Baldur’s Gate 3 has become the must-have game of 2023, but has just discovered the other side of the coin. If success is there, it comes at a significant price…
Who could have missed Baldur’s Gate 3 in recent months? The game from Larian Studios broke records and reached sales scores never seen before for a software of this caliber. Remember that on the day of its release, more than 875,343 simultaneous players were registered on SteamDB. On the verge of dominating the figures for Hogwarts Legacy, which retains the trophy for best launch on Steam of the year. No problem for the developers, who quickly made up for it with another much more prestigious title: GOTY (Game of the Year). You’d think Baldur’s Gate 3 would end there, but it’s just reached new heights.
New record for Baldur’s Gate 3
With so many people simultaneously on PC, its sales on PS5 and its late arrival on Xbox Series, there is no doubt that Baldur’s Gate 3 has marketed itself enormously. This is also what one of the employees of Larian Studios has just confirmed on X: “In a very short time, the community has grown from around 2 million to over 10 million players!“, Michael Douse (Very AFK) taught us. Note that we do not yet know how these sales are counted between the different consoles. Those on Steam seem to dominate. As proof, there are still very many players on the platform several months after the release of the software. Last week, “644,205 average daily people over the last 7 days on Steam alone» explains Douse. A real performance for a massively single-player game more than seven months old.
The other side of the coin
This popularity has also brought a lot of problems, especially when dealing with the most toxic members of the community, ready to send death threats in the hope of speeding up the arrival of mod support on their platform of choice. “We’ll talk in-depth about what our support for mods will look like soon. We will discuss this with our community. Threats and toxicity against our developers and community teams will only hurt the conversation», Explains Douse at length.
Right now, many are complaining about having to juggle multiple patches and updates to play with mods. The man informs fans that Baldur’s Gate 3 currently does not support them, and that they should not blame the creators. The latter have difficulty responding to users due to threats, so you will understand that you will have to be patient and civil while waiting for such a feature for Baldur’s Gate 3. Despite this, Larian is already working on the subject.