"Borderlands 4" was originally priced at $80USD, and got itself into
hot water after Randy "I don't know where that USB stick full of
underaged porn came from!" Pitchford suggested that _real_ fans of the
game wouldn't have any problem paying that much. After much uproar, it
later got reduced to $70 USD, but oddly enough this didn't stifle the
game's critics. But maybe a recently announced feature of the game
justifies the game's price.
That feature being that you can finally toggle an option to get
Claptrap, the annoying robot buddy that people have hated since the
first game, to SHUT THE FUCK UP.*
I mean, sure, another option might be to not insert a character people
hate into the game, or at least not make him so prominent that you
need an option to turn him off, but that sort of customer-pleasing
feature isn't what companies what Gearbox are known for. Actually,
we're lucky that Gearbox isn't selling the 'Mute Claptrap' feature as optional DLC.
Either way, it still won't get me to buy the game.
On 01/07/2025 17:21, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I also see that good old Randy has put his foot in it again by tweeting
"Borderlands 4" was originally priced at $80USD, and got itself into
hot water after Randy "I don't know where that USB stick full of
underaged porn came from!" Pitchford suggested that _real_ fans of the
game wouldn't have any problem paying that much. After much uproar, it
later got reduced to $70 USD, but oddly enough this didn't stifle the
game's critics. But maybe a recently announced feature of the game
justifies the game's price.
That feature being that you can finally toggle an option to get
Claptrap, the annoying robot buddy that people have hated since the
first game, to SHUT THE FUCK UP.*
I mean, sure, another option might be to not insert a character people
hate into the game, or at least not make him so prominent that you
need an option to turn him off, but that sort of customer-pleasing
feature isn't what companies what Gearbox are known for. Actually,
we're lucky that Gearbox isn't selling the 'Mute Claptrap' feature as
optional DLC.
Either way, it still won't get me to buy the game.
that BL:4 will take even longer before it goes on such a steep discount
as BL:3. Maybe he was worried that people were starting to forget about
the whole $80 drama so he thought it was time to remind them about it?
It must be fun working in the Gearbox PR dept. where you wake up every >morning thinking, what has he done now.
"Borderlands 4" was originally priced at $80USD, and got itself into
hot water after Randy "I don't know where that USB stick full of
underaged porn came from!" Pitchford suggested that _real_ fans of the
game wouldn't have any problem paying that much. After much uproar, it
later got reduced to $70 USD, but oddly enough this didn't stifle the
game's critics. But maybe a recently announced feature of the game
justifies the game's price.
That feature being that you can finally toggle an option to get
Claptrap, the annoying robot buddy that people have hated since the
first game, to SHUT THE FUCK UP.*
I mean, sure, another option might be to not insert a character people
hate into the game, or at least not make him so prominent that you
need an option to turn him off, but that sort of customer-pleasing
feature isn't what companies what Gearbox are known for. Actually,
we're lucky that Gearbox isn't selling the 'Mute Claptrap' feature as optional DLC.
Either way, it still won't get me to buy the game.
* reported here https://www.pcgamesn.com/borderlands-4/claptrap-volume-feature
On 02/07/2025 18:58, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
He also queried fans about whether making the next Borderlands game aIt must be fun working in the Gearbox PR dept. where you wake up every >>>> morning thinking, what has he done now.I just assume they are awoken by a TOS era red alert klaxon and flashing >>> lights.
Randy Alert, Randy Alert ...!
platform exclusive (without specifying the platform) was something
they should aspire to. Fans were not pleased with the notion.
As PC Gamer suggested, somebody needs to take away his phone. But I
think CEOs like him think that ANY publicity is good publicity... and
that anything that comes out of their mouth is worth listening to.
What sort of mindset would make you think that gamers would aspire to
having a platform exclusive game. Normally I'd say this game was just ok
but as there's lots of people that can't play it I now find it really
good, I mean seriously?
He also queried fans about whether making the next Borderlands game a platform exclusive (without specifying the platform) was somethingIt must be fun working in the Gearbox PR dept. where you wake up everyI just assume they are awoken by a TOS era red alert klaxon and flashing
morning thinking, what has he done now.
lights.
Randy Alert, Randy Alert ...!
they should aspire to. Fans were not pleased with the notion.
As PC Gamer suggested, somebody needs to take away his phone. But I
think CEOs like him think that ANY publicity is good publicity... and
that anything that comes out of their mouth is worth listening to.
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