Obsidian Has No Plans To Make The Outer Worlds 3, Likely Due To Poor Sales

Developer Obsidian precocious announced that it presently has nary plans to make The Outer Worlds 3, according to a study by Bloomberg. Company caput Fergus Urquhart didn't springiness a logic arsenic to why Obsidian won't beryllium moving connected a sequel, but he did statement that nan capacity of The Outer Worlds 2 was "disappointing" and that it needs to "think a batch astir really overmuch we put into nan games, really overmuch we walk connected them and really agelong they take."

Urquhart besides said that Avowed was thing of a miss for nan company, but that it remains committed to nan franchise. Obsidian plans to "keep making games successful nan Avowed universe," but that doesn't needfully mean a morganatic sequel. Avowed is, aft all, group successful nan aforesaid world arsenic Pillars of Eternity.

Obsidian is still moving connected DLC for The Outer Worlds 2, truthful fans person that to look guardant to. Urquhart besides confirmed nan institution is making immoderate DLC for Grounded 2, which was really a hit. It released 3 games past year, which Urquhart said was a bad move for support teams.

“Spacing those releases helps nan institution negociate its resources and not pain everybody out. It’s not bully to merchandise 3 games successful nan aforesaid year. It’s nan consequence of things going wrong," he said.

The developer is besides making immoderate wholly caller games, of which we cognize thing about. As for Avowed, it's coming to PS5 connected February 17. All versions are getting an day update that includes a New Game Plus mode, caller races, caller limb types and more. It's a bully crippled and well worthy nan time of PlayStation fans, particularly those who person dabbled pinch The Elder Scrolls franchise.