Baldur's Gate 3 Update Includes New Xbox Fixes, But Deleted Saves Persist

On BG3 specifically, while nobody is questioning the quality of the game, the release has been technically poor on PC, PS and now Xbox, with various issues on every platform.

It still amazes me the state games release in these days, across almost all publishers and platforms.

Do better

Sincerely yours,

Gamers everywhere

Game of the year right here, most celebrated developer right now, who had months to get this port right.

Are people doing the ‘belt and braces’ approach that I suggested the other day? Save before you finish playing, fully quit the game, don’t quick resume - just start the game and reload your save. It worked for me with the corrupted save issue on PS5 and I’ve used the same method on Xbox with no problems at all.

GOTY... this is mad

This fix solved all my problems. Cross saves were causing crashes and no longer do. No other save issues so far.

Maybe I am a “glass half full” kind person because I see these issues as a good thing - despite players being frustrated with it.

Clearly Microsoft has issues with large save files - perhaps it was on oversight, error, or just lack of hindsight to think save file sizes would get “too big” for the system to properly handle 100% of the time.

This game is showing Microsoft that things need to change - especially as games get more and more ambitious in scope. And given reports that Insiders have an update to help address these issues on the Xbox backend, it’s proving to already have a positive change!

Sure it sucks now as gamers are having to suffer for it; but this seems to be the kind of thing that may have only come to light when being played outside of a controlled environment.

Game of the year, people! Man, those awards are a joke.

@somnambulance Yeah I find it amazing how in an era when it seems like every big developer comes under fire for any issues their games might have, how a game like this can have it's issues, this serious, shoved under a rug so it can get praised and placed on a pedestal. Everyone has become so biased it's just ridiculous.

@somnambulance Yup, I am very familiar with that sort of mentality coming from today's proud e-warriors as a fan of Starfield. It's like god forbid I might actually enjoy the game and find it appealing, because there's some bugs with it, meanwhile the darling of those people, BG3, has a game-ruining problem that deletes saves, and it's like how dare you even acknowledge that, the game must be praised.

Stuff like this has made me really lose interest in being a part of most online gaming communities these days. Everyone has become so toxic and fanboyish, it's just annoying, and it's made today's buzz/hype/feedback misleading to the point where it's become worthless.

@somnambulance Yeah, I think you just have to find good corners to stick to these days. Like this is usually a rather friendly community, and if you look around you can usually find some people who are nice to talk to, but wow, some areas on the internet can be really toxic, especially the bigger ones. There is definitely a real "follow the leader" sort of situation, where people will simply gravitate towards whatever the popular consensus is wherever they are at. As I've gotten older I've lost interest in having anything to do with that, it's like I have really developed my own taste and understanding when it comes to video games, so I am likely to conflict with others who are all about whatever the most popular or safest thing to be saying could be. I honestly think a lot of people act that way simply because they're pressured to fit in anyways, while I just prefer being more authentic.

I feel the modern day social media atmosphere has really screwed things up in a sense, where there can be all this pressure to fit in with different popular crowds, cults, and cliques. I guess some people just really love having that sort of connection, but if I can't relate I usually find them off-putting/toxic to be around, as I have been around a lot of them that just treat people like garbage. There is definitely the situation where you can become the company you keep as well, if people behave poorly, it's probably not a good crowd to be hanging out with, and they will probably have a bad effect on you in the end.

So yeah, I just think the best thing to do is to be yourself, not being afraid to be outspoken, and sticking to people who can be friendly towards others with contrary taste and opinions.

@somnambulance Yeah I agree with that as well. Mass social media is basically just a tool to manipulate the general public with, controlled by big corporations with big interests. Smaller forums and sites like this can be a good way to escape that IMO. Even then, some sites and forums can fall victim to toxic crowds, smaller group settings can have their issues. It can be hard to find good corners and spots on the internet where people are open to discussions, but when you find them it can be the best place to discuss interests. Big platforms are usually overwhelming to me, and I often seem to get lost in all the noise.

@Sakai this is every larian game since the new company formed out of the ashes of the old. Their strategy for DOS1 and 2 was about halfway into fixing stuff to abanden the original launch with some complete addition nonsense that they were working on and just never fix the original version they did this with both games.
To be fair they always gave the improved version to players for free on steam not on console though and if your games that you paid for is unplayable for the next six months While they work on the super duper version thats kinda well poor on them. When they did the early access for eaons thing I thought they maybe were trying to iron the process out better. Guess not! I am still waiting for the announcement We are working on the bear love super duper version so fixes on this version has stopped we shall see.