What?! I did not buy BG3 instantly when it hit Early Access though some time after that I did buy BG3. I did not buy during the week they sold over 1 million from Steam alone. I bought from GOG.com.
Well my brother has said he will buy this game but he will not to that before full release date which I guess is October-December 2022 or January-December 2023 is my best guess.
That is because my brother has other games that he plays and generally he has neve been interested in ALPHA or BETA plays.
Well then I have addition to my brother (my brother is not poor) one "poor" friend (well poor compared to me) he owns no real estate no house, apartment or summer cottage while I am landlord though not saying I am rich like 1 million euro net value+, but still good economy I can give my poor friend in this rare case pay 50% of his cost to buy BG3 at full release example 30 euro out of 60 euro. Well and I very rarely give presents to my "poor" friend. Well not poor in that way that he does not have money for food and a budget gaming desktop computer.
Kani... you are again with your own view of what is impressive sales. 5 million would be very impressive sales.
Now one thing that could affect a lot sales afterwards if they will go and sale for consoles Playstation and XBOX after PC version is done. I will not try estimate sales though find it difficult, but 100% sure that it will exceed DOS2 sales.