Why inXile and Wasteland 2 Are Better Off Without a Publisher

The latest in Wasteland 2 coverage comes to us via Gamasutra that has an article-style interview with Brian Fargo about the reasons he went with crowdfunding for Wasteland 2 and how it will benefit the project. Here’s a few excerpts:

“The great part about this game being funded by the fans is that I don’t need to figure out how to get to a different audience,” Fargo said. “I’ve had a lot of people ask me, ‘Well, what will you do for the console crowd?’ But it doesn’t matter!”

“For Wasteland 2, the PC is the root of the product. The Fallout series, at least for now, is focused more at a console group, and for me, there’s a major difference. There’s a lot of people that loved Fallout 1 and 2, and Fallout 3 just isn’t what they want. To me, Wasteland 2 is for those people,” he said.

“When I get feedback from the users, I know a good idea when I hear it, and I know a consensus when I hear it. I’ll make that decision myself. Now, if I’m working with a publisher, they can tell me what to do, I can disagree, and they’ll say, ‘we don’t care.’ There’s a huge difference,” he said.

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