Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has issued a prolonged apology after saying that “actual followers” will discover a approach to purchase Borderlands 4, even when it prices $80.
Borderlands 4 is because of arrive later this yr on all platforms, together with console, PC, and Nintendo Change. Nonetheless, it doesn’t at the moment have an official worth, sparking issues amongst followers that it might leap as much as $80, on condition that each Microsoft and Nintendo have indicated that they’re going up the price of their video games.
Randy Pitchford beforehand admitted that the long-awaited Borderlands sequel might be $80, but it surely’s in the end not his determination. Nonetheless, the Gearbox CEO got here beneath hearth when he steered that die-hard fans of the series will “find a way to make it happen,” even when the value will increase.
Now, he’s apologized for his feedback, insisting that his response was a “misunderstanding.”
Randy Pitchford apologizes after Borderlands 4 worth feedback
On Could 28, Pitchford acquired a touch upon X calling him out for his earlier publish, to which he responded: “I’m sorry there was a misunderstanding.”
“Absolutely the honest fact is that I don’t need anybody to pay any greater than they need to or are snug with and I all the time work with the intent and hope {that a} buyer all the time feels they obtained the higher finish of the deal it doesn’t matter what they pay.”
He went on to make clear that his phrases had been speculated to reassure gamers that Borderlands has a big of neighborhood of devoted followers, so the sequel will nonetheless promote even when it does go as much as $80. Nonetheless, he admitted that his use of the phrase “actual followers” might have despatched the flawed message.
“I feel my attempting to quick hand that utilizing the phrase ‘actual followers’ triggered some individuals and I noticed that it obtained inflated as if I used to be making some huge assertion (I wasn’t – I used to be simply attempting to assist somebody who I believed was sincerely anxious about us and searching for us),” he continued.
“I might see that it was being pressed into the concept I used to be taking the viewers without any consideration (which is a brilliant sh**ty look, but it surely was in no way my intent and doesn’t replicate in any respect how I really feel).”
Later within the publish, Pitchford talked about that if it had been as much as him, then the price of video games wouldn’t go up, as he desires as many individuals to expertise his video games as attainable:
“As an artist, I don’t need costs to go up as a result of I need everybody to have entry to what we create. I get that enterprise is a factor and that the market and economic system are driving costs up and ultimately we’re going to must all adapt to that in order that the artistic engine could make no less than as a lot because it spends to supply us with wonderful content material.”
Borderlands 4 is scheduled to launch on September 12, 2025, after being moved ahead from its preliminary September 23 date.
