Outlets frame milestone as fulfilling Randy Pitchford's sales promise
2 Nov 2 1:44 PM · 9d ago · 4 articles · 20 comments · 2 sources · development 2 of 3
Gaming press including TweakTown and Insider Gaming picked up the 100-million milestone, with Insider Gaming framing it explicitly as the franchise 'Delivering on Randy Pitchford's Promise' and noting it took 17 years since the 2009 original.
“Bl4 is a step up in the right direction. I loved the writing at times, the story was "serviceable" the character writing was great besides the main villain imo. Gameplay was really good but the open world was very weak unfortunately.”
AstralMooo, Reddit commenter, self-described franchise fan · reddit ↗Gearbox Software Developer of the Borderlands franchise2K Games Publisher of Borderlands, parent Take-Two Interactive
Randy Pitchford Gearbox CEOSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Charity beneficiary of The Hunt fundraiser
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first by GameLuster, 9d ago · also MKAU Gaming, Insider Gaming, TweakTown, Instant Gaming News
4 more headlines
- Borderlands Franchise Crosses 100 Million Units Sold, Plus A Look Ahead MKAU Gaming · 9d ago
- Borderlands Hits 100 Million Sales, Delivering on Randy Pitchford’s Promise Insider Gaming · 9d ago
- Borderlands franchise breaks 100 million sales in 17 years TweakTown · 9d ago
- The Borderlands franchise has surpassed 100 million sales Instant Gaming News · 9d ago
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As a massive fan of the franchise. 700 hours on BL1 and 2k hours on BL2 . Bl4 is a step up in the right direction. I loved the writing at times, the story was "serviceable" the character writing was great besides the main villain imo. Gameplay was really good but the open world was very weak unfortunately. It's basically a setup for the 5th game…
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The story was ass until the very end. I can barely name a handful of characters. The only good thing about BL4 is the gunplay/movement/abilities. The world sucks, and the performance is so fucking abysmal that giving it anything above a super average 5/10 is crazy imo
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I just wrapped up the main campaign. Been working on some of the side missions. Repetitive is not a problem for me; repetitive is like... The core gameplay loop of any action rpg or looter shooter. Repetition is the entire point. Kill big loot pinata, get loot.
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Yes there’s dudes who actually play a looter shooter and max out a few characters beyond just the story. I know the story is abysmal dogshit but I don’t play BL for the story I play for the character builds, bosses, and their guns.
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Bl3s story got a lot better with the remove talk to Lilith mod lol, but the DLCs were great. BL1 is the only game I still am putting a 100+ hours into a year doing craw and armory runs for hybrids.
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Unless you have a beast of a PC, turn anything volumetric on Low or turn it off. You’ll cripple your gameplay if you use defaults. Otherwise, use general setting for UE5 and your GPU.
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It depends on what you're going for. The return to a more serious tone similar to BL1 is very refreshing for some of us. I do agree that most non-Zane characters were a bit weak.
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how far did you get in the game? Ive had a lot of positive things from new players, but they always stop after a few hours because it feels very repetitive
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I've played a lot on a 2060 laptop, I didn't consider performance to be much of an issue, even if frames were around 60, it was still incredibly playable.
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It’s good but the game loop doesn’t do much to stand out in what is now a very available genre. If you’re very into the borderlands lore it’s worth it.
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I loved it but I’ve got tired in the second, repeating twice with every character to get max level, it was such a fun but then…well, got enough of it.
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I mean it was one of the biggest games of all time... It was immensely popular and still gets 2200 average players 14 years post launch.
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I would say unless you have a 40 series or above it will probably be barely above 60 fps, and that's not with great graphics
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I played through it a couple times on a 3060. At launch it would crash after a couple hours, but it's pretty solid now.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises Holy fuck, Mario with almost 1 billion. 🤣
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Got bored quite quickly but not because of the gameplay. It was the boring missions, characters and story
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I put 150 hours into BL4 before I got bored. It was one of the most addicting games I've ever played
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I guess pulling it's weight is a better way to phrase it, 'cause the other games have sold well too.
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"This game's too repetitive for me. Also, I did 4000 Countess runs in D2 hoping for high runes."
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Personally the only borderlands game I actually enjoyed playing. Can’t wait for the sequel.
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