LogFAQs > #975240021

very excited for bg3, i have played almost all crpg there is and honestly did not expect this kind of reception by the masses (afaik like 300k concurrent players on steam rn)

Baldur's gate 1 and 2 sold around 2 millions around their zenith and the peak of its genre popularity. This is another whole new level. I understand if it was like witcher 3 or cyberpunk as arpg are more palatable to the masses and with right marketing they do blow up.

This is a mostly faithful tabletop adaptation and a sequel to 20 years old games to boot, from a developer that admittedly relatively well known in the crpg circle, but not outside that niche. Similar games like solasta: crown of the magister did succeeded financially in the scope of their project size, and both original sin game blew up to 2-3 mil sales but at their peak they reached like 100k concurrent players at most.

Is it viral marketing?
Are there always this big of a demand for this style of game that AAA publishers never wanted to take the risk for.?