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For Obsidian, you're probably right, at least in the long-term. But for inXile, how can this be anything but a good thing? I liked Torment even though it wasn't anywhere near as good as promised, but Bard's Tale IV just looks bad, and both games were big sales flops. So W3's budget would have had to be gimped as a result of the previous two games not selling, plus its Fig not being super successful. And given that they're trying to shoe-horn co-op multiplayer into it too, it'd probably turn out terrible too. So, W3 would flop then they'd go out of business probably? Now with the MS purchase, at least they will get a chance to do something cool…I guess?Yeah, I have a really hard time picturing how this could mean anything positive for me as a crpg fan.
I'm imagining that either they'll be forced to alter/adapt their style of game making, into something that has much less (or none) interest for me or they'll be pressured to only release on Microsoft Store or on certain MS approved platforms that exclude anything MS wants to exclude.
That Obsidian video really makes me cringe. It sounds so much like the standard, average "heard-a-million-times-before": -Sure, we sold out to the big $$ but lets put a positive spin on it for as long as it's possible to do so. (until they close us down in 3-5)
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