How Would You Feel If You Were One Point Away From A Major Cash In?

One point that was now unattainable. Terrible, right? Well that’s how Obsidian devs are feeling now, because they were promised some pretty bonuses if Fallout: New Vegas managed to score a metacritic of 85. It did 84.

The game had sold 5 million copies by the end of 2010, but because of that one point less, Bethesda denied them pay.

“FNV was a straight payment, no royalties, only a bonus if we got an 85+ on Metacritic, which we didn’t,” said developer Chris Avellone via twitter.

This comes as the firm laid off 30 employees following the cancellation of a next gen, announced project which was said to be funded by Microsoft.