The situation with Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox Series X and S highlights an intensifying headache for Microsoft. As more and more developers look to make the most of the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, will having to release a version of their multiplatform games on the S hold them back? Or, in drastic cases such as Larian’s, hold Xbox versions back completely?“The decision to do split-screen or not is a creative decision, a dev decision,” Spencer said. For Larian, split-screen co-op is an essential part of the Baldur’s Gate 3 offering, as it was for its previous games in the Divinity: Original Sin series