2015 was a year packed with releases of all kinds, notable video games like Splatoon, Black Ops III, or Metal Gear Solid V will turn 10 years old in 2025.
Yes, it’s totally normal for AAA (and Ubi AAAA) games to enter early access before full release to finance development post ACT I… Yes, BG3 is totally a AAA game and Larian a AAA studio… FML! One can’t look exclusively at budget, especially when most of it went into development and not marketing.
And to think Larian is some small company is also silly. It has over 400 employees and 7 offices. It’s privately owned, yes, but it hasn’t been an AA studio since the success of Divinity Original Sin 2 and most definitely not since the massive success of BG3.
Yes, it’s totally normal for AAA (and Ubi AAAA) games to enter early access before full release to finance development post ACT I… Yes, BG3 is totally a AAA game and Larian a AAA studio… FML! One can’t look exclusively at budget, especially when most of it went into development and not marketing.
That’s literally what AAA means…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(video_game_industry)
And to think Larian is some small company is also silly. It has over 400 employees and 7 offices. It’s privately owned, yes, but it hasn’t been an AA studio since the success of Divinity Original Sin 2 and most definitely not since the massive success of BG3.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larian_Studios