I'm not too sure WotR should be called niche when it raised more money on kickstarter than D:OS2 did. Maybe niche compared to the broad appeal/mass advertising that BG3 got, but a lot of things would be niche in a comparison like that.
Originally Posted by gaymer
Larian announced another new office in Barcelona. This further gives me worry that they are still understaffed and well behind schedule due to unforeseen delays.
I'd say 7 offices around the world is well beyond the point where people should stop treating Larian like they're some random indie developer. Maybe they're still indie in the absolute strictest definition, but there's a huge divide between a group of 10-20 people and like 350+ employees worldwide and counting. They hit it big, and grats to them, they're a stone's throw away from being a corporation now (if they aren't already, in everything but name).
Giving this some further consideration, a lot of studios tend to implode in this type of transition. Larian's going to have to be careful with this, lest they make the same mistakes the Witcher/Cyberpunk devs did.
It looks like this seventh studio is very small and is a group of engineers whose sole job is to port games to other platforms. This is actually a really good thing as it frees their main development team from having to focus on that work AND it allows them to more quickly move the BG3 title to other platforms.
Interesting! This more or less confirms they have full intention of expanding the available platform from just PC, MAC, Stadia to at least Switch if not Xbox and Sony. A lot of Consoleboi's will be happy.
Not me though, I can't stand those filthy console gamers :P (KIDDING)
