The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition - Obsidian's first-person sci-fi RPG set in a corporate space colony

[rusty_shackleford]

And here I am, still waiting for patches to fix nwn2 bugs

 

[Nano]

Three weeks to get 5 fixes in?

It took 4 months for Alpha Protocol to get its only patch.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Sure but that was millenia ago, you couldn't get away with that shit nowadays.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Sure but that was millenia ago, you couldn't get away with that shit nowadays.

Ever heard of a company called Bethesda?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Sure but that was millenia ago, you couldn't get away with that shit nowadays.

Ever heard of a company called Bethesda?

Well didn't exactly get away with it did they? That's how this little thing called TOW became a mainstream hit.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Well didn't exactly get away with it did they? That's how this little thing called TOW became a mainstream hit.

After 10+ years of releasing bug fest game that had bugs that existed since Morrowind yet got GOTY left and right , their shittiest , cash grab and MP garbage finally get people to angry on them. They did get away with a shiton tbh.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

From Take-Two’s earnings release today (the quarter they’re reporting only goes through September, so this is just a bit of color about the current quarter):

On October 25th, Private Division launchedThe Outer Worlds for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, The Outer Worlds marks the reunion of Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the original creators of Fallout, who have introduced an entirely new single-player sci-fi RPG experience. A critical and commercial success, The Outer Worlds is exceeding our expectations and reviews have been outstanding, with GameSpot giving the game 9 out of 10, Game Informer 9.25 out of 10 and EGM a perfect 5 out of 5. In early 2020, The Outer Worlds will be released for Nintendo Switch.

I’m not sure if they’ve disclosed what their expectations were, but it’s a material statement so they’re not lying. If the game sold badly, they just wouldn’t mention commercial performance.

For reference, this is how Take-Two talks about the other Private Division game, the one that bombed:

On August 27th, Private Division launchedAncestors: The Humankind Odyssey for digital-download on PC.

· The title is the first release from Panache Digital Games, the studio co-founded by Patrice Désilets, the original creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.

· Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey was lauded by the media for its sophistication and unique approach to the survival category, and will be available for digital download on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on December 6th.

Notice nothing in there about sales whatsoever even though it came it during the quarter.

The TTWO conference call starts in a little bit. I wouldn’t expect them to say much about Outer Worlds on the call unless the numbers were truly spectacular, because otherwise it’s a drop in the bucket.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

From Take-Two’s earnings release today (the quarter they’re reporting only goes through September, so this is just a bit of color about the current quarter):

On October 25th, Private Division launchedThe Outer Worlds for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, The Outer Worlds marks the reunion of Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the original creators of Fallout, who have introduced an entirely new single-player sci-fi RPG experience. A critical and commercial success, The Outer Worlds is exceeding our expectations and reviews have been outstanding, with GameSpot giving the game 9 out of 10, Game Informer 9.25 out of 10 and EGM a perfect 5 out of 5. In early 2020, The Outer Worlds will be released for Nintendo Switch.

I’m not sure if they’ve disclosed what their expectations were, but it’s a material statement so they’re not lying. If the game sold badly, they just wouldn’t mention commercial performance.

For reference, this is how Take-Two talks about the other Private Division game, the one that bombed:

On August 27th, Private Division launchedAncestors: The Humankind Odyssey for digital-download on PC.

· The title is the first release from Panache Digital Games, the studio co-founded by Patrice Désilets, the original creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.

· Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey was lauded by the media for its sophistication and unique approach to the survival category, and will be available for digital download on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on December 6th.

Notice nothing in there about sales whatsoever even though it came it during the quarter.

The TTWO conference call starts in a little bit. I wouldn’t expect them to say much about Outer Worlds on the call unless the numbers were truly spectacular, because otherwise it’s a drop in the bucket.

Source?

 

[Starwars]

Isn't the way it usually works that the publisher controls how much work is done on patches for a game?

Pillars was their own shit pretty much and driven by the crowdfunding. Guessing whoever publishes (Private Division?) this game isn't going to allow for even close to the same type of postlaunch support. I'm guessing some bug fixes, some additional patch where they maybe introduce some new stuff and then get out. Unless there's DLCs in the cards later on I suppose.
Then again I guess it's going to get a "second launch" for STEAM and GOG later on so who knows.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Yeah I'm suspecting this might be the case, sadly. Pillars was their in-house project so they had every motivation to support it and keep the fanbase engaged. Private Division obviously has no financial incentive to pay for long-term support of Microsoft's brand and DLC sales would be a drop in the bucket for them. It's a curious situation really, hopefully they'll figure out some agreement and TOW1 won't be left for dead with team moving straight to work on a sequel or something.

