The director ofBaldur’s Gate 3has took to social media to slam critics who claim that single-player games are dead, as it’s the quality that counts whether a medium is successful.
The entire video game industry has been criticized over the past year due to thesheer number of layoffsat seemingly every studio. It doesn’t matter whether a game is a hit, meets expectations, or bombed spectacularly, as people are getting laid off regardless of what they produced.
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Naturally, this has led some pundits to claim that single-player games are dying, partly due to how theydon’t produce the same revenueas a live-service game with a big audience. Not everyone agrees with this assessment, especially not the creator of one of the biggest games of the decade.
Swen Vincke Chimes In On Single-Player Games
In a post made on their Twitter/X account, Larian Studios founder andBaldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vinckehas commented on the criticism of the single-player genre, especially those who claim that it’s dying.
It’s easy to say that games just have to be good when you’ve made the most acclaimed video game of all time, but is that enough to support the claim that games just need to be good to be successful. BothFinal Fantasy 16andFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthare prime examples of this, having reviewed extremely well, but underperformed in terms of sales (though the PlayStation exclusivity didn’t help there.)
Meanwhile, multiplayer games have dropped like flies over the past few years, with high-profile failures, likeMultiVersusand Concordfailing to attract an audience. These weren’t terrible games: they just failed to attract a playerbase in an industry that’s full of options for different experiences.
Having astring of 10/10 reviewsand fans raving about a game online certainly helps it in the long-run, but that’s not restricted to genre or the number of players involved. No one can ever predict when a game will be a hit, and a high-quality title doesn’t always guarantee multiple millions of sales.
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