Pillars of Eternity 3 with a Big Budget Is Definitely Something Josh Sawyer Would Like to See

Josh Sawyer would like Xbox to greenlight Pillars of Eternity 3 with a massive budget, and the community certainly seems into the idea.

[Obscure_Observer]

MAKE IT HAPPEN PHIL!!!

[Alexious]

At $120 million, I doubt it. Maybe half of that, though.

[Obscure_Observer]

"At $120 million, I doubt it. Maybe half of that, though."

Many studios went from small indie-scale teams from full AAA developers under Xbox.

Hellblade II is AAA
Clockwork Revolution is AAA
State of Decay III is AAA

Even Arkane Austin had another AAA project greenlit even after Redfall´s fiasco.

https://www.gamereactor.eu/...

Josh Sawyer is a RPG legend so I´m 100% positive that Phil will greenlit whatever project he has in mind.

[Vengeance1138]

Oh you mean the State of Decay 3 that is rumored to not release till 2027? Like Hellblade 2 that is nowhere near having a release date? lol Probably 2025 or later too?
Clock Revolution that is god knows when it'll release or even what it is lol

Yeah best to stay away from bid budget, MS studios don't seem to know how to handle them.

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@Vengeance

So your argument against them NOT being big budget is that they have a long development time?….

You do understand that the budget is directly tied to how long it takes to make the game right…? (And how many people too of course)

[Obscure_Observer]

@Vengeance1138

Excuse me, but what first party games you´ll be playing in 2024?

[Alexious]

Not Xbox games, as he sounds like a PS fanboy.

[lelo2play]

With the popularity of Baldur's Gate 3, Microsoft could make this happen.

[silkylove]

I could actually see this happening after such a gross miscalculation on BG3. Xbox could throw money at Sawyer and tell him to make a BG3 clone in the Pillars universe.

[anast]

I would start to get a bit jell if Xbox made this happen.

[maniacmayhem]

A bigger budget, sure but nothing bloated like a lot of these triple A games are costing.

This game just needs some polish in the rough areas (graphics, some game mechanics) other than that they're fine.

[Terry_B]

Add gamepad support for the pc version of 1 and 2 before that.

[neutralgamer1992]

Yes please as RPG fans we all want this

[TheColbertinator]

Would be cool to see

[CappyBlack]

Would love to see a legit sequel; but the coming 'Avowed' takes place within the same universe, so it is sort of that, in a way. But I'm a giant fan of both ARPGs and more classic CRPGs, so I'll happily take both. Obsidian is one of the RPG greats.

[RiseNShine]

Loved PoE1, hated PoE2 with all my heart, the pirate theme and battle minigame where absolutely terrible, story was boring, PoE1 felt like a real BG1 spiritual successor, but PoE2 never happened for me.