Baldur’s Gate 3 has made bank for Hasbro, significantly contributing to a 40 percent increase in digital revenue for the company.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has made bank for Hasbro, significantly contributing to a 40 percent increase in digital revenue for the company.
It sucks, because I want to buy this game, but I refuse to give WotC/Hasbro money, and I don’t want to pirate it because I want to support Larian.
It really sucks.
Do Larian deserve your money less because they licensed trademarks from a company that considered and then backed down from a license change? And for this you’ll rob yourself of a fantastic experience? What a strange value system. Wait until you find out how they made sausages, or your phone.
Could buy gift copies of some other Larian game then pirate this one to potentially sate your personal morals for the situation
Look man, initially WotC didn’t move on with Larian’s pitch and only changed their minds later on. I get it, you don’t like WotC but you’re robbing yourself of a fantastic experience because of this stance you’ve held. Baldur’s Gate 3 oozes with passion and creativity, you only do yourself a disservice by ignoring it.
It’s probably my favourite game of all time and loads of people refuse to play it because they know it’ll make other games feel bland by comparison. You have nothing to lose but your money.
I will continue to buy stuff that Hasbro has licensed to people who care about the games they make even if Hasbro indirectly profits from it to show support for doing it right. Like the DnD movie and BG3, but not Beyond or the tabletop stuff until they reverse course on those.
If nothing else there is an opportunity for Hasbro to catch on at some point and the people they license to get to make quality stuff to enjoy in the meantime. It isn’t like Hasbro is Nestlé and ruining countries.
Just pirate it, and buy a gift pack of dos2 or dos1