$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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I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.
Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course
wrote on 21 May 2025, 01:56 last edited byGames have been surprisingly inflation resistant. I paid $70 for Playstation games in the 90s.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 02:10 last edited by
I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren't worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They're not worth $80 without the goodies. I'll just wait for a sale.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 02:13 last edited by
Real fans "Find a Way" Yarr.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 02:14 last edited by
You'd think he'd be better media trained by now. But no, here goes the foot in the mouth.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 02:38 last edited by
Borderlands 3 was the first game I didnt even bother finishing, just super boring lol
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 02:41 last edited by almacca@aussie.zone
Borderlands isn't that good, Randy. Is anyone that much of a fan of a genetic shooter who's only distinguishing feature was the art style and the number of guns? (which I found got tiresome pretty quickly.) I played and enjoyed the first one, but from what I've played of 2 and the Pre-sequel, it was just more of the same so I haven't bothered since.
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Stop buying Gearbox slop. Jesus fucking christ people. Why are they still getting a free pass for being objectively shitty developers?
wrote on 21 May 2025, 03:05 last edited byTbh, most AAA games are ass nowadays
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I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.
Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course
wrote on 21 May 2025, 03:12 last edited byGames have also gotten massively cheaper due to distribute due to digital downloads being the most common, and they're making way more sales due to gaming having a much larger audience.
The main reason these games have ridiculously inflated budgets are because execs are pushing for more management, which in turn push for oversized teams making design-by-committee out of fear of making something people don't like. The gamin industry doesn't get to make excuses anymore. Them being unable to reign in their development budgets aren't our problem. They need to figure out how to offer games at a lower price, because they're going to run out of customers willing to pay otherwise
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You can still (for the moment) be patient with Nintendo games if you're OK buying second hand
wrote on 21 May 2025, 03:13 last edited byOr just pirate and emulate Nintendo games. They're such scumbags that they make piracy morally correct
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 03:29 last edited by
Aw, he’s telling people to pirate it. What a thoughtful guy.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 03:42 last edited by
Yeah, the way to make it happen is adding it to my wishlist and waiting for the price to drop to at least $40.
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I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren't worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They're not worth $80 without the goodies. I'll just wait for a sale.
wrote on 21 May 2025, 04:31 last edited byI'll just leave this skull and bones flag right here FOR NO REAL REASON!!!
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I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.
Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course
wrote on 21 May 2025, 04:36 last edited byThat doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.
It also doesn't take into account how much more they make even at the lower price points
If game companies want more money for their games they can start by cutting the worthless CEOs, not raising prices
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Too much games to play on the market to justify the urgency to buy it at release for 80 bucks. they now compete with free to play, gamepass, Indy games, piracy, and tons of past games with lower cost.
The fomo of newly released games is low when most games are released in shitty state and need 1/2 months of patches/fixes and that's not even taking in consideration that the best experience is when all the dlcs are released and make the game finally complete.
The AAA industry is fucked. In a world where quality games are released each weeks they are often but even the best way to have fun with our limited time, like tepid Ubisoft games...
wrote on 21 May 2025, 05:58 last edited byHonestly, in my opinion, there's too many games to justify buying it at all. I enjoyed one and two when I was a kid, and there wasn't competition for the genre. Three I think was free on Epic or something, so I played and it was fine, but not great. I don't expect much from four, and there's companies I'd actually like to support instead.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 06:13 last edited by
Yeah, I'll fucking pirate it LMAO
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Can't wait to play it...in 2035 summer sale. Maybe I'll even get bored in under 2 hours and get the instant refund.
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If it ain't a purple I can basically guarantee it's shit. Just keep the rarity order in mind, and you can generally assume anything that's less rare than what you have is also worse. One of the load screens in BL1 or BL2 said When Grandma Burps Patrick Obeys- White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange. Got absolutely burnt into my brain.
But hey, if it's stressful fair enough. I think they're fun games, but nothing is for everyone.
wrote on 21 May 2025, 06:26 last edited byBL2 had unique blues which were OP.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 06:51 last edited by c1pher@lemmy.world
Well, new Doom is 90€ I aint buying that garbage. 80+ € or bucks for a AAA always online slop is just a NO.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 21 May 2025, 07:07 last edited by
I didn't want borderlands even when it was cheaper.
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Randy pitchford?
THAT Randy Pitchford?
The Randy Pitchford that, because he loves magic tricks, downloaded himself some squirt porn (sfw youtube link to moistcritical) on the same thumb drive as company secrets, and then left it at a Medieval Times?
The same Randy that grabbed the Claptrap VA by the junk because he was tired of voicing Claptrap for free and had the audacity to ask to be paid so Pitchford tried to intimidate him? The same Randy Pitchford that somehow "lost" millions dollars of Segas money causing Colonial marines to bomb so that they could fund Borderlands 2 and Duke Nukem Forever He's also not above putting journalists who bad mouth him in his games as petty revenge.Fuck that guy. Fuck anything he says.
wrote on 21 May 2025, 07:45 last edited byNo, no, you don't understand, the girl was doing a magic trick! He only consumed that just barely legal content with professional interest in mind.