Larian exec calls industry layoffs an avoidable mistake, believes creative freedom helps Baldur’s Gate 3’s success
• Larian's publishing director says recent industry layoffs are an "avoidable fu*k-up" and companies are doing it because "everyone else is"
• He believes the companies making layoffs are not at risk of bankruptcy, just of upsetting shareholders by not showing enough growth
• Larian has avoided going public to not be beholden to shareholders and retain creative freedom, which helped Baldur's Gate 3's success
• With Larian not making a Baldur's Gate 4, the rights holder Wizards of the Coast could enlist another studio to make a sequel in the D&D universe
• A Baldur's Gate 4 seems financially likely given the positive reception to BG3, but it's unclear which studio would develop it