Games Technica reports on a rumour that Microsoft intends to buy Obsidian Entertainment.
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Obsidian Entertainment - [Rumour] Acquisition by Microsoft
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lostforever
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Hmm I don't see it....
There are so many developers who are "better" than Obsidian out there and I would think MS will be eyeing them. I doubt anyone on xbox is demanding for Obsidian RPG...
There are so many developers who are "better" than Obsidian out there and I would think MS will be eyeing them. I doubt anyone on xbox is demanding for Obsidian RPG...
GuybrushWilco
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I think that with the financial backing of Microsoft, we could see more big budget 3d action RPGs from Obsidian which would have more mass appeal.
Well if it results in ms store exclusive games I won't be buying it; otherwise not sure this is a bad thing.
ChaosTheory
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If true, wouldn't Obsidian need to double in size to appeal to Microsoft, meet deadlines and produce true AAA quality games? At least? The more you dilute, the worse things get. I would think this would be about as devastating as BioWare selling out to EA.
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Beside some RPG MS would not care about and a failed attempt at MMO tanks what would they bring?
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Isn't that new label from 2K helping them with the project?
I'm unbiased about this because now xbox games are coming to PC as well so I don't see them making exclusives.
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lostforever
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Yes true but I just don't see Obsidian pulling off AAA release even with all the money MS can throw at them. There is certain rough edges to their games which I don't believe any kind of money can fix. I think its indication of others issues at Obsidian.
There are many indie games which deliver certain polish which is lacking in Obsidian games. If they are to move to the big league, they need this polish even in their current games but they don't have it.
lostforever
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MS these days seems to be very keen on PC games too. They are sort of "merging" xbox and PC from what I can see so a MS takeover of any developer is good news for PC gamers too and not just xbox gamers.
Farflame
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I will believe it when I see next game from Ninja Theory on PC based on another original idea, not some rehashed stuff.
Please no, please no... 
Lucky Day
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It makes a lot of sense for both companies in spite of some of the past history. Obsidian has only ever been as (financial) good as their next game and MS needs reliable, talented studios. MS doesn't have a habit of nurturing those studios though and tends to drop them if things go unexpected. This could give Obsidian the finances they need for polish and promotion.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of KotOR type clone if this works out.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of KotOR type clone if this works out.
On one hand I heard this rumor before and it was supposed to be EA. On the other hand if true Obsidian did work on a cancelled RPG for Microsoft a years back.
Only downside I foresee is Microsoft will push for their own Universal Windows Platform. So if you hate it now expect to see future Obsidian games on another client.
Only downside I foresee is Microsoft will push for their own Universal Windows Platform. So if you hate it now expect to see future Obsidian games on another client.
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sakichop
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Don’t let MS fool ya. They’re into the Xbox not pc. Bringing straight ports to their walled garden windows store isn’t for the benefit of pc gaming. They want to turn PCs into glorified xboxes and pc gamers into Xbox gamers.
It’s not a mistake that you can’t uninstall the windows 10 Xbox app without hacking windows.
Lucky Day
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MS is probably more interested in mobile too and they can't be happy about the lack of quality the universal platform games have when being run on Windows. They can set the agenda better for studios they own. KotOR is a game that worked extremely well on both XBox and PC.
On a positive note, Obsidian sent me an email a few days back that my physical copy of PoEII is on the way!!!
Bout time I guess the update was correct last week.
