Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian CEO Swen Vincke reacts to the idea that we should get used to subscriptions, saying content is king.

Always good to see someone in the industry push back on all of these shitty tactics the AAA publishers want to push.

  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
    81·
    5 months ago

    I swore off buying ‘new’ games close to their release dates because I was sick of overpriced, unfinished games that are just trying to squeeze every cent out of me. Then BG3 came out and everyone raved how great it was, but I stuck to my principles and said I’d play it a year or so after its release. Then someone pointed out to me that the game plays well, has no charge for online play, doesn’t have microtransactions, and is complete. So I bought it, figuring that this is the type of game we should be rewarding, and I’ve not been disappointed.

    • lad@programming.dev
      14·
      5 months ago

      To be entirely fair, BG3 has its share of bugs and act 3 is not as polished as the first two.

      But still, it is by far the most polished AAA game I’ve seen in a long time, and very satisfying, too. So I’m ok with some roughness

      • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
        3·
        5 months ago

        In fairness, pretty much all games have some bugs, even far after launch. The issue is launching games that are clearly not finished.