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!
I had never played a turn-based RPG before BG3; and I had zero knowledge of DnD systems, besides the little I’d gleaned almost by osmosis via memes.
Wasn’t sure if this game was for me, also wasn’t sure if the two hour refund window would be enough to find out; I got out the pirate patch & peg leg to find out. As another commenter said this game is like crack… well deserving of £50 so I bought it yesterday. I was always too intimidated by the deep systems to join any local DnD outings as a fumbling noob, but wondering if this game might have opened me up to it! Wouldn’t that be ironic, a single player RPG (I know you can multi but I don’t) getting me outside and socialising.