Obsidian Game Director Josh Sawyer has said Pentiment wouldn't exist without Game Pass
"I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass. Like I literally just wouldn't have done it. I just don't think it would have been possible."
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Great interview where Josh goes into a lot more detail
He's basically saying a "niche" game like Pentiment isn't something he would have pitched in the traditional model because it would be so hard to get a publisher to pick up
Says Game Pass helps make games like this viable
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Ngl this just sounds like he isn’t confident the game is worth buying individually
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The reality is a game like Pentiment would not sell a lot of copies on its own. That's just the reality of the market
With a subscription the return on interest of individual projects matters a lot less than traditional model so helps make this sort of game viable to make
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Guess this answers the question you asked during Game Mess Morning (or was it the Bombcast?) lol
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I've been saying it. Game Pass is great for developers. Makes them take greater risks and be less formulaic.
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