 

[Infinitron]

Source?

It looks like Kyl has gotten his hands on an early transcript of Take-Two's quarterly earnings call. There should be one out publicly soon.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/07/take-two-the-outer-worlds-is-outperforming-expectations/

Take-Two: The Outer Worlds is ‘outperforming expectations’

Publisher Take-Two Interactive says that it is happy with the launch of The Outer Worlds. Take-Two subsidiary Private Division published the space role-playing adventure from developer Obsidian on October 25. That put it outside of the company’s Q2 earnings reporting period, but Take-Two said that the game should have a noticeable impact on its Q3 results.

“It’s outperforming our expectations handily,” Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick said today on a conference call with investors. “We’re very happy.”

Zelnick went on to say that the company wouldn’t provide any specific numbers because it’s too early.

But in Take-Two’s Q2 earnings release, Zelnick cited The Outer Worlds as one of the reasons the company is raising its guidance for the year.

“The third quarter is off to a solid start with the launches of The Outer Worlds, Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, and WWE 2K20,” said Zelnick. “And we will bolster our holiday line-up with offerings for Google Stadia and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.”

The Outer Worlds is out now for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. It has players making decisions, meeting characters, and going on quests in a distant solar system. The game takes a lot of cues from the Fallout series, which Obsidian worked on previously. Fans are responding positively to the game, and that includes GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson, who reviewed it.

It was the No. 3 most downloaded PlayStation Network game in October, according to Sony. It’s also a huge part of Xbox Game Pass for both Xbox One and PC. So anyone who has a subscription to those services can play the new game at no additional charge.

Finally, Take-Two said The Outer Worlds is coming to Switch before March 31, 2020.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

It looks like Kyl has gotten his hands on an early transcript of Take-Two's quarterly earnings call. There should be one out publicly soon.

Well , it's already up on Reddit. Anyway , thanks. Glad to see Obsidian doing well finally. Leonard must be like ''Why the fuck people this game so much... It's like 30% of what i actually wanted to do...''

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

More downloads than FIFA20? Holy momma.

 

[oregano12]

Well, guess thats some DLCs and maybe The Outer Worlds 2 confirmed. You guys know the mantra: "hopefully they will fix this in the sequel".

 

[LizardWizard]

The Outer Worlds 2 confirmed

Tim will now have enough clout to implement glorious Arcanum-esque crafting system. The Dumb dialogues being so well-received they can maybe go all in on beefy reactive backgrounds with proper funding.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

looks like Kyl has gotten his hands on an early transcript of Take-Two's quarterly earnings call. There should be one out publicly soon.

If only. I just looked up the press release when they made it available to the public around 4:30pm EST: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/two-interactive-software-inc-reports-210500965.html

Zelnick telling us that TOW’s “handily beating expectations” would be more meaningful if we knew what they’d been forecasting, but obviously it’s good. The bigger deal is citing TOW as one of the reasons he raised his full year forecast.

IMO, the most important takeaway for Obsidian: Take-Two’s forecasting $2.8 billion (plus or minus fifty mil) in net bookings for the current fiscal year, which ends March 31st. Management predicts Private Division will account for 10% of that, so $280 million. AFAIK, PD doesn’t have anything else coming out in the next five months.

So from this April through next March, Take-Two believes it will make $280 mil from Kerbal Space Program, Outer Worlds, and Ancestors.

They got some money up front from Epic for Ancestors, then the game bombed. I know Kerbal is very popular, but it’s also four years old. If TOW ends up accounting for, say, half of private division’s sales (conservative estimate?), that makes it a $140 million game. Would translate to 2.3 million full price copies (more, obviously, taking into account any regional pricing), but Gamepass makes it harder to calculate since we don’t know what Microsoft’s paying them.

This is all back of the envelope guesstimation. Still, even with more conservative assumptions, the game’s a hit.

 

[Roguey]

There's also difficulty, which came as a surprise

Did it, Tim, did it really

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

And Kerbal 2 got delayed to Q2 2020 at the latest, so they've got nothing else in the pipeline apart from TOW really.

 

[Bonerbill]

Source?

