"Baldur's Gate 3 for the Xbox isnt ruled out" - devs

[John Elden Ring]

Update: Xbox Series version in the works, but held back by technical issues

Following the announcement that Baldur’s Gate 3 will be released for PS5 as well as PC, Larian Studios hasn’t ruled out the game coming to Xbox too.


“Right now Larian is planning to release Baldur’s Gate 3 for PC, Mac, GeForce NOW, and PS5,” a spokesperson told Push Square. “That said, they don’t have exclusivity and will announce support for additional platforms if and when they’re ready.”

While it wasn’t explicit what he was referring to, Larian CEO Swen Vincke also tweeted several hours after the initial announcement:

Relax. We still aren’t playing the exclusivity game.

 

[KiryuRealty]

It isn’t ruled out, but don’t go holding your breath.

 

[nongkris]

xbots behaving as a ravenous cult once again, thanks to Jez and friends. For being such a minority they truly are an unhinged fanbase. Fresh off the attack of Chris Ding

 

[Deleted member 417]

“That said, they don’t have exclusivity and will announce support for additional platforms if and when they’re ready.”

if and when they’re ready.”

if and when

My take from this:

BG3 can't run on Series S
BG3 runs so poorly on Series X it would be bad Pr to release it
Larian focusing on larger platforms
Why is Geforce Now getting so many mentions lately?

 

[ethomaz]

My take.

They didn't even planned a Xbox release yet (PS userbase is way bigger than Xbox and WRPG sells way better there).
They will look into it after release on PS, PC and Mac.

Why is Geforce Now getting so many mentions lately?

Because there is little to no work.
GeForce Now runs the PC version... you only need to setup it which nVidia helps a lot.
So why not if you already have the version developed?

 

[peter42O]

My take - there's an Xbox Series version already near completion but can't be announced until the day the game releases. See Diablo III for PS3/360 as an example. Lucky for me, I don't care about BD 3 either way so even if Sony did pay for some sort of exclusivity, outside of Kena and FF7R, all the games they're paying for have turned out to be of no interest for me. lmao

 

[KiryuRealty]

My take from this:

BG3 can't run on Series S
BG3 runs so poorly on Series X it would be bad Pr to release it
Larian focusing on larger platforms
Why is Geforce Now getting so many mentions lately?

Yeah, now that you mention it, with how computationally intensive the Baldur’s Gate games could be in combat, things would be UGLY performance-wise on Series S.

More and more, Series S looks like an albatross around the neck of Xbox.

 

[nongkris]

If they have a Mac version I'm sure the series consoles could handle it. Probably not worth it from a installbase perspective though. PS5/PC/Mac already covers most players, an Xbox version would be redundant.

 

[Deleted member 417]

Yeah, now that you mention it, with how computationally intensive the Baldur’s Gate games could be in combat, things would be UGLY performance-wise on Series S.

More and more, Series S looks like an albatross around the neck of Xbox.

Series S wouldn't be able to run it. And I've had a theory for about 18 months now that the Series X is borked. I think the throughput isn't good enough to what needs to be done on modern day consoles. MS have hid the fact by brute-forcing 3rd party, cross-gen games. I think it's the reason why we haven't seen any exclusives from them. I really believe they are buying their time to re-release the X on the sly, then the games will come.

However, they're running out of time, because what we see with BG3 is just the beginning. We will see more and more 3rd party games struggle on XSX

 

[Darth Vader]

Probably couldn't see the worth of releasing on a platform that would bring them a handful of sales.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

My take

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[AshHunter216]

Yeah, there is no exclusivity deal, the PS5 version just has priority atm.

 

[VillaiN]

Ps users actually buy games. Ps4, ps2, ps3 re consoles with most software sales in history. Judging by numbers so far ps5 ll join in future.
No one on xbox buys games.

So their priorities re normal.

 

[Bodycount611]

my take:

Sony is helping bring the game to PS5 day and date
Nvidia is also helping and has been doing a lot of these deals lately

MS didn't approach the devs and didn't see the value in it - Xbox is PC and PC is Xbox, right?

 

[KiryuRealty]

Yeah, there is no exclusivity deal, the PS5 version just has priority atm.

Could be natural exclusivity due to technical requirements in the end.

 

[Vertigo]

Probably not without gamepass handout. No point in selling the game on Xbox if their userbase doesn’t buy games.

This will be a trend.

 

[Darth Vader]

But one has to love the spin of "bad Sony making another exclusive, this is why we need a cumulative almost 80B to compete" and then... Nothing burger.

 

[Bodycount611]

Xbox Port is trending

People are MAD

 

[KiryuRealty]

But one has to love the spin of "bad Sony making another exclusive, this is why we need a cumulative almost 80B to compete" and then... Nothing burger.

It’s like the delusion that Sony paid for every Japanese game that skipped Xbox and PC but released on PS4. Just insanity to believe that, but yet…

 

[AshHunter216]

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Xbox Port is trending

People are MAD

Trying to create controversy where there is none.