Napalm_Frank
Member
I really hope Pillars is doing well for a long time. It certainly should be one of those games that has legs especially once it hits good steam sales.
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Paradox has gained at least 160MM SEK / 18.5MM USD in revenue from Cities and PoE
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that was all before CKII. They even cancelled some games that didnt meet their new Standard after Swords of the Stars 2
SatelliteOfLove
Member
They keep broadening and strengthening that portfolio, don't they?
He says about a Nintendo and Konami/general state of J-gaming as a whole/mobile issue...
He says about a Nintendo and Konami/general state of J-gaming as a whole/mobile issue...
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
It's funny cause already Cities:Skylines is a better product than SimCity 2013 (an EA property) and then you have Pillars of Eternity doing one hell of a nice job in the party based, IE style RPG space when EA has BioWare under their control.
Kind of shows how out to lunch EA is with things these days it seems, or at least how EA has no desire to capitalize on any of their franchises with PC roots.
DriftedPlanet
Unconfirmed Member
Currently Paradox is second to only Devolver Digital in my book. Glad they're doing well.
It will be interesting to compare lifetime Inquisition and SimCity 2013 against the respective Paradox published releases.
I know SimCity really trailed off due to extremely poor word of mouth and Inquisition had a mixed reception. With the RPG community detesting it, but the mainstream seemed to enjoy it. To be fair, Bioware is targeting the latter demographic at this point.
Think you are forgetting that EA's similar games sell just as well too.
Not just people, but in the case of those 2 particular game people who aren't idiots.
HalfwayOrb
Member
Yea, well deserved. Cites Skylines is an awesome game. I haven't played Pillars of Eternity yet but I'm sure it's an awesome game as well based on reviews/impressions.
Basileus777
Member
For distribution and marketing purposes. Obsidian was better served to let someone else handle that, they aren't built to do it.
Obsidian likely didn't have the infrastructure for physical manufacture and distribution. Paradox has these channels.
Ah makes sense then thanks. At least Paradox seem like one of the good guys if you're going to team up with a publisher.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Many congrats. Their range of games is diverse and exciting, and most are well-built and have been supported appropriately. Glad to know more than anything that city-builders are still a commercially and critically viable genre.
Katzenjammer
Member
I'm happy to hear that they are doing well despite not publishing games in mainstream blockbuster genres.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Great news, it's always nice to see deep PC games find success, shows that you don't have to follow trends to make a great and successful game.
sixpackrules
Member
Good for them. They´ve been killing it lately
Most of the devs working under Paradox are very small in number, teams.
Even Paradox's own internal studio is small.
Layoffs would Basiclly mean closing the development house.
Very well deserved. Cities Skylines has made me an addict.
I'm not wealthy nor mature, but I was hooked on Cities Skylines when I read the reviews and saw the gameplay. My friends, who also have the game, are not wealthy or "mature" either. It's just that we love this type of games.
I'm not wealthy nor mature, but I was hooked on Cities Skylines when I read the reviews and saw the gameplay. My friends, who also have the game, are not wealthy or "mature" either. It's just that we love this type of games.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Yeah, with all the mod support of Skylines I am guessing it'll do really well over the long haul, compared to how SimCity kind of burned real bright at launch and flared out.
With Inquisition, I'll be curious how it fares over the long term but I imagine we'll never hear about those numbers unless its EA saying how happy they are with its DLC or something.
Sure, I would just be curious as to how much relative profit they're getting. Something like Skylines probably cost a whole lot less to make than SimCity. Same goes with comparing something like PoE to DA: Inquisition, although that's more apples to oranges considering Inquisition is trying to go for the big graphics and so on.
Still, I'd just be curious as to how bigger publishers like EA see these smaller games considering so many of the bigger "AAA" publishers like EA or Ubisoft seem stuck in this vicious cycle of only making fewer and fewer bigger, more mainstream blockbusters that rival Call of Duty or Skyrim numbers. Obviously something like PoE probably isn't going to ever get Skyrim numbers but given how its likely a whole lot less expensive to produce than something like Inquisition or Skyrim, at what point would some executive stop and think maybe putting out something like a PoE with a smaller team and budget might get them some nice returns? I think "never" is the likely answer since big publishers are only doing the blockbuster approach but I'd be curious nevertheless.
Fantastic news. Paradox is quickly becoming the go-to for PC-ass-PC games, and amazing ones at that. I purchased Cities: Skylines to pass the time before Pillars of Eternity released. 
Not only is it a fantastic city-builder, but the ease of modding is going to give the game crazy legs.
I would have liked to see more detailed information on the sales for Pillars of Eternity, but congratulations to Obsidian. The game is nothing short of incredible. I'm roughly ~43 hours in, and still relatively early (Act 1; Yes, I'm slow), but from what I've played thus far, it could likely be my favorite game of the past decade or more.
Not only is it a fantastic city-builder, but the ease of modding is going to give the game crazy legs.I would have liked to see more detailed information on the sales for Pillars of Eternity, but congratulations to Obsidian. The game is nothing short of incredible. I'm roughly ~43 hours in, and still relatively early (Act 1; Yes, I'm slow
), but from what I've played thus far, it could likely be my favorite game of the past decade or more.OverturePT
Member
Good, these are two games that deserve the success.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Happy for Obsidian and Paradox. I'm knee deep in Bloodborne and mh4u right now, but will be picking both of these up soon.
I wonder what's next for Obsidian?
Their last handful of games have been amazing.
South Park, New Vegas, PoE, Alpha Protocol.... all great games. Are they still doing that MMO? :/
I wonder what's next for Obsidian?
Their last handful of games have been amazing.
South Park, New Vegas, PoE, Alpha Protocol.... all great games. Are they still doing that MMO? :/
Paradox games and the recent crpg renaissance have gotten me back into pc gaming. It's cool because they make games that I associate with pc's and which are specifically designed for them. Was never really interested in owning a pc to play console games with much better performance.
I hope the stick to CRPGs.
Emedan
Member
To hell with that, we need Victoria III
I'm glad Paradox are doing well, they're really good guys, with continuous support with free content as well as DLC, which is always an afterthought.
Pound_lb003
Member
So deserving.
Utterly chuffed a publisher not beholden to shareholders is doing well.
Utterly chuffed a publisher not beholden to shareholders is doing well.
hemtae
Member
There's the expansion and likely a sequel for Pillars of Eternity. A Pathfinder and a Chris Avellone project have been hinted at. In an RPG Codex interview, Avellone had this to say:
PsychoSoldier
Banned
Paradox has been extraordinarily smart in terms of how they've marketed their games recently and it doesn't hurt that they've signed some good games in the meantime.
Cities: Skylines practically marketed itself. Man, word of mouth is powerful when it comes to good games.
LurkerPrime
Member
Give them all the SEKs!
Paradox's approach to both development and publishing has been really impressive of late and I hope that they continue this trend of being awesome for quite some time. The success is very well-deserved.
Paradox's approach to both development and publishing has been really impressive of late and I hope that they continue this trend of being awesome for quite some time. The success is very well-deserved.
Didn't streamers and bigger personalities get early access to the game to drum up some more of that interest?
Mr. Poolman
Member
Congratulation Paradox!
You have gained my attention as well
You have gained my attention as well
test_account
XP-39C²
That is a lot of money. I wonder how much of it that is profit.
CrazedProfessional
Member
Now use that money to create Victoria 3.
Ah yeah, that's true. Never would have looked into the game prior to release if I hadn't seen that one guy create a giant lake of poop only to have it flood his entire city.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
Yeah they gave early access to the game to a decent number of people and flew a few of them out to their convention a little while ago as well.