Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is being published by Versus Evil according to this press release.
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Pillars of Eternity II - Being Published by Versus Evil
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I don't know, but according to that press release, everyone is thrilled about it.
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Obsidian's relationship with publishers reminds me of girl I know...she gets around if you know what I mean. 
Maybe Paradox wanted to buy the IP and Obsidian didn't want to sell. Versus Evil looks much smaller than Paradox.
Also, Paradox was responsible for the POE console version, Josh didn't seems to be a fan of the concept.
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It may be a simple business decision by Obsidian to keep their options open, and not intended as any sort of negative statement about Paradox. Competition is good for cost control.
Exactly right rjshae. Obsidian and the market know they now have a very valuable product so all the publishers will be putting their best foot forward to try to secure publishing rights. This time around obviously Versus Evil had the best deal.
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PoE might not have sold that well and is not that a beloved product.
Paradox has now a record of attracting notorious products to raise their visibility as a publisher of that kind of products to later release a version of those products.
For example, they attracted M&B to later release War of the roses.
They attracted Sword of the Stars to later release Stellaris. A few other cases.
Paradox has now raised their profile as a publisher for RPGs by attracting PoE, which leads to the incoming releases of RPGs.
Paradox has now a record of attracting notorious products to raise their visibility as a publisher of that kind of products to later release a version of those products.
For example, they attracted M&B to later release War of the roses.
They attracted Sword of the Stars to later release Stellaris. A few other cases.
Paradox has now raised their profile as a publisher for RPGs by attracting PoE, which leads to the incoming releases of RPGs.
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It depends on what you consider "selling well" and "not that beloved". The sales numbers and ratings are not that different from "Divinity: Original Sin".
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Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition is masterpiece! Don't get me wrong Pillars of Eternity is very good old school RPG but DOSEE is on whole different level. ;-)
Fool. As of Jan 2017 it had sold just over 1 million units and it looks like now it is at over 1.2 million units. This is EXCLUDING console sales.
Not only that Pillars 2 was incredibly successful in crowd funding - if people didn't like part one that this wouldn't of happened. Ignore mode on.
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Never heard of this publisher.
They published the Banner Saga and Bedlam. Most of the things they've published are only a few years old, so I'm guessing they're pretty new at the publishing thing.
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A new publishing structure, how established is a question, makes better offers than a well established older one.
Ratings mean little. For the not that beloved thing, it means that it does not take much time and effort to find points of view that show something other than belovedness. For example, PoE is not that popular on this forum.
It matters in some way as PoE 2 comes after PoE1, which influences the purchase of PoE1.
Ratings mean little. For the not that beloved thing, it means that it does not take much time and effort to find points of view that show something other than belovedness. For example, PoE is not that popular on this forum.
It matters in some way as PoE 2 comes after PoE1, which influences the purchase of PoE1.
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Paradox, the company that develops my beloved grand strategy games (Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4, etc), but also has a publishing branch that publishes games.
Ah, I see. I had always thought that Paradox was publishing by themselves. I always read "Paradox" on the packages ...
But ... this sounds strange for me : Developer uses publishing branch of publisher to get a game published ... ?
But ... this sounds strange for me : Developer uses publishing branch of publisher to get a game published ... ?
Yes, PDS (Paradox Development Studio) is the branch that develops the strategy games (Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Stellaris, Victoria and others), and PI is the one that publishes all sorts of games (like Cities Skylines, Pillars of Eternity 1, Magicka), and they obviously also publish their PDS games.
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I guess Paradox has more possibilities to bring the games to retail shops. But I also guess that's only important for Europe and I've always got the feeling in most cases it's done by Koch Media/Deep Silver anyway.
To me, the track record of Versus Evil seems good. Small games, some flawed titles (Kyn), but all of them with a special flavor, that makes them unique and at least interesting for a moment. And they clearly have a focus on story games and/or RPGs. I'd say, it's a combination of conditions and working with an american publisher.
To me, the track record of Versus Evil seems good. Small games, some flawed titles (Kyn), but all of them with a special flavor, that makes them unique and at least interesting for a moment. And they clearly have a focus on story games and/or RPGs. I'd say, it's a combination of conditions and working with an american publisher.
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