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The lore tends to be a mix of contradictory on purpose at times, because they like to throw in the unreliable narrator of Imperial History as controlled, redacted, and redefined by various parts of the bureaucracy.

Glad to hear you didn't die, Guard Dog.

Good read Gorth.

Oh, well that's exciting ... I look forward to that conversation as time permits, BruceVC

Thank you. I'M BACK, BITCHES!!

pretty sure outer world would do better if come out now anti bethesda sentiment are as high as it ever was no need to worry about that dying down anytime soon

It did, but it was also caught in „screw Bethesda” train after Fallout76. I am not quite sure how much interest there will still be in Outer Worlds2.

Only Alpha Prololol 2 can save Obsidian now

I am going to do it, I havent forgotten

Imagine being able to talk to animals in the future via ai translators. Would be wild.

All business units and companies owned by Microsoft would have an individual yearly target within Microsoft's main financial target they announce at the beginning of the financial year Thats what all listed companies do and that is what is expected they must achieve for investors and shareholders So Bethesda and Obsidian would have a revenue goal they have to achieve and in gaming that would align with revenue sales once a new game is released I cant imagine it would work any other way? So its not really " Microsoft standards " but an expected agreement how all listed companies function and how smaller companies within the group need to deliver on

at this point only performing well by Microsoft standards matters, and probably even that isn't enough (see Hi-Fi Rush)

didn't outer world perform pretty well by obsidian standard even come out with some enhance edition nonsense later what is the expectation of outer world 2

I've been religiously following his Channel since last year to the point that it's frighten me that he could just... stop uploading.

So... is your contribution on the way yet?

Fantastic news about your health GD, excellent to hear What a great retirement decision, you always spoke about travelling around the US and seeing the national parks. Now you get to do it in good company with Gwen You should create a blog with a one page story about each park, call it something like " A dogs journey around the gardens of the USA " Those types of tourist and interesting stories are always appreciated

With the real name I'll have to revisit my notes on all female veterinarians in that area. I mean, when you first mentioned her I did check all of them online for red flags. You gotta vet vets ya know

Great read about Gorths gaming journey and its a good initiative to see other peoples stories and experiences

Hurlshot is 100% correct, the best way to ensure Obsidian doesn't get restructured or shutdown is for everyone to buy a copy of any game released by Obsidian We can add it to our Steam\GOG list of " games still to be played "

I never like to hear news about any gaming company closing down. But technically the way listed companies are structured its not shareholders who make the decisions about who gets fired, retrenched or a company within the main business gets restructured\shutdown Its the board who decides this and its normally about the overall sustainability and profitability of the business unit. Microsoft would have millions of different shareholders and almost all shareholders have an expectation of a positive return on the share price which is understandable. No one would buy shares if they didnt increase in value because whats the point if they dont ? And the board of every company manages the shareholder relationship which means they have to ensure that every business unit performs and makes its target Its not unreasonable this type of structure and relationship and Redfall was a bad game. So the main difference between a small development company making a bad game and that same company being part of the larger company like Microsoft is there less appetite for making a bad game because you are expected to deliver on results in the latter example But I also imagine the board would have to consider reputational damage, so you dont just shutdown iconic and prestigious studios like Obsidian or Bethesda over one bad game or one initially badly received game They would balance these things

Great story Gorthfuscious. Such an interesting journey and you have been around since the early days so you have seen things progress and advance to the level of gaming from where we are now

Please, please, PLEASE increase the gold card drop rate. My partner and I have logged over 300 hours into this game and we are trying to 100% the game. The gold card drop rate makes the game very grindy and annoyingly repetitive.

You were pretty good at keeping us out of the loop for sometime

By uploading a virus to them?...