On October 25, The Outer Worlds turned four years old. In honor of this, the developers announced that to date the game has been bought more than 5 million times.

Obsidian Entertainment boasted of such figures on the Xbox Wire portal. The last time the studio reported on the success of the game was just a month ago — then the number of gamers who played Grounded was 13 million people.

Obsidian Entertainment has been specializing in RPG for many years. Despite their commitment to one genre, screenwriters have to adapt to almost every new project. Carrie Patel, the studio’s senior narrative designer, spoke about the difference in approaches using the example of Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds.Patel shared her experience during a speech at the GDC Showcase.

Creating a sequel to Pillars of Eternity was a difficult task – every bold step taken by developers from Obsidian Entertainment was accompanied by doubts, and whether the changes would alienate fans. For some fans of the game, the final product really caused anger. Josh Sawyer, a member of the development team, showed with concrete examples why the authors were forced to make this or that decision.