Baldurs Gate 3 on PS Plus Is Probably Never Going to Happen
"You won't find our games on a subscription service".
In response to comments from a Ubisoft executive suggesting gamers need to become "comfortable" with the idea of not owning their games, Larian Studios founder Swen Vicke has doubled down on the traditional method of accessing video games: paying for them. As part of a Twitter thread, he suggests a world dominated by subscriptions essentially dictates what games get made, and ruled out the likes of Baldur's Gate 3 hitting a service like PS Plus.
Swen Vicke explained: "You won’t find our games on a subscription service even if I respect that for many developers it presents an opportunity to make their game." As well as Baldur's Gate 3, this rules out the Divinity: Original Sin titles on PS Plus too. Vicke argues that if subscription services reign supreme, then a "select group gets to decide what goes to market and what not", meaning it'll be harder for certain games to get funded.
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