341		4 years
Marketing-related	627		11 years
Total	$1,968		6 years

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

On January 18, 2022, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Activision Blizzard”) for $95.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, inclusive of Activision Blizzard’s net cash. Activision Blizzard is a leader in game development and an interactive entertainment content publisher. The acquisition will accelerate the growth in our gaming business across mobile, PC, console, and cloud gaming. The acquisition has been approved by Activision Blizzard’s shareholders. We continue to work toward closing the transaction subject to obtaining required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have jointly agreed to extend the merger agreement through October 18, 2023 to allow for additional time to resolve remaining regulatory concerns.

Notes about the purchase of Obsidian 2017-2019

There weren't any! No one gives a shit about Obsidian!

 

[Inec0rn]

The issue with Josh Sawyer, is none of his games are very good. Not many people like them which is why they dont sell well =/

For me it's predominantly the quests/npc writing etc, also all Obsidian games always have mega cities with hours and hours of boring content.