Baldur's Gate 3 has recently been released and is impressing many with its depth and complexity.
Yet, a natural consequence of depth and complexity is the presence of issues, and Larian is currently hammering away at the game to make the experience even more polished.
Baldur's Gate 3 has great armor, but it doesn't always look great when put together. A glamour system like the one in Final Fantasy 14 could fix that.
Larian Studios recently revealed some important details about Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox version.
Im confused... the SX supports 100gb UHD discs as proven by its ability to play the 100gb UHD bluray movies like Blade Runner 2049 and Dark Knight (I have watched both on even my One X) yet there does not seem to be any games released for it using that capacity disc. it makes me wonder if MS just does not require such a thing because it tends to cost more for the higher capacity disc than the lower ones. Plus the games install anyway instead of run from the discs.
Sony seems to use the 100gb UHD discs even on games that could fit perfectly fine on a 50gb (or smaller) disc. Every physical game i have for PS5 all say UHD Bluray on them. This game will likely use 3 50gb discs for XB and 2 100gb discs for PS.
Xbox only supports that for movies not games, Sony used their seat on the Bluray board to ensure they limited Xbox as much as possible.
For games the supported discs:
PlayStation 5: BD-66, BD-100
Xbox Series X: BD-25, BD-50
Luckily 50GB is more than enough since pretty much every games requires a massive download to play these days.
So you're telling me XB can play the movies on BD100, but they can't use the discs themselves for games? Seems kind of shady to be restricted from using that medium when their drives support it.
Is that some form of retaliation for XB using UHD drives in the One S and One X before Sony?
Sony does disc replication itself whereas MS has to contract a third-party to manufacture its discs. That third-party contract constrains MS' choice of disc capacity via cost. MS doesn't give a flying F about physical media, so it picks the cheaper discs. Xbox Series consoles may also use lower quality disc drives.
So where is the evidence of Sony blocking this? Or are you just vomiting from your ass again?
I swear, such sloppy stupidity.
More likely, MS didn't anticipate it being an issue for games with modern compression technology or that their consumers disproportionately favor digital content.
Stop the madness.
You got a link for that sparky77? Pretty hard accusation with no proof.
@Sparky77
Well if true Sony did this it sure sounds like a great move like they knew what they were doing.
dude you made up that lie. both sx and ps5 hell even xboxone and ps4 can used 100gb UHD discs. the reason why dev's dont used it cause its expensive. please stop making up lies.
@Sparky77
You’re saying Sony has a monopoly on UHD Blu ray for games, preventing rival platforms from using it?
Seems like they're breaking the Law, if True
I too have ponder this and have two theories.
1: UHD Blu-ray discs are more expensive to produce due to licensing fees while actual production costs being similar to regular Blu-rays. So much so that Larian actually saves money to use 3 discs instead of 2. Sony just like during the PS3 era is forcing everyone to use UHD discs for games. Even if the game is 5 gigs.
Theory 2: Microsoft isn’t supporting UHD Blu-rays for games to save money on licensing fees and figuring that regular Blu-rays are good enough. Similar to the 360 keeping DVDs. This makes sense too as most games require a giant patch to fully install the game-even if they’re on UHD-discs and digital is getting more prevalent anyway. Xbox doesn’t have to update their manufacturing facilities either also saving money. Crossgen games work offline too eliminating 2 skus.
So much for those "polish that puts other AAA games to shame" and "finally a complete game at launch" articles...
Why do journalists need to make shit up when there's so much to actually praise about the game?
I will pick this up on PS5 and by the time I get through it, it will probably be patched to high heaven.
My second hope would be that they fix as many bugs as they can and THEN release a physical copy. This may seem counter intuitive but think about it plus the mastered disc version will be good enough to stand on its own.
Either way considering the scope of the game and the size of the dev team it's still very impressive.
But I heard it was so perfect it didn't need to be touched?