
In an interview with IGN, Vincke was asked whether Xbox had tried to pay Larian to get Baldur's Gate 3 onto Game Pass, to which he replied, "Oh, we always said from the get-go, it wasn't going to be on Game Pass, it's not going to be on Game Pass."
Vincke then added: "We made a big game, so I think there's a fair price to be paid for that, and I think that that is okay. We don't charge you any micro-transactions on top of it, so you get what you pay for. Upfront, it's a big meaty game. So I think that should be able to exist as it is. This is what allows us to continue making other games."
Considering Baldur's Gate 3's impressive debut position in our latest Xbox Gameplay Chart (which had only been on sale for a few days before the chart's publishing), it's clear that Vincke is right and that Larian doesn't need Game Pass to get Xbox players on board.That being said, there have been a couple of teething issues with the RPG on Xbox. A nasty save bug has been wiping Xbox players' Baldur's Gate 3 save files, which has left both Larian and Xbox scrambling to come up with a fix. Hopefully, a proper fix will be rolled out soon, and we can all go back to popping those Baldur's Gate 3 achievements.
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