It looks like Kyl has gotten his hands on an early transcript of Take-Two's quarterly earnings call. There should be one out publicly soon.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/07/take-two-the-outer-worlds-is-outperforming-expectations/

Take-Two: The Outer Worlds is ‘outperforming expectations’

Publisher Take-Two Interactive says that it is happy with the launch of The Outer Worlds. Take-Two subsidiary Private Division published the space role-playing adventure from developer Obsidian on October 25. That put it outside of the company’s Q2 earnings reporting period, but Take-Two said that the game should have a noticeable impact on its Q3 results.

“It’s outperforming our expectations handily,” Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick said today on a conference call with investors. “We’re very happy.”

Zelnick went on to say that the company wouldn’t provide any specific numbers because it’s too early.

But in Take-Two’s Q2 earnings release, Zelnick cited The Outer Worlds as one of the reasons the company is raising its guidance for the year.

“The third quarter is off to a solid start with the launches of The Outer Worlds, Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, and WWE 2K20,” said Zelnick. “And we will bolster our holiday line-up with offerings for Google Stadia and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.”

The Outer Worlds is out now for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. It has players making decisions, meeting characters, and going on quests in a distant solar system. The game takes a lot of cues from the Fallout series, which Obsidian worked on previously. Fans are responding positively to the game, and that includes GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson, who reviewed it.

It was the No. 3 most downloaded PlayStation Network game in October, according to Sony. It’s also a huge part of Xbox Game Pass for both Xbox One and PC. So anyone who has a subscription to those services can play the new game at no additional charge.

Finally, Take-Two said The Outer Worlds is coming to Switch before March 31, 2020.

We're getting a sequel. Haters on suicide watch.

 

[jf8350143]

Why would people complain the board is "too evil" in this game? Aren't siding with them suppose to be the evil path? Feels like complain a star war game to not have morally grey sith lords.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Why would people complain the board is "too evil" in this game? Aren't siding with them suppose to be the evil path? Feels like complain a star war game to not have morally grey sith lords.

And they aren't even that evil.

 

[fantadomat]

Why would people complain the board is "too evil" in this game? Aren't siding with them suppose to be the evil path? Feels like complain a star war game to not have morally grey sith lords.

I never find them evil,just incredibly retarded and incompetent.

 

[fantadomat]

Tho i must admit that killing them off felt very good,they did remind me a lot of the EU leadership.

 

[Jezal_k23]

Source?

It looks like Kyl has gotten his hands on an early transcript of Take-Two's quarterly earnings call. There should be one out publicly soon.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/07/take-two-the-outer-worlds-is-outperforming-expectations/

Take-Two: The Outer Worlds is ‘outperforming expectations’

Publisher Take-Two Interactive says that it is happy with the launch of The Outer Worlds. Take-Two subsidiary Private Division published the space role-playing adventure from developer Obsidian on October 25. That put it outside of the company’s Q2 earnings reporting period, but Take-Two said that the game should have a noticeable impact on its Q3 results.

“It’s outperforming our expectations handily,” Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick said today on a conference call with investors. “We’re very happy.”

Zelnick went on to say that the company wouldn’t provide any specific numbers because it’s too early.

But in Take-Two’s Q2 earnings release, Zelnick cited The Outer Worlds as one of the reasons the company is raising its guidance for the year.

“The third quarter is off to a solid start with the launches of The Outer Worlds, Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, and WWE 2K20,” said Zelnick. “And we will bolster our holiday line-up with offerings for Google Stadia and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.”

The Outer Worlds is out now for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. It has players making decisions, meeting characters, and going on quests in a distant solar system. The game takes a lot of cues from the Fallout series, which Obsidian worked on previously. Fans are responding positively to the game, and that includes GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson, who reviewed it.

It was the No. 3 most downloaded PlayStation Network game in October, according to Sony. It’s also a huge part of Xbox Game Pass for both Xbox One and PC. So anyone who has a subscription to those services can play the new game at no additional charge.

Finally, Take-Two said The Outer Worlds is coming to Switch before March 31, 2020.

How would a sequel work? Would it be Microsoft published? Xbox/PC exclusive?

 

[Trashos]

Why would people complain the board is "too evil" in this game? Aren't siding with them suppose to be the evil path? Feels like complain a star war game to not have morally grey sith lords.

I don't know if they are too evil, but was it supposed to be about good vs evil?

Take Underrail's Protectorate vs Free Drones factions. Who are the good and who are the evil? You are allowed to judge, but the game doesn't judge them for you.