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Baldur's Gate 3 Has Sold About 15 Million Copies, Larian CEO Confirms

Baldur's Gate 3, Larian's latest venture, has rolled over 15 million units at the time of writing, double that of Divinity: Original Sin 2.

just_looken52d ago

That is awesome

60-30%=42

So 42x15 million would get them 630 million if these were all steam sales we do not know what psn took so lets say 540 million minus 90million for hasbro.

$410-450million profit (well there is dev cost so minus that?) that is some dam good sales right there great work larian.

Tapani52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

Taxes are 40%, depending on country of sale, fixed costs, operating costs, capital costs, license costs for all platforms etc. No, they are not pocketing 400M USD after costs, probably a very low double digit %. And from that % they need to fund their next project for years and years.

Profit and Revenue are two entirely different things.

phoenixwing52d ago

Not only that they owe for royalties that I'm sure wizards of the coast charged a substantial percentage

just_looken51d ago

I said 30% because that is what steam takes off

They were also on early access for years.

RiseNShine52d ago

So happy we live on a time a CRPG can sell 15 million copies, the dark age of post Infinity engine games where no CRPG would succeed are truly gone.

Kiryu199252d ago

So you mean to tell me if you make a great quality game that it will sell and doesn’t need it to be live service game with micro transactions

who knew

Someone should call up Warner Bros Gaming ceo

S/

Sgt_Slaughter51d ago

I mean, they really have a bad time escaping the idea of live service games, but Hogwarts Legacy has sold upward of 24M units and that's a single-player microtransaction-less game.

Kiryu199251d ago

Exactly some of these publishers just refuse to accept what gaming sales data tell them even when their own products are selling so well

Live service bubble needs to burst and if will because of the level of greed by these companies

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Baldur's Gate 3: Neil Newbon Explains Why Astarion Was a 'Risk'

In an Interview with Game Rant, Neil Newbon discusses the performance choices he made portraying Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion, and why some decisions were risky.

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I’ll Never Beat Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode

I'll stick with Tactician for now.

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jambola17d ago

Fascinating
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Michiel198916d ago

I can't really remember if I tried xcom 1 on the hardest difficulty but I gave xcom 2 on the hardest difficulty and ironman plenty of shots and it just seemed impossible. I don't often give up, but that game beat me.

anast16d ago

No real examples on why honor mode was too difficult. What I mean by this is there was no mention of the builds and gear he/she was using or classes and races.

Nittdarko16d ago

I mean I understand, after 14 attempts (non cheese) me and 2 friends finally beat it, It's really not for your everyday party adventurers

Don't get me wrong, a casual player could easily google (BG3 cheese builds) and Moon druid or Tavern brawler their way to victory with some ease, but going in playing it blind or telling yourself not to break the game and play normally is never going to end well at all.

Funny as well because Divinity Original Sin 2's honor mode was a fraction of the difficulty of BG3.

Popsicle16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I won’t either. I am a dirty save scummer who definitely lacks honor on my dice rolls and checks. Not turning TAV into a squid just because I wanted a few parasites burrowed into his brain. Lol

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Even Though Larian Is Done With Baldur's Gate 3, I Believe The Game Deserves DLC

Danish from eXputer: "DLC for Baldur's Gate 3 could resolve some unanswered questions and offer more sought-after content for what is otherwise one of the greatest RPGs in recent memory."

Leeroyw20d ago

They made their point on DLC. Respect that.

FACTUAL evidence20d ago

See this is what damn near killed gaming in the first place, DLC! I respect a good game that’s already heavily content driven. Whatever happened to having a good game, playing it from start to finish, and then enjoying it for what it was and waiting for a sequel with a whole new outlook? I hate the fact that there are people out there willing to get nickeled and dimed by developers then complain about how we get pelted with unnecessary dlc.

I feel more devs need to do what they are doing. Tbh, I couldn’t care less if dlc was gone completely. I could go as far as saying dlc ruins game preservation as well. Not going to go too deep into that but basically Baldur’s Gate devs gets my thumb of approval.