Obsidian raised a million dollars in a day on Kickstarter

Started by MadImmortalMan, September 18, 2012, 01:08:45 PM

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crazy canuck

#15
September 19, 2012, 12:59:57 PM
Quote from: grumbler on September 19, 2012, 12:55:40 PM
Quote from: Faeelin on September 18, 2012, 06:56:09 PM
My understanding is Obsidian didn't do too well out of New Vegas, because they didn't get a high enough Metacritic review to make a bonus they would have in their contract, but I read that here and so it could be wrong.

That was my understanding as well, but the lesson to be learned there is not to agree to MOEs like that, not to stop making games with the contractee.  Obsidian lost the bonus because they signed a contract with a clause that made it too hard to earn the bonus.  That's on them.

You are assuming that a different contractual arrangment was available that they were not bright enough to negotiate.  It could very well be that they tried but could not get better contractual terms and that is why they have decided to fund their new game in a different manner.

Pedrito

#16
September 20, 2012, 07:47:57 AM
It's already over 1,6 millions. This is going well  :)

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grumbler

#17
September 20, 2012, 08:26:38 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 19, 2012, 12:59:57 PM
You are assuming that a different contractual arrangment was available that they were not bright enough to negotiate.  It could very well be that they tried but could not get better contractual terms and that is why they have decided to fund their new game in a different manner.

You are assuming that Obsidian had to sign a contract, period.  I am assuming only that they were not forced to sign the contract.  Even if the choice were to sign the offered contract or not to sign it, if Obsidian signed the contract and then lost money, they chose poorly in signing.

Going forward, they can either learn from their mistake (if it was one), or not.  BethSoft can then either sweeten the deal if necessary, or not get Obsidian's services.  That's how bids, offers, and contracts work.
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#18
September 20, 2012, 08:31:16 AM
I'm reminded of EUOT when one of the Swedetards didn't agree with me that musicians weren't forced to sign crappy record deals.
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Valmy

#19
October 10, 2012, 12:18:53 PM
It looks like they will get the Mask of the Betrayer band back together if they get to 2.8 million.  That would be pretty awesome if any of you guys want to contribute and haven't yet.
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#20
October 11, 2012, 05:28:44 PM
Man it is just shooting up today!  Thanks to any of you guys who contributed.  Probably going to up my pledge on the last day.
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Syt

#21
October 12, 2012, 12:16:51 PM
Well, I paid my part (went with the 25$ option, because the other tiers didn't really have much I was interested in).

Looking forward to hopefully, maybe, receiving a good product in, uhm, 18 months or so.
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garbon

#22
October 12, 2012, 01:40:37 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 10, 2012, 12:18:53 PM
It looks like they will get the Mask of the Betrayer band back together if they get to 2.8 million.  That would be pretty awesome if any of you guys want to contribute and haven't yet.

So that's happening now. Pretty crazy jump since yesterday. :D
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#23
October 12, 2012, 10:58:17 PM
Yep really excited.  MOTB was just the sort of structure I want to see in CRPG plots so great to get that entire writing team working on this project.

It will probably top 3 million tommorow.
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Syt

#24
October 15, 2012, 03:48:20 AM
Well, they're at 3.15 Million - they got another big surge. over night. I would love to see them reach 3.5M (at which point they'd add another Baldur's Gate sized city), but I guess that's unlikely in the remaining under two days. :lol:
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Zanza

#25
October 15, 2012, 02:59:58 PM
Okay, I gave them my $25. I really would like to see another Baldur's Gate like game and if it has two big cities, all the better. I am hopeful they'll make it to 3.5 million. Right now, just $250.000 missing, but apparently they have another $90.000 from PayPal, so $3.5 million looks feasible in the last day.

Cecil

#26
October 15, 2012, 03:50:46 PM
Money is piling up quite quickly now. 20k in less than an hour. I think we´ll see 3.5 mill easily.

Syt

#27
October 16, 2012, 02:51:30 AM
So they#re at 3.4M with 17 hours to go. Wow.
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Razgovory

#28
October 16, 2012, 03:57:39 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 16, 2012, 02:51:30 AM
So they#re at 3.4M with 17 hours to go. Wow.

I kicked in my two cents (actually 35 bucks).  Part of me thinks this whole kickstarter is a stupid idea, but there is another part of me that extremely encouraged by it.  It gives me the feeling that PC gaming is going in the right direction again.
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Pedrito

#29
October 16, 2012, 07:15:07 AM
Done  :)

Only 40k $ to reach the 3.5M threshold: where's Ed when you need him?

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