Avowed missed sales goals, but Obsidian's RPG still beat huge games like Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in daily Xbox player count last year

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Avowed might have missed sales targets, but Obsidian Entertainment's modest fantasy RPG thankfully found success in other ways.

Obsidian CEO and co-founder Feargus Urquhart recently opened up about how Avowed and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 both underwhelmed parent company Microsoft Gaming, at least in terms of how many raw copies each sold. "They're not disasters. I'm not going to say this was a kick in the teeth," he said about the duo. "It was more like: 'That sucks. What are we learning?'"

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Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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