Larian and Microsoft working to address 'annoying and uncool' Xbox account bans caused by the unfortunate combination of Baldur's Gate 3's notorious horniness and automatic gameplay uploads
Baldur's Gate 3 is a notoriously oversexed videogame, and that's causing headaches for some Xbox Series X-S owners who have found their accounts suspended after their consoles automatically uploaded gameplay clips of, as one redditor put it, «naked camp fun time.»
Xbox rules state that even though a game is approved by Microsoft, gameplay clips might not be: «Content that you might find in mature and adult-rated games aren't always suitable for others to view on the Xbox network. We recommend sharing content that's rated Teen (T) at most.»
If a clip is determined to be inappropriate, it will be removed, and your ability to upload clips or screenshots may be suspended for a few days. «Especially egregious or repeat offences can lead to a temporary suspension, permanent ban or even device-related suspension,» the Xbox support site says.
Enter Baldur's Gate 3, the game described by online editor Fraser Brown as "the horniest RPG I've ever played." (Yes, it's the one with the bear sex.) Odds are that if you've played it, you've done the horizontal mambo with someone at some point, and that's fine—the trouble is that Xbox consoles automatically upload recorded gameplay to remote servers by default, which apparently is not fine.
«I recorded three clips last night of some naked camp time fun,» redditor Daddy-Vegas wrote last week. «Xbox, by default, uploads all recorded clips to the server for easy sharing. Each clip counted as a different infraction and got my account banned for a year. I'm hoping the appeals process fixes this, but as of now; I can't play any game that requires a network connection (Basically making all the money I put into MW3 over the last 6 months even more worthless).»
Daddy-Vegas said he received no
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