Algorithms. I don’t see anything BG3 or Spider-Man 2. I don’t think I’ve ever looked up either of those game, or watched videos of them on YouTube. So it makes sense s we by some of us see tons of content, and others don’t.
If it wasn’t for Gaf, I’d have no idea BG3 was a big deal. No one I know talks about it.
Me and my gaming buddies hang out in a Discord that I manage, usually around 5-10 "regulars" that come and go. Before BG3 launch I posted multiple articles about it and even linked the last "Panel from Hell: Release" developer livestream. Every single post got minimal or no response. The only one that got any traction at all was one that had a headline mentioning you could fuck a bear (lols ensued). Even still, after the game launched me and my buddy who did a D:OS 2 playthrough were the only ones playing it. I streamed my first couple of play sessions on Discord and those regulars who jumped in STILL asked me what game it was when they viewed the stream. The exchange typically went like this:
Them: "What game is this?"
Me: "Baldurs Gate 3, it's really good"
Them: "What is it?"
Me: "A classic RPG with D&D rules"
Them: "Huh, neat"
Them:
Boots up CoD/Tarkov
My point here being that if we are to go off anecdotal evidence, nobody gave a shit about Baldur's Gate 3 pre-release OR post-release. Now we know that's not actually the case because, well, the game has launched and we know differently now. To those saying "none of my friend group is talking about it", that means basically nothing, it's as anecdotal of an experience as mine. For comparison some those same regulars who skipped BG3 and continue to have no interest in it ARE talking about and hyped for Starfield. It just seems to be more mainstream of a title.
I can at least understand the snipes about "not enough marketing" even if I think most of them amount to concern trolling, but even still BG3 had little to no traditional marketing pre-release either and it seemed to be able to stand on it's own two legs well enough.
My $0.02.
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