Also I'm fairly certain Obsidian have straight up labelled Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 as AAA. Not The Outer Worlds 1...That was described something like "AA but with AAA values" or some marketing mumbo jumbo like that, Lol. IIRC The Outer Worlds 1 team was less than 100 and it was also published by an "indie" label (Private Division) which was under Take-Two (Lol).
The Outer World credits are 600...Avowed credits are 1,200. The Outer Worlds 2 is described as being Obsidian's biggest project yet, and having a bigger team than Avowed, so I would say without a doubt that both Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 are AAA. Just on the mid-range of AAA like Remedy titles, not on the high end of AAA like Halo. And like I said, Obsidian is based in California, I believe that plays a crucial part in why they don't want to grow higher than 300 employees, Lol.
There's a massive range in AAA budgets nowadays, from $50m to $500m, Lmao.
As I said, I agree the $80 price tag is bollocks/stupid but I see no logical reason why The Outer Worlds 2 should cost less than The Outer Worlds 1 and all reasons given can be applied to every other videogame to turn them all into $50 releases but that's not going to happen, Lol. $60 is fine for The Outer Worlds 2 and what it should be.
