Pillars was a critical success, not a financial one. Metacritic score 89%. Same score as games like DOOM Eternal and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Also both critically acclaimed titles. Only 4 points below DOS2, which has 93% Metacritic. DOS 1 only got 87% though ... HMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmMMmMmMMMMmmmmmm......
How is that for a metric?
"you'd have to be delusional" to ignore actual facts and statistics that you happen to disagree with.
edit: for those playing the home game, BG1 and BG2 got 91% and 95%, respectively - the EEs considerably less.