So...another idiot developer/CEO started defending $80 games. The head of gearbox, which makes the borderlands games, when asked about the upcoming Borderlands 4 costing $80, said "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen." Well ain't he an arrogant one...
I'll be honest. I consider myself a fan of the borderlands series, but I'm not a DIE HARD fan. And given how competitive I expect 2025 with games, between Battlefield 6, Doom the Dark Ages, etc., ya know, it's really a lot of nerve to start acting like he's such hot crap. I'm gonna be honest. Borderlands is a rather mid tier series for me. It's not "mid" as the zoomers say since that's their word for mediocre, but it's "mid tier" as in, it's the middle tier of games I prioritize when forced to prioritize. And given I spend only around $200 on average on games a year (as per my previous article, i did the math) and and spend on average $23 a game, honestly, that's around what I consider borderlands games worth. Maybe a bit more than that, for SP games I admit I do a metric a lot of the time where I'll say, "okay if I get a dollar per hour from this, I'm getting my money's worth." Given the typical borderlands game is around 40 hours, I'm willing to pay maybe $40 for it. Which is a decent expense for me. But don't get me wrong, if I'm paying $80 for anything this holiday season, it's probably BF6, and quite frankly, I'll be waiting for a sale there too.
Even if I spend a bit more than $200, keep in mind, that's the average per year, and I spent the last 3 years buying various pieces of hardware which whittled down my game budget a lot, I'm still not gonna be throwing $80 at a game unless it's so good that I can see myself playing it for 80 hours. Quite frankly, the only games that even remotely justify that cost are high end AAA multiplayer games like a REALLY good battlefield title, or alternatively, something like a bethesda title, ya know, like fallout, TES, starfield, etc. Borderlands? Fricking borderlands? No, you're not worth $80. You're maybe worth $30-50 depending on my mood and how content starved I am. As a matter of fact, let's go over how much I've paid for previous borderlands games. i got the receipts (mostly).
Borderlands 1: I paid $7.50 for it on a steam sale. I played it AFTER 2, which I got free from a friend, but almost bought for $25 according to some christmas lists I had at the time.
Borderlands 2: Almost paid $25 for it, but then a friend had a spare nvidia code and gave it to me free
Borderlands the Pre Sequel: I paid $30 for it according to some christmas lists I had back then.
Borderlands 3: I paid $30 for this one too
Tiny Tina Wonderlands: I paid $48 for this one, mainly because the 2020s have been so boring to me and it was the only game I wanted at the time so I wasn't super price sensitive. If anything, I overpaid for it.
So yeah, we see a clear trend, $30 mostly. Although the one time I went for $48 simply because I was impatient, I wanted a game right then and there, and it was like 2 months old at the time.
So....high end, $48, low end, $7.50, on average, around $25-30.
That's how much your games are worth, Randy. That's how much I'll pay. And keep in mind, 2025 may be the most competitive year this decade so far. There actually are a lot of titles I want. I will be preparing my wallet for them, and to be frank, Borderlands 4 has been on my radar, but if you think im just gonna spend $80 ON BORDERLANDS when there's so much else I want that I quite frankly would rather buy and rather play, you're out of your mind.
But I guess I'm not a "real fan" huh. F around and find out. Overcharge for crap only to get no bites. I'll get it on sale for $20-40 some day (if epic doesnt straight up do a giveaway), but I don't need to get it at launch. I have options.
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