Woolvey

If they make a console version I want to be able to jump at a flag pole for extra gold as I enter my stronghold

I think the question is more about whether the money will fund the required effort. $4m is committed upfront and really only needs to cover payroll. There should be funding on the back end too. 74,000 people have purchased the game already, but BG and BG2 had 2m sales each. There's scope for many more sales (and pre-sales). There is also scope for money from merchandising and possible licensing of gameworld concepts and content for other purposes (Novels were created from the BG stories, within the existing Forgotten Realms world, and there are novels based on the DIablo world). To Obsidian, this is a 'must achieve' goal. Their credibility is shot if they fail. If they succeed, $10m+ for their next big project becomes a realistic goal.