The Xbox retail model of Baldur’s Gate 3 comes on a whopping 4 discs, developer Larian Studios has clarified. It is the first Xbox Series X recreation to launch on so many.
The sprawling Dungeons & Dragons role-playing recreation was set to reach in bodily kind on Xbox Series X over three discs, however that determine has been revised after Baldur’s Gate 3 got here in simply 500MB over the restrict.
“The Xbox retail model of Baldur’s Gate 3 will certainly have 4 discs, since we’re 500MB over the restrict for three, ” Larian director of publishing Michael Douse confirmed in a tweet. “Solely possibility would have been to chop some content material out however that didn’t make sense, so confirming 4.”
Because of this, the Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox bodily wave one March 25 launch date will in all probability slip to the first week of April, (*4*). Larian will ship every model so as of readiness, with PC first. “No discs makes life simple,” Douse added. “4 discs, onerous.”
As already introduced, the PS5 model ships on two discs, and the PC model on only one (it hosts a customized installer and comes with a Steam key.)
For reference, the Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version, which incorporates the base recreation and the Phantom Liberty enlargement, turned the first Xbox Series X recreation to launch on three discs when it went on sale in December.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 launched in 2023 and have become a smash hit, incomes a ten/10 in IGN’s evaluate. “With crunchy, tactical RPG fight, a memorable story with advanced characters, extremely polished cinematic presentation, and a world that at all times rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs,” we mentioned.
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