That probably means that we don't get PoE 3.
Probably, but not necessarily. Everybody in the industry took notice of BG3. It shows this model can be successful. That makes it seem less risky. If anybody can convince MS to give them the budget to make this sort of game, it’s Obsidian.
No, there is no "model" in BG3 for others to follow. The only model is BG3 being a D&D game. Without that there's nothing else for any other studio to "follow." And in fact, in his comments, Sawyer very clearly talks about the many problems and weaknesses of BG3 that he would want to avoid or fix in any PoE3 game. The only "pluses" from BG3 he really brought up were designing combat encounters with TB combat in mind (though he also clearly said he would retain the option of both TB and RTwP in the game, which would be a HUGE improvement over BG3 right there), and including AAA cinematics.
