Originally Posted by SaurianDruid
This is definitely the first I've ever heard of a game releasing sooner than expected. A bold move. Larian must be incredibly confident in the game's release state. I hope it works out well for them!
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ba...g-precious-breathing-room-from-starfield

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“Reaching a technical bar [on PS5] that matches our design ambitions felt like the right move,” said director of publishing Michael Douse. He went on to say that “holding back the PC version” of the game during a crowded release period was “the wrong move,” leading to a new release date.

So PC version will be ready for early August release, PS5 won't. Rather than keeping BG3 off PC to release together with PS5 they opted to release it early to avoid releasing too close to the heavy hitters. That way they will have good couple weeks before every one starts covering Armored Core6 and Starfield. Meantime Sony-Ponies won't have Starfield, so that's not a conflict.