There was an interview with Josh Sawyer where he said he would be up for doing PoE3 if he had BG3’s budget! Microsoft has lots of money, so maybe now that BG3 is a huge hit, they will let him! Just hopefully not in 1st person!
Yup. I posted this bit of news in another thread here. I don't want to get my hopes up and then have them dashed. Already went through that here with BG3. So I'm trying very hard to keep my hopes in check.

I wonder why PoE2 sold badly. It’s an amazing game. Not as good as PoE1, which with expansions is straight up 10/10 RPG with best lore and story I ever experienced in gaming. PoE2 continues the great story to a meaningful WTF end, but yeah - you gotta get there. Seems like people either didn’t “get” PoE1 (i know i didn’t, i understood what’s going on only on 2nd playthrough), or they dislike pirates and sunny seas theme?
Shame, both PoEs are masterful RPGs. Developers deserve the money and players deserve PoE3.
Totally agree, @ladydub!