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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

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$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world
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    I didn’t pay anywhere near $80 for Borderlands 1-3+ all the DLC…. So um. No. I’m in no hurry.

    This isn’t all the games but it goes on for like another 2 screens worth for all the DLC…

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      I bought the full collection last year for like $50. $20 for the first three and all DLC, and like $30 for the complete Borderlands 3 (I had gotten the other ones so decided to just get the full series).

      Then I actually went and got Wonderlands and had an actual blast playing it.

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    Fuck you, I’m not paying $80 for a game so an executive can get a new Porsche.

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    Find a way?

    Piracy is a way. Thanks for the tip.

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    Pitchford gives off some strong “do you guys not have phones” energy. He’s so out of touch it’s astounding.

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    This is such a scummy statement I want BL4 less now. Let him eat cake.

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    I will illegally download an illegal version of the game, thanks bye

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    Real fan?

    Bitch please. We’ve put up with your crap for so long and we still play it…

    Get out of here with that horse shit. Get fucked. Fuck you, and the horse you rode in on. At best, I’ll wait for a sale, at worst, I’m never playing your goddamned franchise again because you’ve run it into the ground with enshittification.

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    I knew Randy would fuck up the game somehow.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      Seriously, why do they let him talk? The man is a walking PR disaster.

      Then again, we should all be asking how the hell he’s not in jail for possession of child porn, so I guess this is a pretty minor thing in comparison.

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    Just started expedition 33. Omg. So so good!

    Point is… I’ll play something else.

    • ZeroOne@lemmy.world
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      Listen here, just wait for Menace to release (By Overhype studios) now that’s a proper turn-based game

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    Aw, he’s telling people to pirate it. What a thoughtful guy.

    • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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      You wouldn’t download a shit to give.

    • LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world
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      That’s legitimately how I read what he was saying at first.

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    ﹏𓊝

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Unfortunately, the real appeal of the Borderlands series is multiplayer. The games are alright in single player mode, but multiplayer is where it really shines. And cracked copies likely won’t work with multiplayer, because they use game servers for matchmaking.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        IIRC all of the past ones have worked over LAN, including over a private VPN if you so desire. I definitely played pirated copies of 1 and 2 with my mates. I had no real desire to get very deep into 3 because the campaign storyline was so stupid, but I don’t doubt you could.

        It’s only online matchmaking with randos that you’ll be blocked from, which if you ask me is not really that much of a detriment.

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      Theseus’ ship? Borderlands 4 is just the projectfile of borderlands 2 with every part replaced? 😱

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        Would be better than 3

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    Remember how Randy Pitchford funneled money that was supposed to go to Aliens: Colonial Marines into Borderlands 2 (and Duke Nukem Forever lol)

    Callender’s suit alleges that Pitchford “breached his fiduciary duties by exploiting Gearbox employees and property to fund Pitchford’s private cravings,” and one portion of the suit makes two sensational accusations about Pitchford’s behavior: that he accidentally left a selection of “underage” pornography on a USB stick at a restaurant, and that he used his company’s money to host parties where “adult men have reportedly exposed themselves to minors, to the amusement of Pitchford.”

    How the fuck do you leave a USB stick full of child abuse material at a fucking Medieval Times and get away with it?

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      Laws only apply to us poors.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Weinstein? Diddy? Epstein?

        I think the more apt description would be that when you’re got something that makes other people money, then you will be protected. When that ends you’re fair game.

        I also agree that the more money you have the better defence you can get, but I don’t believe laws only apply to the poor. That’s hyperbole.

        • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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          So the logic is…

          The laws only apply to the poor except for exceptions where rich are on their way to poor and can be used as examples of the exception .

          • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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            I don’t believe that’s what I said, or at least it wasn’t my intention. I was more trying to highlight that wealthy people (which are not in the way to being poor) will be protected by the people that stand to gain from that protection, not simply for being rich.

            I also explicitly said that the justice system does favour the rich, not in a malicious way but more because we have a system that means rich folk can afford more man hours which translates to a better defence.

            I want to be clear I’m not defending rich folk here, just being a pedant I guess.

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              Ah yeah we are all pedants here and such while I understand and mostly agree with your comment I now must include.

              Uhh, actually we don’t have a justice system, we have a legal system.

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                Haha how dare you out pedant me.

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          Weinstein? Diddy? Epstein?

          All three of those examples got away with it for literal decades.

          Both Weinstein and Diddy were known dangers in their industry.

          They took Epstein out because you know he had compromat on Trump. Best friends.

          Or - the Cosby shit was an open secret. No one cared until Hannibal Buress started pointing it out.

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            All three of those examples got away with it for literal decades.

            Literally what I’m saying. They got away with it because they had utility for other people and when they no longer did that’s when they get indicted, cause people stop running cover.

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    Guess I’m not a real fan. Fuck you Randy. He’s such a cunt.

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      While working on Borderlands 3, the team was severely underpaid. People started quitting, so Randy promised them an “unprecedented company profit-sharing bonus model.” That never got paid—he blamed “higher-than-anticipated development costs and sales not meeting projections.” Borderlands 3 went GOTY, a few dozens millions copies sold. Randy secured a $12M executive bonus for himself. When staff expressed dissatisfaction, Pitchford told them they were free to quit. This was in the middle of the pandemic, and the job market was absolute crap.

      https://mcvuk.com/business-news/borderlands-3-developer-gearbox-accused-of-reneging-on-staff-bonuses/

      • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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        I’ve not heard a single good thing about him. He’s just a toolbag through and through.

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        If anyone deserves for his workers to get unionized, it’s this asshole

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    Like waiting 6 months for them to panic over low sales and put on 50% sale?

    Maybe, or maybe I’ll wait for the ultimate edition with all dlc to hit $40

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      When $40 is half price, I will generally pass as if it were $80. There is a glut of amazing content out there for $40 or less, and much of it is truly inspired indie work. When your half-price game is competing with great full-price indie titles, I will continue to ignore your overpriced corporate muck.

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      I mean 50% off and still being $40 still sounds like a terrible deal

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        Right? I didn’t realize how disinterested I was in Borderlands until I read that.

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      Borderlands 3 is in a free giveaway after a year or so on Epic Games. The sales must be abysmal to give a flagship franchise away for free, because of Randy being a bitch and insist exclusive is good. This will hopefully bite them back like last time.

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      I honestly think it will sell a lot because most gamers won’t be able to control themselves.

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        What does a 12 year old care about $80? They ain’t spending that. Their parents are.

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        Or perhaps even find it to be worth the price.

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      Or get it second-hand off G2A or CDKeys.

      I’m never paying $80 for a video game.

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        piracy is preferable over buying a key off of greymarket sites like this tbh

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        I wouldn’t advise using those services, myself. Lots of sketchy stuff. Legit copies of digital games go on sale often enough.

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      I got Borderlands 3 about a year after release for less than 5€, I can wait.

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    ugh. i wont even pirate it. gross

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