There were like 10 seconds of presumably in-engine footage in that trailer (the beginning was CGI). And if you think that part looks worse than Skyrim I dunno.
If anything it was probably the best looking part of that show.
They're not. There's still a team working on it. According to a journalist there were multiple teams working at the company.
- Grounded by Adamn Brennecke
- Unannounced (most likely by Brandon Adler)
- Unannounced (by Chris Parker)
- Outer Worlds team (working on patches, dlc and possibly looking at OW2)
- Sawyer's Project
To be fair, considering the budget that was probably more easily achievable than on an AAA game. They are also not giving numbers yet so who knows how big.
Highest indicator so far was definitly the 3rd PSN place in the US. If you're beating sports games in october in only 6 days that's quite the achievement.
That is... wrong?
Obsidian was purchased by Microsoft before the Epic Deal happened and Obsidian wasn't involved in the Epic deal itself as Private Division has the publishing rights/is responsible for what platforms the game is released on. Which is why the first trailer of the game featured a steam logo, the first big PR interview (Gameinformer) featured them saying it comes to Steam and the switch version is happening (Even though Obsidian approves of that).