Larian attacks Baldur’s Gate 3 scalpers who are reselling the Collector’s Edition at exorbitant prices
The Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition has become the most unattainable item due to speculation, a phenomenon that Larian criticized on his social networks.
Baldur’s Gate 3 was undoubtedly big game of 2023, a major milestone on PC and later with its versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, where a four-disc edition was required.
Its significance is so great that Larian RPG won the GOTY title at five major awards ceremonies that year, including The Game Awards and Golden Joystick Awards.
Proof of its importance is that keeps generating headlines. Some are nicer, like the user-created sex doll from Astarion; but also others that are less interesting to users.
Larian criticized speculators for reselling the Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition
The original Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition included drow diorama, cloth map, magic cards and many other luxury items for around 250 euros.
The problem is that The circulation was 25,000 copies.and a significant part of them ended up in the hands of speculators, who are now They offer them at prices above 3000 euros..
Fans expressed their dissatisfaction with this situation, and these complaints reached their ears. Michael Dawes, Larian Publishing Managerwho in a message from X shared this anger.
“Man, I hate speculators. I understand that this is still a product, but This collector’s edition was created to make people happy, not to get rich from them.»– he says in his publication.
Daus’ message reaches hoarders: “If you bought this edition to trade it, the only thing you will achieve is to break someone’s heart.”.
The scandalous edition went on sale even before the game was released.at the early access stage, back in 2022. It has been available for several monthsbut everything changed when Baldur’s Gate 3 went on sale.
Since its official launch in August 2023, the Collector’s Edition has been fodder for speculators.who saw the perfect moment to accumulate the last ones in stock and thus sell them at a premium.
Critics of Larian They are attacking this manual as well as the minimum circulation of 25,000 units.compared to other major AAA games that offer greater availability of their special editions.
In any case, the problem of speculators continues to worsen. The most recent incident occurred with The 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro immediately sold out. and this has led to users taking special measures.
Even Japan is not free from the phenomenon of storage devices: the recently opened Nintendo Museum had to limit the sale of souvenirs in its store because many of them appeared in online stores with exorbitant prices.
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