• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    not to play? lol, not to buy. I’ll pick it up in a few years when it’s on sale for a few bucks like all the other gearbox games.

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    23 hours ago

    How do you get to be a CEO while being this stupid? Even if he was right, has he never heard the elementary phrase “the customer is always right”? Or more accurately, thousands of customers?

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      23 hours ago

      Wealth, high social status… has nothing to do with competence.

      It mostly has to do with how much money you start with, who you know, and dumb luck.

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      Much like the disappearing middle class, the game development market has shifted away from firms of every size and scale to two extremes: countless small indie devs and few massive corporations.

      The CEO is confident that you can’t get what they offer anywhere else, due to lack of competition at their scale, so it doesn’t matter how well the game performs: people will still buy it.

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    16 hours ago

    You know, I specifically remember the first having an awful port and they made an advertising campaign about how the second would be better for PC. Guess that’s done.

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    23 hours ago

    It’s almost like this hasn’t happened for the last several Borderlands releases. Like people just keep forgetting the company lies and produces sub-optimal trash at launch.

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    I’ve never understood the massive success of this game franchise. I understand the appeal and that many people find it fun, but it’s just never been all that great, IMO. There are so many much better titles out there. I’m guessing it’s early success plus huge advertising budget and/or paid-for reviews.

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      I like them, personally, and there’s absolutely nothing else that scratches the “I want to play Borderlands” itch. The quality varies a lot by the game, though.

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        I’m in the same boat. And borderlands is way better than destiny 2 in my opinion. I really love the gameplay of 3 and 4. I can see myself easily getting my money’s worth out of it.

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          I’ve never really understood the comparisons between Destiny 2 and Borderlands, honestly. I like both but my brain puts them in very different boxes. Same thing with Warframe.

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      20 hours ago

      I kinda think there might just not be a lot of good looter-shooters out there. I remember looking for others to play and not having much success.

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        It’s very easy to mess up imo, or people are pickier with them (or both). Warframe clicked with me, but playing BL2 I just wanted to complete the story as fast as possible and get out. Hard to pinpoint without playing both side by side.