The arrogance to think that larian is the only good option fir witc. Wotc has many options - some of them potentially better. In 10 years, we could have another company making a dnd game that sells more. *shrug*
And, thete us no evidence that bg 'by far' is yhe 'most popular' dnd game. Sell the most is likely, but we'll see. Do not underestimate the earlier BGs that without this game would not exist or NWN which also, FYI, outsold either BG.
And, no dev is 'completely independent' when making a dnd game.
I mean larian really is the only option. Theres no other studio of their size that does rpg games that has maintained goodwill.
Also most AAA devs now do liveservice or dlc spam so they may not even want to do a D&D game if offered as wotc probably wants a cut of the micro transactions.
