This is a game that I want to see on this platform: Phil Spencer talked about the problems of Xbox Series S with Baldur’s Gate 3

In an interview with the IGN portal as part of the Gamescom 2023, the head of Xbox Fil Spencer commented on problems with the Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xboxseries S, which faced a team of Larian Studios developers in the pretext of releasing the game on Xbox at the end of 2023 – early 2024.

As you may know, Larian studios could not achieve maximum returns from the local cooperative when using the Baldur’s Gate 3 Series S-version, so the game will be released on PS5 earlier than Xbox. According to Spencer, for Microsoft this "Training experience", However, he does not believe that it is "Fatal drawing of the system".

As for the two platforms, I would like all games to appear on both platforms. There are functional differences between the platforms. We can understand this issue and understand how it works. The decision on where to direct your time and effort depends on the developers themselves. We are here in order to support them and help them in what they want to do. We want to be sure that the games that come out on other platforms will be released on Xbox.

We are also going to learn from this case, since we don’t like it. But I don’t think this is some kind of fatal drawback of the system. Partners themselves set priorities, and we listen to their opinion and help them. In addition, you see that some amazing games look great on S and X. Diablo looks great, Starfield looks great. Forza looks great on two consoles. I want console games to be available to a greater number of gamers, and we believe that the price category of the console is a very important part of this process.

Spencer also praised Larian how "An important partner" For Xbox, saying that Baldur’s Gate 3 is a game that he would like to see on the platform, and his team provided resources so that this happened.

Naturally, even more incentives for the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox appeared after a completely incredible release: now the game has 96 points on Metacritic. And the faster it appears on the Xbox Series X | S, the better!