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

Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by henning on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:42PM (#37024577)

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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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by password54321 on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:02PM (#37025379)

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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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by LegitShady on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:07PM (#37025421)

god of war and zelda are platform exclusives. for elden ring, not everyone likes souls-like games.

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by sedatk on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:06PM (#37026048)

Eh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378500/Digital_Deluxe_Ed...

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by practice9 on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:26PM (#37028035)

Nothing essential though. Just some stuff for people who previously played DOS2

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by sedatk on Monday August 07, 2023 @01:56AM (#37030674)

Also true.

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by 3LazTjBv-f on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:55AM (#37031577)

> no bullshit

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

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by ivann on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:25AM (#37031817)

You can add `--skip-launcher` to the steam launch options.

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