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Xbox didn't charge $80 for The Outer Worlds 2, but Microsoft still has to run a "healthy business" moving forward
News Pricing remains a tricky balance to strike
The Outer Worlds 2 director says Obsidian looks at "everything" available when starting a new project
News But I have a feeling the studio is going to stick to originals for a while yet
Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd love to get there"
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The Outer Worlds 2 director's stance on AI is that "Obsidian should never outsource the things that it's amazing at," like the famed RPG dev's knack for good writing
News "You don't outsource the things you're good at to AI."
The Outer Worlds 2 lead says his RPG isn't a critique of capitalism, but Baldur's Gate 3's publishing lead isn't so sure: "Expression in video games is cooked"
News "...because the puppet master still holds the strings"
The Outer Worlds 2 director bravely says Chrono Trigger is "the best JRPG ever and it's not even close" - and that it doesn't get enough credit for being one of the only ones where "you don't actually have to grind"
News "The pacing on it is just amazing"
The Outer Worlds 2 director doesn't want games to be "preachy," but the RPG's capitalist satire strikes a nerve "because this thing happens all the damn time, and we're just seeing it over and over on a loop"
News "I'll say, to Microsoft's benefit, or to kind of put them in a good light here, they didn't ever say anything to us"
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is behind The Outer Worlds 2's more "mathematical" and "derisive" radio lectures, and it might be because of his YouTube videos: "Wait, why are you asking me to do this?"
News Cain also consulted on Obsidian's sequel
