Obsidian Entertainment's
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire was another attempt to recreate the magic of
Planescape: Torment and Baldur’s Gate, as the sequel gives your heroes a chance to survive in deep water while exploring the colorful
Deadfire Archipelago.
Deadfire silll features character classes, based on the
Dungeons & Dragons scheme, but the action is set in a more eye-pleasing environment.
According to Dylan Holmes, who claims that he invested $1000 in getting the sequel made, he received the first dividends on Wednesday - $192.67. In his recent tweets, Holmes said that "
the "breakeven" for investors was about 580,000 sales at $50. This tells us they sold about 110,000. RPGs of this sort do have long tails, but at this juncture there is no way investors are recouping the investment."
The fact that Obsidian may be facing some major problems following
Deadfire's underperformance, suggests that the financial security of Microsoft may be very attractive and needed right now. Rare has added more fuel to the speculation that Microsoft will official announce the acquisition of Obsidian today at X018 (that starts in about three hours), as the
Sea of Thieves studio posted two day ago a tweet (that has been delated) announcing that two new "
obsidian" items are coming to the game.
The god Eothas, once thought to be destroyed, returns to life in the form of a titanic statue – nearly killing you as he destroys everything in his path. It’s up to you, the Watcher of Caed Nua, to discover Eothas’ purpose and decide to help or hinder his efforts. With an enormous open world, a massive cast of characters, beautiful hand-painted backgrounds, and a story you can play your way, Obsidian Entertainment is proud to bring you Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS NOW!