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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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Baldur's Gate 3 has made bank for Hasbro, significantly contributing to a 40 percent increase in digital revenue for the company.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope the lesson they take is "selling complete games with no online bull or micro transactions is popular and profitable"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The lesson they'll actually take is "money? MONEY!! MONEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

"this game is a gold mine! It's being underutilised at the moment, let's improve the profitability with some in-game purchasable items and a subscription for bonus content"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m hoping a lesson they take is “let Larian make BG4” as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love BG3 to death. But I also don't want Larian to become the next EA under the yoke of some Hasbro/WoTC for BG4/5/6/7. I hope they continue to make their own games and forge their own path, with little to no reliance on megacorps. Their Divinity series is a treasure in it's own right, and they said their next small projects are getting them excited.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Steam could absolutely tamp down on this, by changing early access refund policy to be more restrictive.

Early access money should not be guaranteed. If someone wants a refund outside of the two hour or whatever game time they should get most of their money back. The timer should also reset at release, and players get a full refund if the gameplay isn't what was promised.