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

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400 points redbell | 2 comments | 06 Aug 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.696s | source
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izzydata ◴[06 Aug 23 18:08 UTC] No.37024861[source]▶
What really sealed the deal for me checking out this game is the promise to not have any microtransactions. That's a trend that has only been getting worse for 20+ years now and I'd gladly pay full price for a game that simply gives me a whole game upon purchase.
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fredley ◴[06 Aug 23 18:19 UTC] No.37024972[source]▶
No micro transactions, offline single player. A luxury in 2023.
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ls612 ◴[06 Aug 23 18:39 UTC] No.37025170[source]▶
I don't get this take, just in the past 12 months we have seen

-God of War Ragnarok

-Tears of the Kingdom

-Hogwarts Legacy

-Star Wars Jedi Survivor

-Final Fantasy XVI

All entirely or almost entirely singleplayer and all receiving critical acclaim (except for the poor launch of Jedi Survivor's PC port). And the next few months include Starfield and Spider-Man 2, both blockbuster singleplayer games with no microtransactions which stand a good chance of winning game of the year.

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LegitShady ◴[06 Aug 23 19:03 UTC] No.37025382[source]▶
>-God of War Ragnarok

playstation exclusive

>-Tears of the Kingdom

nintendo exclusive

>-Hogwarts Legacy

I don't know anyone who has played it - maybe we're just not that interested in harry potter

>-Star Wars Jedi Survivor

launched with multiple huge bugs including progression stopping bugs. I'll get it when its cheap and theyve fixed everything, or they haven't and I won't. If your game is bugged from day one don't expect day one pricing to work out.

>Final Fantasy XVI

playstation exclusive.

out of your list there the only ones not platform exclusive or riddled with bugs on launch is hogwarts legacy which honestly doesn't sound like anything I'd be interested in playing.

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1. password54321 ◴[06 Aug 23 19:05 UTC] No.37025401[source]▶
*timed exclusive, plus Switch emulator.
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2. LegitShady ◴[06 Aug 23 19:09 UTC] No.37025447[source]▶
an exclusive is an exclusive. "timed exclusive" is an exclusive. Also not interested in dealing with piracy and other things for switch emulator - there's no way for a normal person to buy the game and play it on a switch emulator - you need an old version of the switch to dump it even if you wanted to, so you have to have the platform to emulate it without piracy anyways.