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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K

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400 points redbell | 8 comments | 06 Aug 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 1.163s | source | bottom
1. henning ◴[06 Aug 23 17:42 UTC] No.37024577[source]▶
I bought BG3 just because it's a AAA-quality game with no microtransactions, no battle passes, no bullshit, no pay-to-win monetization of any kind. What you buy is what you get, just like how video games generally were up until about ~10 years ago.
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2. password54321 ◴[06 Aug 23 19:02 UTC] No.37025379[source]▶
An extreme amount of triple A games are exactly what you described. Elden Ring, God of War, Zelda are some recent examples.
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3. LegitShady ◴[06 Aug 23 19:07 UTC] No.37025421[source]▶
god of war and zelda are platform exclusives. for elden ring, not everyone likes souls-like games.
4. sedatk ◴[06 Aug 23 20:06 UTC] No.37026048[source]▶
Eh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378500/Digital_Deluxe_Ed...
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5. practice9 ◴[06 Aug 23 23:26 UTC] No.37028035[source]▶
Nothing essential though. Just some stuff for people who previously played DOS2
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6. sedatk ◴[07 Aug 23 05:56 UTC] No.37030674{3}[source]▶
Also true.
7. 3LazTjBv-f ◴[07 Aug 23 07:55 UTC] No.37031577[source]▶
> no bullshit

There is stinky game launcher. It might not waste my money, but it definitely wastes my time

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8. ivann ◴[07 Aug 23 08:25 UTC] No.37031817[source]▶
You can add `--skip-launcher` to the steam launch options.