Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Duraframe300]

List of Obsidian projects:

1. Delaware - Knights of the Old Republic II
2. Pennsylvania - Neverwinter Nights 2
3. New Jersey - Dwarfs (Cancelled)
4. Georgia - Alpha Protocol
5. Connecticut - Aliens: Crucible (Cancelled)
6. Massachusetts - Mask of the Betrayer
7. Maryland - Dungeon Siege III
8. South Carolina - Storm of Zehir
9. New Hampshire - Fallout: New Vegas
10. Virginia - Xbox Live Arcade Action-RPG (Cancelled)
11. New York - South Park: The Stick of Truth
12. North Carolina - Stormlands (Cancelled)
13. Rhode Island - ???
14. Vermont - Tyranny
15. Kentucky - Prey 2 (Cancelled)
16. Tennessee - Pathfinder Adventures
17. Ohio - Armored Warfare
18. Louisiana - Pillars of Eternity II
19. Indiana - The Outer Worlds
20. Mississippi - ???
21. Illinois - ???
22. Alabama - Avowed
23. Maine - Grounded
24. Missouri - Pentiment
25. Arkansas - The Outer Worlds 2

3. Trenton - Pillars of Eternity

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With the hire of Ken Le Saint as a 3D Artist (Portfolio: Here) Obsidian is back at 120 people according to Linkedin (Which isn't too accurate, but a good measurment for hiring people). With this they are back at around pre-march layoffs 2012 level that cost 20-30 people their jobs (Including resident George Ziets).

And apparently in a better finiancial situation too, considering they have a full workload at the moment (SP, Next-Gen RPG, Project: Eternity, russian money from the services provided for Skyforge).

 

[abnaxus]

'k

 

[sea]

You just jinxed it by posting this thread, jerk.

 

[laclongquan]

 

[Duraframe300]

You just jinxed it by posting this thread, jerk.

Layoffs incoming in 5,4,3,2...

 

[Darth Roxor]

But can they recover from last year's big playoffs?

 

[DragoFireheart]

If they sever all ties to shit publishers like EA and focus on kickstarter games, they'll be fine.

 

[mindx2]

If they sever all ties to shit publishers like EA and focus on kickstarter games, they'll be fine.

120 employees and only Kickstarter.... does not compute.

 

[DragoFireheart]

120 employees and only Kickstarter.... does not compute.

I could be a betting man and claim that one kickstarter would yield them more profits than making a game for a publisher. They got nearly 4 million from that one kickstarter project.

What's to stop them from having other kickstarter projects?

 

[Infinitron]

120 employees and only Kickstarter.... does not compute.

I could be a betting man and claim that one kickstarter would yield them more profits than making a game for a publisher. They got nearly 4 million from that one kickstarter project.

What's to stop them from having other kickstarter projects?

It's not exactly an achievement to make more than zero profit.

BTW Obsidian has never actually worked with EA

 

[undecaf]

If there is indeed an influx of publisher interest in old school cRPG's, I wouldn't mind Obsidian trying out that path. Not for a bunch of sequels or spiritual successors, though, but rather something new (where there is less novelty value to fish buck from KS).

 

[evdk]

If there is indeed an influx of publisher interest in old school cRPG's, I wouldn't mind Obsidian trying out that path. Not for a bunch of sequels or spiritual successors, though, but rather something new (where there is less novelty value to fish buck from KS).

120 employees, relying only on KS money AND solely original IP? Does not compute even more.

 

[undecaf]

If there is indeed an influx of publisher interest in old school cRPG's, I wouldn't mind Obsidian trying out that path. Not for a bunch of sequels or spiritual successors, though, but rather something new (where there is less novelty value to fish buck from KS).

120 employees, relying only on KS money AND solely original IP? Does not compute even more.

What? I didn't say that?

Just that I wouldn't mind seeing them make an old school cRPG (that isn't a sequel) with a publisher .

 

[evdk]

That clearly didn't stop me from reading it! QUIT BEING CONFUSING!!!

(Seriously sorry, a reading comprehension fail on my part)

 

[ColCol]

The way karma works you now ensured something worse will happen than just future layoffs, like a plane will crash into their building or some shit. Sawyer will survive of course because dying is such a human thing and he will go on to create the bicycle racing rpg he always wanted.

 

[evdk]

The way karma works you now ensured something worse will happen than just future layoffs, like a plane will crash into their building or some shit. Sawyer will survive of course because dying is such a human thing and he will go on to create the bicycle racing rpg he always wanted.

MCA should actually survive that and then spend two days wandering aimlessly around the crash site, missing all the rescue workers and dying of exposure.

 

[DragoFireheart]

MCA should actually survive that and then spend two days wandering aimlessly around the crash site, wondering who he is and why there's a floating skull talking to him.

 

[ColCol]

He probably be relieved that he doesn't have to play Arcanum anymore.

 

[Rake]

 

[Destroid]

At 120 employees I'm sure their burn rate can't be far off (or in excess of) 1 million USD per month, they would need to do a lot of kickstarters to last until Eternity is finished.

 

[DragoFireheart]

At 120 employees I'm sure their burn rate can't be far off (or in excess of) 1 million USD per month, they would need to do a lot of kickstarters to last until Eternity is finished.

What?

If the average salary at Obsidian is 50,000, that would be $6,000,000 per year to pay the employees. So, that 3 mill could cover them for a good 5-6 months.

We're also not taking into account any of their own assets they may have saved up to help them weather tough economic times. I doubt Obsidian needs all 120 people working on that game.

 

[Infinitron]

We actually already know that Obsidian has a burn rate of around one million per month. Duraframe300 or Roguey can locate the quote.

 

[evdk]

What?

If the average salary at Obsidian is 50,000, that would be $6,000,000 per year to pay the employees. So, that 3 mill could cover them for a good 5-6 months.

We're also not taking into account any of their own assets they may have saved up to help them weather tough economic times. I doubt Obsidian needs all 120 people working on that game.

Rent. Utilities. Taxes. Other expenses. Come on.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

Is Derpaframe300 an unofficial Obsidian's spokeperson, or just a dumb obsessed fanboi? He post as a whole Obsidian's Roguey.

 

[Shadenuat]

So... when does that South Park RPG come out?