Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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We just broke the highest number of concurrent Steam users at 875,343! (steamcharts.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ThayWizGwar to c/baldurs_gate_3

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For context, Larian Studio founder Swen Vincke predicted that the game could reach 100,000 peak concurrent users during its debut period, and that was a fairly optimistic prediction. I work in IT, and really feel for those folks. I hope they designed their infrastructure to scale!

And that's only Steam, not including GOG, or the influx of PS5 users next month. Let's take it to 1 million!

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[–] Crashumbc 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Curiosity, why do you prefer GOG? I haven't used it much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think many like the DRM free games. I have gotten a few very old games (Ultima series, Neverwinter) from them. I like to use Steam over GOG because of the Big Picture Mode and Proton. I even added GOG Neverwinter to my non-Steam games to be able to access it with Big Picture Mode.

[–] ThayWizGwar 1 points 1 year ago

It's just plainly more consumer friendly, a decidedly solid lack of DRM is one reason. Steam is more convenient, for sure, and can be a smoother experience (as OP has indicated). How bad do you want to OWN your games?

https://levelskip.com/consoles/I-prefer-GOG