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Why Baldur’s Gate III is an accidental PS5 console exclusive

www.engadget.com Why Baldur’s Gate III is an accidental PS5 console exclusive | Engadget

Larian is having trouble fitting Baldur’s Gate III on the Xbox Series S, the lower-priced and lower-powered console in Microsoft’s ninth-generation lineup.

Larian is having trouble fitting Baldur’s Gate III on the Xbox Series S, the lower-priced and lower-powered console in Microsoft’s ninth-generation lineup.

I was looking up more information on why there’s such an issue getting BG3 on Xbox, and found this article with a lot more detail on the topic.

EDIT: The issue isn’t graphics or frame rate; it’s memory. The article goes into detail.

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Are we ignoring the PC as a platform?
- Is the PC a console? No. So it can be 'console exclusive' on PS5.
  
  But there are certain titles that are only on PS5 and not PC?
  
  Of course yeah. But more often than not PC isn't factored in when something is called exclusive or not because honestly PC and Consoles aren't in competition in the same way consoles are with each other.
  
  No. If it were a PS5 exclusive it wouldn't be released on the PC.
  
  Topic title is "PS5 console exclusive" emphasis on "console". On consoles, it will be a PS5 exclusive for an indeterminate length of time.
- And kind of a console too lol with the steam deck
  
  The Steam Deck is a full fledged Linux PC in a handheld format.
  
  xbox one OS is windows 10 core. That doesnt make it "not a console"
  
  A console is a closed off system. The Deck is literally just a Linux PC in handheld format. You can do everything with it, Valve even explicitly encourages you to do that.

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