Nah, they should stick with their Eora universe imo
Owlcat because they make the CRPGs i enjoy i didn't care for BG3 (or the divinity games) and i know i am in the minority of the minority with that opinion but give Owlcat a budget and let them go hog wild with that IP.
What they did with Pathfinder and Warhammer has been nothing short of phenomenal and i can't imagine them fumbling with BG.
I doubt WotC would allow BG4 to be an exclusive. They would mandate it to be multiplatform.
Baldur's Gate 4 would be the sequel to Baldur's Gate 3, which was multiplatform. There would be an expectation from the now-huge fanbase for the sequel to 3 to also be multiplatform. If it weren't, it would piss off a lot of people, and sales would be lower. Besides, Microsoft has already started putting their games on other platforms, so they wouldn't even push for exclusivity.Why would they? Disney also doesnt demand SpiderMan or Indiana Jones to be
Baldur's Gate 4 would be the sequel to Baldur's Gate 3, which was multiplatform. There would be an expectation from the now-huge fanbase for the sequel to 3 to also be multiplatform. If it weren't, it would piss off a lot of people, and sales would be lower. Besides, Microsoft has already started putting their games on other platforms, so they wouldn't even push for exclusivity.
Microsoft from ten years ago was in a different place, in a different gaming landscape. It's just not the same in 2024; not with the sales of Xbox consoles being the way they are. WotC would not accept money from Microsoft to make BG4 exclusive to their console after 3 blew up the way they did, and the Microsoft of today wouldn't do that as well.With enough money everything is possible. MS moneyhatted the Tomb Raider 2013 Sequel for a certain time after the first one was multiplatform and Sony FFXVI. Even tho the 4 Games before it were on Xbox too.
Biggest issue I think with Obsidian is they struggle with projects that are larger in scope. I think the writing could match up to Larian.Maybe Obsidian or Guerrilla
Edit: In all seriousness I cant really see anyone giving us anything close to BG3, so would say Obsidian unironically since they make beautiful isometric CRPGs anyway, maybe even making BG4 their own spin as a Pillars sequel gameplay wise, similar to how BG3 was to Divinity
Dont try and 1 up BG3, just make something diffent
It took more than 20 years for that sentence to be wrong, so…Its funny how the discourse on BG3 has become the exact same as BG2. "They shouldn't bother, no one can do a better sequel. It's already as good as it can be. Etc"
Do we really need a BG4? What's the adventage of BG4 compared to a new IP?