With six DLC packs, an Ultimate Edition, and two and a half years since its launch, it’s unlikely that the game stopped there. Let’s not forget that the game made $300 million within its first month of release. So what is the monetary advantage in giving Obsidian this money to create a new Fallout game? While the creative vision of a game is important, video games are a business. If Project Eternity can promise a truly expansive game with a budget of $4.3 million, then it stands to reason that Bethesda would want Obsidian to push themselves that much further, especially with the foundation their work on Eternity has given them.
I believe they wouldn’t put their name on a product that didn’t represent the scope of play that Bethesda is renowned for. So why six million?īethesda is known for its lush production values and immense worlds. Project Eternity, Obsidian’s current Unity Engine RPG, is budgeted at $4.3 million, is roughly identical to the budget for the original Fallout (when adjusted for inflation). Wasteland 2’s budget was approximately $3 million, a game of a similar scope and genre to the first Fallout game. It’s a fair question to ask why I’d pick that specific number. So let’s take a look at the first in a four-part series to help answer this question: Why should Bethesda spend this kind of money for another Obsidian-made Fallout? While I’m looking forward to playing Bethesda’s Fallout 4, Obsidian’s Fallout: New Vegas proves that there’s room for success outside of the main, numbered Fallout titles.
That’s not what I’m asking for in this article, nor is it what Obsidian is best at creating. But Skyrim was a Triple-A game with a budget to match, designed to push the limits of an open-world game on the hardware of PCs and consoles. “But Mathias,” you exclaim because you’re pretty sure that’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard, “You can’t produce an open-world 3D game worthy of Fallout with that small of a budget! Skyrim’s budget was 85 million dollars!” The answer’s pretty simple: I want them to make a new Fallout game. Why should Bethesda, the current owner of the Fallout franchise, give Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, six million dollars?
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