The video game industry has made the jump to $80, first with Nintendo and Mario Kart World, then with Microsoft and its price hike announcement that will kick in this holiday season. Could Borderlands 4 follow suit?
Publisher 2K Games and parent company Take-Two have so-far remained vague on whether they will go to $80, and Randy Pitchford has insisted the decision is out of his control. But, responding to one concerned fan on social media, Pitchford set the cat among the pigeons by saying that if you’re a “real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen.”
Here’s the exchange:
“Randy, this game better not be 80 dollars. Don’t take that risk, a lot of gamers aren’t gonna pay 80 dollars and feed this notion of constant increase of the price tag. You are the CEO, you have some say with the price when it comes to your publisher.”
And here’s Randy Pitchford’s response:
“A) Not my call. B) If you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen. My local game store had Starflight for Sega Genesis for $80 in 1991 when I was just out of high school working minimum wage at an ice cream parlor in Pismo Beach and I found a way to make it happen.”
As you’d expect, Pitchford’s comment has sparked a vociferous response.
Careful what you wish for, Randy. 🏴☠️
Just putting this out there: wouldn’t a multiplayer-focused game like Borderlands be relatively shielded from the lads out on the high seas? Sure fitgirl could hook you up for a single-player campaign, but who tf wants to play Borderlands solo?
I’ve only ever played borderlands solo…
you have a mental fortitude i cannot imagine. getting all those sewer-tier jokes pure, uncut, while holding down L2+R2 for 30 hours…I thought they banned that sort of thing in the Geneva Conventions
Ah, you’ve played endgame Salvador I see
Have to wait a year or so for Denuvo to be removed.
Borderlands 3 felt like getting mugged by Randy Pitchford for 20 hours. I’m not a real fan.
I’ve only ever bought the first one, got the rest for free. I onions like the gun play idea but my interest always fizzles out due to the ‘humor’ and getting caught in a too high level well… Level and deciding to give up.
No way this kind of disconnected-from-the-users attitude will backfire. This game is sure to be a great experience! /s
I’m not a real fan.
Yanno, I have always loved borderlands, but randy pitchford is an absolute fucking tool.
I even bought one of the diamond editions that came with a physical damn loot crate and tons of goodies with BL3, so it’s not like I’m not a fan. But still, how fucking stupid do you have to be to say it like this? What a stupid jackass.
Yarrrr this be very true, if ye be a real fan and really want te play somethin then you’ll make it happen
🦜 🦜 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🦜🦜
🏴☠️ it is then.
Exactly, you will find a way to make it happen
The Borderlands franchise is really past its prime at this point, anyway. I’ve got absolutely no issue skipping this one. Might pick it up when it’s on sale for $10 in a few years. The franchise really peaked with BL2; it’s been down hill since.
I refuse to pay $80 for a game and Borderlands fell off after the second one, so good luck with that. $70 was also a bridge too far for 99% of games (I made the exception for gems like Elden Ring).
Fuck Randy Pitchford.
That creepy dude is still at Gearbox?
I don’t know about you all, but I’m looking forward to checking out all the games I’ve missed in the past 20 years.
I got the first 2 free with GwG (RIP) and the 3rd for $12 on sale.
Guess I‘m not a real fan.
Lol. I wasn’t going to be paying full price for a game anyway, but now I’m not paying for gearbox games ever again.
“If you don’t like the price hike, that’s a you problem.”
