Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Steam Deck Verified status is upsetting Xbox players Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 being Steam Deck Verified days after launch is angering Xbox players, as Larian Studios still has not committed to a Series X|S port. Massive D&D-based RPG Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is taking the PC gaming world by storm, but not everyone is able to get in on the fun yet. Though the game is coming to PlayStation 5 on September 6, 2023, Xbox Series X|S players will have to wait much longer \u2013 if they get it at all. While Larian has said Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is not a PS5 console exclusive and an Xbox port is in the works with a potential 2024 release, it has yet to officially reveal its plans after running into development issues on Microsoft\u2019s console, more specifically the Xbox Series S. However, the news that Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is now Steam Deck Verified is frustrating Xbox gamers who want to know how a handheld can handle a game that their current-gen console supposedly cannot. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is being held back by the Xbox Series S\u2019 limitations While Steam Deck users are understandably delighted by Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 running smoothly on Valve\u2019s hardware, Xbox gamers responded to Larian\u2019s announcement with disappointment and, in some cases, anger. According to Larian, the issues mainly stem from trying to get Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s split-screen co-op working on the Xbox Series S. The system isn\u2019t as powerful as its counterpart, but Microsoft requires feature parity for all games releasing on its hardware, meaning developers can\u2019t make technically demanding elements Series X exclusive. In fairness to both Larian and Microsoft, the very feature that seems to be keeping Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 off the Xbox Series X|S is also a problem for Steam Deck. The developers have disabled split-screen co-op on the handheld, and while gamers have found a workaround, it does seem to negatively impact game performance. Still, Microsoft\u2019s parity policy has been controversial since the launch of the Xbox Series X|S. While mandating parity allows Series S owners to enjoy the same games as those with the significantly more expensive hardware and removing it would likely lead to confusion among consumers, some gamers and developers have accused the policy of holding the industry back. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 may have reignited calls for Microsoft to reconsider its approach to parity, but Xbox players have reason to stay optimistic. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has said Microsoft is helping Larian sort out the issues, and the developer hopes to update fans on their progress by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Steam Deck Verified status is upsetting Xbox players Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 being Steam Deck Verified days after launch is angering Xbox players, as Larian Studios still has not committed to a Series X|S port. Massive D&D-based RPG Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is taking the PC gaming world by storm, but not everyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}