▲ 258 ▼ As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG (www.gamesradar.com) submitted 1 year ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 year ago (1 child) "this is Microsoft fault. Please don't blame us." Gotta say props for having the balls to say that permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) It sounds nice, and yeah, that's primarily publisher responsibility, but developers are allowed to talk to their publishers about pricing strategy. Framing it as if they have zero responsibility is a bit of a cop out. Limited comments and we don't have the full story, but it makes it kind of sound like they didn't even bring it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago We don't know if they tried to "talk" to Microsoft and they said "do as your fucking told." permalink fedilink source parent [–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago Absolutely. Sure Publishers want their cut, but it's an agreement between Dev and pub. This just feels like Bungie blaming Acti-Blizz for all the things people didn't like about Destiny. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kortex64@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago Microsoft isn't their publisher, they're their owner. You're utterly deluded if you think Obsidian is in any capacity to talk the price down with Microsoft, especially after Avowed failed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] katze@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're trying too hard to put the blame on the wrong party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I already addressed that, but more than one party can shoulder blame at the same time, not everything is black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) It sounds nice, and yeah, that's primarily publisher responsibility, but developers are allowed to talk to their publishers about pricing strategy. Framing it as if they have zero responsibility is a bit of a cop out. Limited comments and we don't have the full story, but it makes it kind of sound like they didn't even bring it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago We don't know if they tried to "talk" to Microsoft and they said "do as your fucking told." permalink fedilink source parent [–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago Absolutely. Sure Publishers want their cut, but it's an agreement between Dev and pub. This just feels like Bungie blaming Acti-Blizz for all the things people didn't like about Destiny. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kortex64@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago Microsoft isn't their publisher, they're their owner. You're utterly deluded if you think Obsidian is in any capacity to talk the price down with Microsoft, especially after Avowed failed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] katze@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're trying too hard to put the blame on the wrong party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I already addressed that, but more than one party can shoulder blame at the same time, not everything is black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago We don't know if they tried to "talk" to Microsoft and they said "do as your fucking told." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago Absolutely. Sure Publishers want their cut, but it's an agreement between Dev and pub. This just feels like Bungie blaming Acti-Blizz for all the things people didn't like about Destiny. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kortex64@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago Microsoft isn't their publisher, they're their owner. You're utterly deluded if you think Obsidian is in any capacity to talk the price down with Microsoft, especially after Avowed failed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] katze@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're trying too hard to put the blame on the wrong party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I already addressed that, but more than one party can shoulder blame at the same time, not everything is black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago I already addressed that, but more than one party can shoulder blame at the same time, not everything is black and white. permalink fedilink source parent