Baldur's Gate 3 developer explains Xbox delay is due to split-screen

More patience is needed.

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I don't have an Xbox but found this and a few other articles about Xbox/BG3 release interesting.

Larian wants to make the game the best it can for each platform/machine.
- The split performance for "next gen" is a pretty major compromise to the ecosystem. The benefit of consoles is the single target you can optimize hard for. Different GPU can be tuned, but different CPU is an issue for demanding loads.
  
  Yeah.
  
  X/S is apparently a big difference. But Xbox requires a game tomrun on both with the same features.
  
  So if Larian wants split screen and only one can handle it, their choice is releasing a bad version on the weaker Xbox, or spending a lot of time trying to make it work.
  
  All because Xbox is in denial about what "next gen" really means.
  
  Larian is saying the the split screen will be in there for the Xbox-S. They said they are working with Microsoft to get it up to speed.
  
  So you are saying the S has a different cpu, so split screen will not happen?
Sven Vinke (Head of Larian) spoke about this during the FPS podcast, which was really interesting to see/hear. Timestamped Youtube Link
I thought they release the weaker S series to sell cheaper to a lot of people. I wouldn't have bought it, and would have got the X version if I was going to get one. I think it was $100 cheaper?
- The Series S launched at $299 and the Series X launched at $499.
  
  You know if they sold a lot of the series S over the series X?
  
  It is about half the price.

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