Borderlands 4's $70 price is "extremely unlikely" to have been influenced by backlash to Randy Pitchford's "real fan" comment, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says, even if he thought it was "gross"

A player holding up a mask in the upcoming Xbox Series X game, Borderlands 4.
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Borderlands 4 found itself in hot water after studio head Randy Pitchford implied that a "real fan" would buy the game, regardless of whether it launched with an $80 price tag. Of course, Borderlands 4 ended up costing $70 anyway and one 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 developer can't help but think the backlash was a𝄹lꦓl for nothing.

After the announcement that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Borderlands 4 will cost $70, after all, some people speculated that the backlash to Randy Pitchford's divisive comments actually led to the shooter's cheaper-than-expec🍃ted pric🐬e. But Larian Studios' publishing director, Michael Douse, says the theory is "extremely unlikely."

recently. "Keeping that entry level lower makes a lot of sense."

Borderlands 4 is essentially a co-op game at heart. People are going to want to p๊lay with their pals, and you're much more likely to convince a friend to drop $70 than $80 on a new game, meaning publisher 2K stands to gain more with that cheaper barrier to entry.

"Almost everything is far m✱ore boring than you could imagine," Douse continued.

When the backlash was at its boiling point, Douse chimed in on all the discussion to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:call Pitchford's comments "gross" since it seemingly assumed a game was/should be🔯 more important to people "during a cost of living crisis than, for example, making it day to day."

It didn't take long for Pitchford to respond to the fan counterblast multiple times, ending with a massive 557-word post trying💝 to clear up the "misunder🍒standing." It seems to be in the past now, though.

Borderlands 4 post-launch roadmap includes 2 new Vault Hunters, 2 new stories, and a bunch of extra missions and areas

Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that🐻 he'll soon forget.

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