Baldur's Gate 2's co-lead designer was asked to make Baldur's Gate 4 after Larian declined: 'Having to compete against Baldur's Gate 3? That would be insanity'
He declined as well.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/baldurs-gate-2s-co-lead-designer-was-asked-to-make-baldurs-gate-4-after-larian-declined-having-to-compete-against-baldurs-gate-3-that-would-be-insanity/Open linkView original on piefed.world
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While I won't say BG3 is the apex of DND games - some improvements can be made as evidenced by th modding community - trying to one up it within the next 5 years is going to be an uphill battle.
I'd much rather see a fully fleshed out campaign generator that can be updated with new rules.
Or, as @HeartyOfGlass suggested: campaigns as DLC/developer mods!
I was thinking a dnd game gen where players and a games master could play together, basically taking the table top games straight into a video game.
They could print money by releasing published D&D campaigns as DLC for Baldur's Gate 3. Why rebuild that excellent foundation?
It would be the PERFECT way to breathe some new life into a masterpiece after many of us have completed the main campaign too many times for it to still be interesting but still ADORE the game and want to keep playing it!
Even the BG3 devs don't want to compete with BG3.
I really love that they stopped working on the DLC because they didn't feel like it. They could have made a lot more money, but they wanted to make something else, so they stopped.
Makes sense. Proper DLC would have to interleave with base game which is a ton of work. So easy solution is to make DLC as a separate “game” which would just not work that well.