Borderlands boss Randy Pitchford submitted an-all timer entry into the pantheon of neoliberal thirst tweets earlier this week, telling a player concerned a couple of potential $80 asking value for Borderlands 4 that “in case you’re an actual fan, you’ll discover a technique to make it occur”, earlier than telling an anecdote about how, when he have been a lad, he used to lick the fleas from unwashed goats for quarters to play Bubble Bobble, or one thing.
This went down about in addition to you’d anticipate, prompting Pitchford to yesterday follow-up with a clip of him on a panel speaking a couple of potential value improve in, await it, rather more sober and regarded phrases. So, within the curiosity of not solely reporting on Pitchford when he says one thing extremely silly (though, lets be actual, solely as a result of it is associated, I am nonetheless muckraking right here) here’s the clip.
When requested concerning the sport’s value, Pitchford says he would not know. “It is an fascinating time, proper? We have got a aggressive market. We would like individuals to purchase it so we have got the sources to make extra. The folks that make these selections wish to promote as many models as doable, and so they wish to watch out about people who find themselves price-sensitive. We would like everybody who buys and performs a Gearbox sport to really feel sure they bought the higher finish of the discount.”
“Recreation budgets are growing,” he continues. “There’s tariffs for the retail packaging. It is getting gnarly on the market. Borderlands 4 has greater than twice the event funds (of three)”. Then he veers off to speak about his philosophy of leisure, and many others.
There’s absolutely debates available about a few of the factors Pitchford raises though, crucially, none of it places the onus on “followers” to be “actual” sufficient to go lick fleas from goats for pennies. Why did not you simply say all this within the first place, Pitchford? I perceive Twitter is the place nuance goes to die, however do not inform me that you just’re above lengthy threads now. Additionally, no, having a personality in Borderlands 4 reference your authentic tweet to reframe your fool posting as an enthralling foible won’t absolve you of this. Though it will at the least be refreshingly latest so far as Borderlands references go.
