The simple fact that Baldur's Gate 3 exists at all is a miracle, never mind that it managed to exceed its predecessor in virtually every conceivable way, considering Baldur's Gate 2 is, itself, considered amongst the finest RPGs ever made. Now, add to all that the fact the primarily single-player game had more daily concurrents in 2024 than back at launch, despite what conventional wisdom says, and we are truly in uncharted territory.
This news comes to us through "Some Fun Data Facts" from Larian publishing director Michael Douse. According to Douse, the daily peak player concurrents for the nearly infinitely replayable roleplaying masterpiece was up 3% year-over-year, which he attributes to mods (now available on PS5). Daily active "users" are up 20% (presumably modders and those browsing), and Steam Deck gamers, in particular, are playing a ton, up 61% from last year. We were also extremely heartened to learn Larian has secured one additional sale from inside Vatican City, almost certainly Pope Francis himself (probably).
Are you still playing the heck out of Baldur's Gate 3? Has it ruined other RPGs for you in some cases? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source x.com, via pcgamer.com]
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This means nothing to me without exact numbers and not just percentages 😅
Mods brought me back for sure. Though I would have come back at some point, just not this soon. Mods can completely change the game and add many more playthroughs. Hope more games add Mods for consoles
It'll likely be an evergreen title now that people will go back to like Skyrim, The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
There's always the patient gamers too that will pick this one up because it isn't part of an annualised franchise
This site loves steam numbers right?
Release: 875,343 concurrent players
Last week: 104,134
Today: 71,408
Unless the PS5 playerbase is playing in crazy numbers (and yes obviously there is a chance) the director is talking with a specific metric in mind that isn't sharing with us lol.
Baldur's Gate 3 is an amazing game in every aspect but the intention of this tweet kind of feels like when people talk about Larian as the epitome of an independent studio that doesn't need any big company when Tencent owns 30%. There is no need to play pretend when the game and the work of the devs is legendary enough.
@GymratAmarillo I've often pondered why steam sales and concurrent players blah,blah,blah are relevant to PlayStation gamers. It would be of interest if I was a PC gamer but I'm not anymore and don't plan to be again. I suppose other ps5 related news must be thin on the ground and somebody has to produce something to fill that space.
Haha this is just nonsense. He’s clearly averaging it out over all of last year, including the 7-8 months before the game released but was available in Early Access.
This is just the average, not peak players at any given moment.
Disappointed Dragon Age players going back to this to get their fantasy fix.
Hope to get my hands on BG3 soon. 🙂
@ATaco I seriously wonder if that is true tbh. Dragon Age has been a disaster of its own making, it would not surprise me if many games saw an uptick in its wake.
@kevinm360 I would add FromSoftware's to that list of evergreen games especially ELDEN RING.
@TheArt I loved Elden Ring for what it was but I would say its their least evergreen game because its just to damn big. Dark Souls 1 is still the one I go back to the most because its just easier to pick up, get that souls buzz and put it back down all in 40h.
@Ilyn Pretty sure at the time DS1 released you didn't think it was evergreen but here you are, so time will tell, but I believe ER is one of them.
N.i.c.e.Baldurs gate 3 is easily one of the best video games ever made.word up son
One of my nephews asks me if I've played this yet every time I see him. I will never, ever pay $70 (or even $40) for a digital game, and I'm sure not interested enough in it to buy the limited physical deluxe edition. I suspect I'll be waiting several years for this one, but eventually, I do plan to jump in and give it a go.
😅 who p!ssed on her chips
@Cloud39472 I agree, the game is extremely impressive but the companion AI is often busted, some of the quests are extremely vague and difficult to figure out, and I did not find the combat all that engaging despite its complexity. I guess the last two points are subjective but it was by no means a perfect game in my opinion
The new built-in mod inclusions made the game absolutely feels fresh again. I'm playing a 4th run on a bard but the rest of my companions are on a homebrew custom class.
BG3 is a behemoth and it's absolutely unstoppable.
To be fair that doesn't surprise me. I only bought it in January and I'm still playing, only halfway through act 2. I've been playing other stuff though, that's not constant. And I restarted about 5 times after a few hours
@TheArt @Ilyn Elden Ring and Dark Souls are definitely both evergreen. I'd throw Demon's Souls and Bloodborne as the "cult classics". I know several people personally who tell me "I've started another playthrough of Elden Ring", or have tried to perfect their Dark Souls run.
Bloodborne could join that list if it had a PC release and a performance patch for PS5, of course.
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