Current Events > Baldur's Gate 3 has over 400k concurrent players on Steam right now

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Akagami_Shanks
08/03/23 7:31:32 PM
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Very impressive considering it's a niche turn based RPG that only launched on PC, costs $60, and is also available on GOG and has no DRM so people can get it through illegitimate means

Some of the naysayers have been funny, saying the game wouldn't be popular because it looks bad

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Bad_Mojo
08/03/23 7:33:03 PM
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I still have a 5 hour download time

FML

But I played a lot of the Early Release

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Baha05
08/03/23 7:34:09 PM
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Does it work on the Deck?

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Kloe_Rinz
08/03/23 7:34:58 PM
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How are people playing during work hours

Also, the reason people dont pirate steam games is because steam is more convenient than piracy. It was never about the price for the most part despite what the trolls will say
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dameon_reaper
08/03/23 7:49:12 PM
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Baha05 posted...
Does it work on the Deck?

I've been playing it on the deck, yes
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Roachmeat
08/03/23 7:50:01 PM
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Well deserved, and I hope its success spawns a lot of low budget "copycats" from indie companies.

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WingsOfGood
08/03/23 7:50:31 PM
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Go post this on Diablo 4 forums.
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YellowSUV
08/03/23 7:50:36 PM
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Very impressive considering the night is just starting and it is a huge download.

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marthsheretoo
08/03/23 7:50:42 PM
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dameon_reaper posted...
I've been playing it on the deck, yes

Did they give it an official controller layout?

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Kloe_Rinz
08/03/23 7:50:48 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Obviously
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bluezero
08/03/23 7:53:38 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
niche turn based RPG
What?

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Ratchetrockon
08/03/23 7:54:56 PM
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It's a hidden gem

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eggcorn
08/03/23 7:55:00 PM
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What the heck I thought it was out on the 5th

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Gobstoppers12
08/03/23 7:56:26 PM
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It also has no microtransactions.

Developers are fucking panicking. Remember that bit a while back where some developer came out begging gamers not to hold Baldur's Gate 3 as the new standard, because none of their games will ever be as good? lmao

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mach25687
08/03/23 7:57:12 PM
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pass.

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WingsOfGood
08/03/23 7:57:29 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
It also has no microtransactions.

Developers are fucking panicking. Remember that bit a while back where some developer came out begging gamers not to hold Baldur's Gate 3 as the new standard, because none of their games will ever be as good? lmao

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Roachmeat
08/03/23 7:58:59 PM
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eggcorn posted...
What the heck I thought it was out on the 5th

on Playstation 5

Ratchetrockon posted...
It's a hidden gem

If you always wanted Dungeons and Dragons on your console rather than on your tabletop, then yes, hidden (ahem, also Pathfinder KM and Wrath of the Righteous).

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kelemvor
08/03/23 8:00:52 PM
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bluezero posted...
What?

I agree that it's sort of niche because it's one of the few computer games that stays pretty strict to D&D rules. The last game I know of that is similar is Temple of Elemental Evil and that came out, what, 15 years ago maybe?
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Punished_Blinx
08/03/23 8:02:39 PM
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Roachmeat posted...
Well deserved, and I hope its success spawns a lot of low budget "copycats" from indie companies.

CRPG's have been pretty healthy on PC for a good decade now. Although this is the new bar.

Gobstoppers12 posted...
It also has no microtransactions.

Developers are fucking panicking. Remember that bit a while back where some developer came out begging gamers not to hold Baldur's Gate 3 as the new standard, because none of their games will ever be as good? lmao

Wasn't that from smaller scale CRPG devs who said they can't match the production values of this game?

Doubt actual AAA developers are panicking at all.

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thronedfire2
08/03/23 8:02:53 PM
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I've played a bunch of the D&D style games including BG2, tyranny, D:OS 1&2, pathfinder and BG3 was the easiest to get into so far because of how good the tutorials were. I have no previous knowledge of the D&D systems besides the first 1-3 hours of those other games I mentioned. it was still challenging but I actually knew how all the stuff worked with the detailed tooltips

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Akagami_Shanks
08/03/23 8:31:58 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
How are people playing during work hours

Also, the reason people dont pirate steam games is because steam is more convenient than piracy. It was never about the price for the most part despite what the trolls will say
You can look at *that* subreddit and see tons of posts. It was never about DRM for a lot of people, it was just a convenient excuse to justify it.

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dameon_reaper
08/03/23 8:33:59 PM
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marthsheretoo posted...
Did they give it an official controller layout?

They did. Its adequate.

eggcorn posted...
What the heck I thought it was out on the 5th


PS5 version comes out in September on the 5th I believe
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luigi33
08/03/23 8:41:52 PM
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marthsheretoo posted...
Did they give it an official controller layout?
yes

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eggcorn
08/03/23 8:44:54 PM
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Thanks guys. Wish I could start the download but someone is sleeping in the office -_-

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PraetorXyn
08/03/23 8:46:32 PM
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I will buy it to support Larian but I dont intend to play it anytime soon.

