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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Publishing Rights Snagged by Spike Chunsoft in Japan | Push Square
20.08.2023 - 00:14 / pushsquare.com / Spike Chunsoft
The critically acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3 – seriously, have you seen those reviews! – will release later this year in Japan, courtesy of publisher Spike Chunsoft. The firm has snagged the rights to the ridiculously popular PS5 version, and domestic retailers have already started making product pages for digital and physical releases. It should be noted, in the west, the game is only available from the PS Store right now.
Obviously, this is big news for the PlayStation version of the game, as it’s another significant audience Larian Studios will be able to tap into. While there’s currently no release date attached to the Japanese edition, the developer announced pre-load times for Western markets overnight, and you can find out more through here. It’s also worth repeating, as we alluded to at the top of this article, this is currently one of the highest rated games of all time.
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So this just begs the question as to why no physical release in the West?
Cool, I'm waiting for a physical version, so it's good to know they'll at least be an Asian version. They usually work internationally, here's hoping.
Knowing Lariat I'm expecting them to wait to be satisfied and the game fully patched before a western physical release. Maybe even limited run.
Be interesting to see if japan taps into this, westerners love jrpgs but not sure the love is reciprocated?
@sanderson72 Larian were the publishers and while Valve, GoG and Sony probably have tools and support for digital release a physical release would have extra costs and logistics.
Who knows if they can get a western partner who won't fleece them on PS and Xbox physical it may come later.
@Old-Red With its impending success I think a physical & likely a collectors edition is a good bet at some point.
I'm waiting for a physical version too, very frustrating this isn't available at launch, as I would've preordered and picked up day 1!
It's interesting that Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest can trace their origin back to Dungeons & Dragons but the western table RPG was always niche. I think «word of mouth» is universal and there's a lot of Japanese players that want to experience this phenomenon but it won't be as massive as Dragon Quest cause graphic design in BG3 is way too western. D&D core books had manga art design in Japan
Wasn't it bandai who handle divinity original sin 2 physical release in the west? Why don't they talk with them again?
There is a Collector's Edition already, @Sequel. I have both a PlayStation and a PC Collector's Edition on order/pre-order. Unfortunately both come with a digital
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