No DLC plans from Larian - what are they thinking?

[Apollyon]

Apparently, Larian came out and said that there won't be any DLC at all.

Am I the only one who thinks this is an incredibly bad decision on Larian's part? Baldur's Gate 3 is their best game so far and it seemed like a no-brainer to me that there would be DLC content down the line for it. Additional story content and new playable races (RIP my Aasimar race hype) would have been an extremely reliable way for them to make tons of money from fans, but alas.

Super bummed by this news, BG3 was gearing up to become one of my top 5 games of all time. Now Larian has ensured it will die with no new content whatsoever. Sad...

[Apollyon]

Originally posted by Brian_the_Brute(beep/bop/boop):

Extra content/DLC was originally planned but Larian got burnt out on the game because of how long and how much effort it took to produce BG3. If Larian owned the D&D license it would likely be a different story.

With all that effort put into it, they still had to give a big chunk of profits away. Sealing the deal was having to put up with all the shenanigans from Hasbro including them firing everyone they worked with on the project.

I can see the argument that they got burned out developing the base game, but there's no rush to develop DLC and them straight up saying they are moving on to other projects almost as soon as they got GOTY reflects poorly on them. They could have at least left it open as a future possibility, but their announcement leads me to believe they never intended to capitalize on the huge success of the base game with DLC in the first place.

Can't speak to how much the Hasbro drama played a part in this decision, but I can't imagine it was the catalyst.

[Bray of Cats]

Originally posted by Яeplicant:

Originally posted by Bray, Founder of GG 6.4:

Our magic comes naturally to use as humans breath.

Others call it vegan powers, or so I've heard.

We some times put part of our being inside humans, that give them powers, preachy people are just less likely to notice soulwise.

[KRON]

Originally posted by Superbia:

Apparently, Larian came out and said that there won't be any DLC at all.

Am I the only one who thinks this is an incredibly bad decision on Larian's part? Baldur's Gate 3 is their best game so far and it seemed like a no-brainer to me that there would be DLC content down the line for it. Additional story content and new playable races (RIP my Aasimar race hype) would have been an extremely reliable way for them to make tons of money from fans, but alas.

Super bummed by this news, BG3 was gearing up to become one of my top 5 games of all time. Now Larian has ensured it will die with no new content whatsoever. Sad...

1) That's how games used to be made: you make a game, you release it and you move on to making a new game
2) Buying a game, completing it once and moving on to other games is completely normal. Engagement numbers drop off after release is completely normal for single-player games
3) The game has enough content for a 100 hours of play time as is + high replayability value due to being an RPG.
4) It's not just about the money. It's more about control of what can and cannot be in a future game. Working within constraints of an IP that doesn't belong to you imposes limitations you might not like.

[Brian_the_Brute]

DLC work was started, team elated they cancelled it.

https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-started-work-on-baldurs-gate-3-dlc-then-canceled-it-the-studio-was-elated

[iTemperence]

I wouldn't mind an expansion with some of the same characters, continuing some of the stories. But if it wouldn't be an expansion that could be considered another full game in its own right, then I'd rather have nothing. DLC tends to not be worth the price and almost always feels like something that should have been in the base game but maybe got cut.

Looking forward to their next game.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Because it's not about the money.

It's about sending a message

The message is a game they want to make

[dulany67]

Originally posted by Martin:

Originally posted by Lord Adorable:

Citation Needed.

Not by me. There are now hundreds of videos on youtube about this and at least a decade of spew from various people posting in these forums as well as elsewhere for you to cite.. so go look there.

The good news is, noone will make a bg4.. and any game made by swords will be highly suspect. Just look at what they did to bg3.. knowing how everyone would react before they did it and they still did it.. it's almost like they were trolling all of you..

Me? Honestly.. I don't care.. it's a computer game it isn't real.. just electricity bills and pixels. Which i'm going to play now.. bye.

So tell me you don't understand what clickbait means without telling me you don't understand what clickbait means.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Martin:

Just look at what they did to bg3.. knowing how everyone would react before they did it and they still did it.. it's almost like they were trolling all of you..

"Let's make a popular award winning game to troll them lol"

[dulany67]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Originally posted by Martin:

Just look at what they did to bg3.. knowing how everyone would react before they did it and they still did it.. it's almost like they were trolling all of you..

"Let's make a popular award winning game to troll them lol"

I hope they troll me some more.

[Nifty]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Because it's not about the money.

It's always about the money.

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Nifty:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Because it's not about the money.

It's always about the money.

Is it though?

[dulany67]

Originally posted by Nifty:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Because it's not about the money.

It's always about the money.

In this case, I would say whatever the licensing percentage is, but there can be other reasons as well.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Lord Adorable:

Originally posted by Nifty:

It's always about the money.

Is it though?

Naw sometimes it's all about the Pentiums

https://youtu.be/qpMvS1Q1sos?si=4yv3pTvCzpHlOoy9

[Mormacil]

Originally posted by Superbia:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Because it's not about the money.

So you're saying that Larian potentially making additional story content and adding new playable races at the very least, was somehow going to be of subpar quality compared to the base game?

If so, I find that argument completely baseless and irrationally pessimistic.

They said they didn't wanna do them because they had no good plans for them. They rather want to do other stuff. So yeah based on their own words they believe it would be a subpar product.

[TripSin]

They didn't make expansions for the DoS games, either.

Tragic.