“Baldur’s Gate III” may not be released on the Xbox platform until 2024. Michael Douse, publishing director at Larian Studios, said he tweeted about some issues with the platform, adding that the lack of a release date was not due to some exclusivity deal. The PC version of BG3 will be launched on August 3rd, and the PS5 version will be launched on September 6th, but there are no updates for the Xbox Series S/X versions yet. He attributed technical limitations to the low-end Xbox Series S console, on which the studio couldn’t get split-screen co-op to work properly.
“This issue is a technical hurdle. We can’t remove the split screen feature because we have to roll it out with feature parity, so keep trying to make it work,” Douse said in a follow-up tweet, explaining why Larian can’t Just abandon this feature. Xbox Series S. Microsoft’s lower-end console has been at the center of controversy of late, with some claiming it limits next-gen games to 30fps – although that’s the trade-off you make when getting a low-cost system. In the case of Baldur’s Gate 3, however, it looks like the console will delay its release across the entire current-gen Xbox ecosystem (including Series S and Series X) until the team overcomes the challenges of including split-screen co-op. -op function.
We have quite a few engineers working very hard to achieve something that no other RPG of this size has been able to achieve: seamless drop-in and drop-out of co-op on the Series S. We hope to have the update completed by the end of this year.
— Very AFK (@Cromwelp) July 31, 2023
Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke confirmed in a statement that while fans are impatient that PC or PS5 owners will be able to play Baldur’s Gate 3 earlier than they do. interview No matter what Microsoft wants, feature parity between the two Xbox consoles is a “must” for them. He added that the team has been working on adding split-screen functionality, but considering how large the game is, it will take some time. Not to mention, it still requires multiple rounds of optimization. He added that Baldur’s Gate 3 works just fine if there’s just one character roaming the city, but when co-op teams split off into different directions for individual missions and battles, there’s a lot of activity on the screen at once — When playing in split screen mode. “…It’s too strenuous. It requires memory,” Vink said at the time. By comparison, the Xbox Series X comes with 16GB of memory, while the Series S has 10GB.
The team is also working on bringing seamless in and out of co-op on Xbox Series S, a feat that no other RPG of its scale has accomplished. Baldur’s Gate 3 has already made headlines this year as it topped the Steam bestseller list with over 174 hours of cutscenes and diverse romance options, including a brown bear. Recently, however, developer Larian confirmed that players will not be allowed to preload the massive game, which will be approximately 122GB in size on PC. Even those who have already played Early Access will have to re-download the entire game. “Please note that your Early Access save games will not be compatible at launch; however, so much has changed that starting over is truly worth it,” Larian Studios said in a statement. Steam Blog Post.
The PC version of “Baldur’s Gate 3” will be launched on August 3rd; it will be available on PS5 on September 6th. As mentioned before, the launch of the Xbox Series S/X is still far away.
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