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radical_rhino
08/03/23 8:57:26 PM
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Is this meant to be played online co-op?

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Naysaspace
08/03/23 8:58:01 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
niche
its been one of the most hyped RPGs of the year, certainly of the summer
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Bad_Mojo
08/03/23 8:59:05 PM
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Down to three hours until it's downloaded!

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Ar0ge
08/03/23 9:01:54 PM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
CRPG's have been pretty healthy on PC for a good decade now. Although this is the new bar.

Wasn't that from smaller scale CRPG devs who said they can't match the production values of this game?

Doubt actual AAA developers are panicking at all.

Other developers jumped on to say similar things, including Blizzard. Probably panicking because of the Diablo 4 backlash.
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TonyKojima
08/03/23 9:02:40 PM
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Ar0ge posted...
Other developers jumped on to say similar things, including Blizzard. Probably panicking because of the Diablo 4 backlash.
Turns out D4 is another stinker.

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thronedfire2
08/03/23 9:03:18 PM
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yeah it was major devs saying not to expect this kind of quality. it actually takes passion, not just the desire for money

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ellis123
08/03/23 9:04:32 PM
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TonyKojima posted...
Turns out D4 is another stinker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D4:_Dark_Dreams_Don%27t_Die

Why must you continue to hurt me this way. The "demo for the price of a game" was so good. Q.Q

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BuzzKilljoy
08/03/23 9:05:43 PM
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radical_rhino posted...
Is this meant to be played online co-op?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry

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Gobstoppers12
08/03/23 9:07:31 PM
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I've made my purchase. I'm currently downloading the game. I'm torn between making my sorcerer from our recently-finished campaign, and my new Life Doman cleric for the campaign we just started.

Or even trying out something completely different. It's a lot of choice-making lol

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radical_rhino
08/03/23 9:19:15 PM
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BuzzKilljoy posted...
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
???

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Turbam
08/03/23 9:19:49 PM
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Flop

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Punished_Blinx
08/03/23 9:28:47 PM
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Out of all the companies who could be embarassed over this result it would be EA and Bioware. This audience used to be theirs.

I wonder how well it'll sell on consoles.

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kelemvor
08/03/23 9:38:42 PM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
Out of all the companies who could be embarassed over this result it would be EA and Bioware. This audience used to be theirs.

I wonder how well it'll sell on consoles.

Also, remember that EA used to have a monopoly in the city building genre. Imagine how hard it was to crash a succesful 30+ year old franchise into the ground after a string of legendary games culminating with SimCity 4 in 2003.
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StormSignal
08/03/23 9:39:39 PM
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awesome

i gotta play the previous games first tho <_<

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Akagami_Shanks
08/03/23 9:39:41 PM
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https://steamcharts.com/app/1086940

471k all time peak. Wonder if it'll jump up higher on friday when people have downloaded the game/are off work and can play. Still very impressive regardless as it puts this in what... the 11th spot for top concurrent players on steam

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kelemvor
08/03/23 9:40:56 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
https://steamcharts.com/app/1086940

471k all time peak. Wonder if it'll jump up higher on friday when people have downloaded the game/are off work and can play. Still very impressive regardless as it puts this in what... the 11th spot for top concurrent players on steam

Yeah, mine is at 80% or so right now. I'll probably wait until tomorrow to play it since I have to get up at 4:30am.
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Zikten
08/03/23 9:48:36 PM
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StormSignal posted...
awesome

i gotta play the previous games first tho <_<
3 is set a century after 2. And I don't think it will have much to do with 2's story. They know that 2 came out 20 years ago and they aren't expecting everyone to have played it. Some of the old characters who are still alive might show up. But I don't think you have to have played 1 and 2 to understand the story of 3
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Akagami_Shanks
08/04/23 7:37:18 AM
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Friday morning, 312k players

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TonyKojima
08/04/23 7:38:28 AM
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Zikten posted...
3 is set a century after 2. And I don't think it will have much to do with 2's story. They know that 2 came out 20 years ago and they aren't expecting everyone to have played it. Some of the old characters who are still alive might show up. But I don't think you have to have played 1 and 2 to understand the story of 3
5E sucks wish it never advanced beyond 3.5.

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Kaldrenthebold
08/04/23 7:45:54 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Obviously

Well here's an obvious answer

Work from home

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dummy420
08/04/23 8:53:58 AM
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It's not really my type of game but from everything I've seen it seems to be a hit.

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Akagami_Shanks
08/04/23 3:26:45 PM
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It has dethroned hogwarts now

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Gobstoppers12
08/04/23 4:18:07 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
It has dethroned hogwarts now
Game of the Year is gonna be a tough competition this time around, I think.

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TonyKojima
08/04/23 4:18:47 PM
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This will shit all over Starfield.

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