Swen said that they started with a 100% faithful adaptation of the ruleset. They should have released the version that was closest to RAW for EA instead of the ~50% version we got and worked from there together with the community to see what actually works for a videogame.
Let's be honest, what that means was, they flipped through the Source books for 10 minutes and said "BORING" and started with DOS2 instead.
Originally Posted by Tuco
I honestly don't think WotC gives a shit as long as BG3 is going to make a lot of money.
also, this. WotC is not quite as bad as Games Workshop, but give them time, they'll get there