Baldur's Gate 3 CEO Weighs In On The "Single-Player Games Are Dead" Argument

The death of single-player video games has been a hot topic for several years now--one that Larian Studios founder and Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke weighed in on recently. Posting on his X account, Vincke explained how he doesn't believe that traditional single-player experiences aren't dead yet.
"That time of the year again when big single-player games are declared dead," Vincke posted. "Use your imagination. They're not. They just have to be good."
This lines up with previous comments made by Vincke, as in an interview with GameSpot, he revealed his thoughts on how other studios could replicate the success of Baldur's Gate 3. At The Game Awards last year, Vincke also gave a speech on how the winning formula for a game was "stupidly simple" but somehow kept getting lost.
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