Larian's boss worried Baldur's Gate 3 had peaked in early access, so its massive 800K concurrent player launch was 'way, way beyond' expectations

[Gamernyc78]

Larian's boss worried Baldur's Gate 3 had peaked in early access, so its massive 800K concurrent player launch was 'way, way beyond' expectations

While there are "a lot of smiling faces" around the office, Larian's now focused on bug fixes and finishing the PS5 release.

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[ethomaz]

They worked a lot to make the game not look and feel like the early access.

Even people that played tons of hours in the early access found reason to play the remade Act 1 of the final release.

 

[Gamernyc78]

They worked a lot to make the game not look and feel like the early access.

Even people that played tons of hours in the early access found reason to play the remade Act 1 of the final release.

That's dope. Its good to hear it was a big difference and they took player feedback. Only thing stopping me from getting it is disliking turn based games but I still will probably support them.

 

[EDMIX]

This game is already breaking all sorts of records for them.

I can't wait to start my playthrough, I want to finish FFXVI first before I start it.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Between strong early access sales, and early Stadia money, it feels like Baldurs Gate has had a charmed development. Check out this interview from 2020 and tell me they weren't popping bottles all the way back then:

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