Larian has delayed the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, currently on pace to possibly be 2023’s Game of the Year, until they can figure out how to make split-screen work on Series S.

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    Problem is that it can turn into a slippery slope. Where should MS draw the line if they start to allow Series X exclusive content? Can developers cut entire game modes from the S version if they just ask kindly enough? Or maybe ignore the S version completely? The risk is that developers are going to abuse this opportunity.

    MS wants people to see the Series S as a viable purchase. Why should you buy it when you won’t be able to play the next big release in full?

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      Yes, they should be able to say “this game doesn’t run on series S” because it’s significantly worse than the other options and it doesn’t deserve the work it takes. It doesn’t even have CPU parity, which is a much bigger deal than less GPU cores.

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        That will just betray all the customers who bought Series S. Will they upgrade to a Series X to play the next big thing? No, they will probably just buy a PS5 instead. Why should they continue to stay loyal with MS?

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          It’s not capable.

          They might have made the bed and be stuck in it, but it was a bad plan that substantially sabatoges the actual next gen console.

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          It was a stupid promise and even worse requirement for publishing a game on the platform.

          They should start considering them just different consoles and remove the parity (and requirement to release on both).

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          How is it any different than the number of games coming out that betray all the things they promised?

          As a series S owner, I never expected this thing to be able to play modern AAA games for 7-10 years like previous gens. It’s delusional. It was $300 with a controller ffs lol