I for one have seen enough "bioware product" 2 for obsidian. It

They had no choice. How can you refuse two expansions to games that sold a million copies each? You can

Yes, let's hope the next Obsidian game is fully an Obsidian game. If it's JE2 even i might scream. Or not.

I know exactly what I would like to see Obsidian do for their next game. A Cyberpunk/Post Apacolyptic CRPG set in a dying "fantasy" world. Something dark and gritty, with elves. :D

I for one have seen enough "bioware product" 2 for obsidian. It

"Something dark and gritty, with elves."

 

Add dwarves, and I agree.

Dragon Age 2 was kinda what I

Here's a scenario for you:

 

Bioware enters the publishing field with Dragon Age.

Obsidian comes up with their own IP.

Bioware publishes Obsidian's IP.

Here's a scenario for you:

 

Bioware enters the publishing field with Dragon Age.

Obsidian comes up with their own IP.

Bioware publishes Obsidian's IP.

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Except Bio doesn't even publish their own games.

Doesn't mean that Dragon Age won't be the first. Have they even lined up a publisher for that game yet?

Here's a scenario for you:

 

Bioware enters the publishing field with Dragon Age.

Obsidian comes up with their own IP.

Bioware publishes Obsidian's IP.

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I've wondered that myself over the last 24. DA still doesn't have its own publisher, and Bio is constantly growing. Could they be trying the Blizzard route?

Not to be anal but to quote myself:

 

 

"Here's a SCENARIO for you:

 

Bioware ENTERS the publishing field with Dragon Age."

 

I'm not saying it's likely, but it is possible. Stranger things have happened.

Although there are many games I would love to see Obsidian make, cold, logical reasoning leads me to believe the eventual outcome will end up being KOTOR3. I think hoping for anything else will lead to dissapointment. I think making their own IP would be a luxury for them that they can't afford at this point. I think Atari has already stretched their development funds thin on current projects so I would be very surprised if Obsidian picked up another D&D project now, unless they got BG3. In a couple years it may be another story

rumor:

Bioware is in a publishing deal with MS. Thus the xbox and pc exclusivity of it's titles. I would lay down money that MS publishes DA, barring of course they pass on their first rights of refusal.

  I think making their own IP would be a luxury for them that they can't afford at this point.

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Not buying it. Not every upstart company gets a cashcow IP, and not every upstart company needs one to "get started."

I hope they finally get to make something of their own

I'd like Feargus to go to MCA and be like "Ok, what do you want to do, draw up a proposal and I'll shop it around."

 

Maybe he could bust out that high school RPG he wanted(unless that was a joke). Cash in on the Sims crowd.

Did I mention a Transformers cRPG? :cool:

Don't make it BG3! Then, halfway through the development cycle, Atari will move the forums to Bio's.

Don't make it BG3!  Then, halfway through the development cycle, Atari will move the forums to Bio's.

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How about a fantasy MMORPG then move it to Blizzard forums? With the number of people visiting their forums, just think of the publicity the game would have "

Obsidian has done or inthe process of doing 2 cashcow CRPG. If they did their finances right they can afford to make their own IP. I mean if Troika can do so with their initial game, Obsidian can easily do it for their 3rd.

"Obsidian has done or inthe process of doing 2 cashcow CRPG. If they did their finances right they can afford to make their own IP. I mean if Troika can do so with their initial game, Obsidian can easily do it for their 3rd."

 

Did you notice the fatc that Arcanum bombed, and Troika then rushed out and did two licensed products and now don't even have a game (as far as we know) officially being devloped and they're busy trying to push their PA idea on any publisher willing to take it? Yeah, Troika's model of business is definitely one that Obsidian wants to follow.

 

R00fles!

I heard Valve spent nearly 40 million dollars on developing Half-Life 2.. I'm not sure Obsidian has that amount of cash just yet. Oh, and that's assuming they aim to create a Half-Life-2-killer RPG..

"Obsidian has done or inthe process of doing 2 cashcow CRPG. If they did their finances right they can afford to make their own IP. I mean if Troika can do so with their initial game, Obsidian can easily do it for their 3rd."

 

Did you notice the fatc that Arcanum bombed, and Troika then rushed out and did two licensed products and now don't even have a game (as far as we know) officially being devloped and they're busy trying to push their PA idea on any publisher willing to take it? Yeah, Troika's model of business is definitely one that Obsidian wants to follow.

 

R00fles!

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You have a point there, but since Obsidian is in a better position than Troika is right now I think it would be a good time to do their own IP. I think that 2 license products for each original IP would be a good ratio for Obsidian.

Oh, I agree. That's why my votes is for their next game to be an original game.if at all possible.

 

Just don't think Troika is the one they should be idiolize business model wise.