Baldur’s Gate III is dominating the Steam charts with record numbers, breaking the 800,000 concurrent player mark on August 6th. peak count When sorted by the historical peak variable, the game sold 814,666, making it the ninth-highest PC game — just below Hogwarts Legacy. That’s an impressive feat, considering the game has been out for nearly three years, albeit in early access, allowing developer Larian Studios to slowly refine it based on player feedback. The full version of the game launches on PC on August 3, and it shows no signs of slowing down.
While the timing of Baldur’s Gate 3’s release may have put it in a position without significant competition, it has been praised for its in-depth story, characters, and bizarre romantic choices, all determined by stats and the dice. It’s simple Dungeons & Dragons RPG mechanics filtered to suit a new audience of games fatigued by too many microtransactions, in-game purchases, and always-on internet connections. Even the cosmetics included in the deluxe edition are given away for free to those who purchased the early access version to support development as a show of goodwill. Such a smooth understanding between players and developers is bound to lead to good results – and the results have now exceeded Larian Studios’ expectations.
Late last week, Larian CEO Swen Vincke tweet He asked the IT team to predict that the number of players of “Baldur’s Gate 3” will exceed 100,000. The results, however, were astounding, with the game breaking the 500,000 mark on launch day, placing it behind multiplayer giants Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. When it crossed the aforementioned 800,000 mark, Vincke’s main concern was that there weren’t any game-breaking bugs left in it. “God, I hope there aren’t any big bugs left,” he said in a interview. “I don’t want to make myself angry, but that’s one of the risks of making these super-sized RPGs.” Their previous game, Divinity: Original Sin II, also featured turn-based combat and was DnD-based with the largest number of players More than 93,000 people at that time.
Sales figures for Baldur’s Gate 3 are unclear, but moving the PC release date to August 3rd from the original August 31st is clearly in their favor – helping them avoid Armored Core VI: Rs. Kong Zhihuo and EA’s Immortal God. Aveum and Starfield (into September). What’s striking about this achievement is that, on paper, Baldur’s Gate 3’s turn-based RPG design isn’t used in today’s mainstream games, but nonetheless, despite 20 years on the market, fans and Novices are still flocking to buy. A few years have passed since the last issue.So wide and deep, in fact, that the lore goes so far that it evokes some developers There are concerns online that it shouldn’t be the new standard for role-playing games. Understandably, this has also drawn some backlash. Right now, it’s a strong contender for Game of the Year–garnering almost the same level of hype as last year’s Elden Ring.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is out now on PC. The PS5 version will be released on September 6, while the Xbox platform may not be released until 2024.
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