This is the lowest i've seen the game, going for exactly $17.99 at playasia.
Is this the greatest modern video game blunder of all time? I've never seen a game drop in price like this only a few weeks after release.
Other way around, the demand is so high they've had to lower the price for people who couldn't afford
They're opening the floodgates for a broader audience and their money, genius move by Gearbox
>>339539853
>So many people want the game that they're lowering the price
Do you even understand supply and demand?
Wasn't it $15 like a week ago on Amazon?
>>339539183
Gearbox made a mistake and made a game for adults.
They should just have made a game for kids like Blizzard and it would be sold out everywhere.
>>339539853
>mammoth in size and endless fun
>grows tiring over time
holy fug, even DNF had the courtesy to wait like 2 months before going 40% off
>>339539853
Come on, Randy.
Ambassador program when?
How long before F2P? Place your bets now!
>>339539853
>>339540734
next week
>>339539183
Good
Fuck gearbox and fuck randy and fuck da police
Good, maybe they'll work on BL3 sooner now
Randy will still defend this
>>339539853
See what I mean?
>>339539853
>loud unashamed shooter that's packed full of fun
ok
>grows tiring over time
>bullet sponge enemies
I'm sorry how is hat "packed full of fun"?
This review makes zero sense
>>339539183
This is what happens when you release a game no one wants.
Why didn't they just call it Borderlands Arena?
>>339539183
>playasia
can't wait to pay $45 in shipping and get it 2 months later
>>339540905
I hope the shopkeeper didn't have to pay for those cards and Gearbox basically just dumped them on him for free as potential marketing tie in material
>>339539183
>An Imported videogame is super cheap
Exceptional detective work faggot, buying a game from some backwater country like India through an international retailer is always going to cost you about $13-18 bucks. This doesn't really reflect BB at all, just how ludicrous game sales can be in the world market. The only exception is DOAX3 shit with no international release where they can jack up your price.
>>339539183
>/v/ is talking shit about a cheap price
>now its so cheap im tempted to buy it
>I wouldn't even have known about the price drop without /v/ hating it
I may hold off a bit longer and see if it goes completely free, because that would be dope.
>people pretending to care about how much money a game company makes from them
why? you as a consumer should always hope for low prices.
>>339541568
Randy I'm sorry man but your shit career and your shit company is at an end
>>339541736
>le randy shitpost
I wasn't expecting a real argument but you could have done better than that anon.
It's like back when stores just wanted all they plastic shit instruments out of their fucking warehouses.
>>339539853
>Other way around, the demand is so high they've had to lower the price for people who couldn't afford
the delusion is strong with this one
>>339541837
My real argument is that the game has just had a 40% off sale on Steam and player numbers have dropped from 12,000 to 2,500
I MIGHT pick up battleborn once its under $10
cause that's what the game is worth. not 60 or 40 bucks.
>>339539853
>mammoth in size and endless fun
>grows tiring over time
I'm getting mixed messages here
>>339541362
Fun is subjective
>>339539183
>Play Asia
So you'll just get butt fucked in shipping and pay close to retail total anyway? Worth to hear all the dialogue in ching chong! Just Steam Sale it fag.
I saw this but got Lego marvel heroes instead for $17, how does that make you feel battleborn fags?
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/this-is-the-best-game-ever-made-thank-you/1488388
Funny stuff.
>>339542237
It's plummeting in price on key sites, it was 30 bong coins about a week ago, it's down to £17 now.
>>339542621
Indifferent, that's still a fine game
>>339542762
ah so i wait another week for it to drop to 5?
>>339542237
by the time you get it there might be none left to play with, bruh
its peaking around 1.8k atm
>>339543147
True but im sure they will go F2P in a few months to boost it. Gearbox put way too much money on it to just lose in the end
>>339543335
Don't give Randy ideas
I don't think even APB flopped this fast.
>>339543135
No, by then it will be F2P
It's multiplayer only right?
Jesus, even Evolve did not go on sale this quick.
>>339546492
no there's also a singleplayer/coop thing
the weird part is that along with the $60 price you need to unlock heroes via ingame cash or achievements and there are DLC characters that cost a ridiculous amount of those
>>339545932
It's flopping fast but Evolve flopped faster.
>>339546763
>no there's also a singleplayer/coop thing
Oh then I'm surprised it is dropping so fast. Maybe it's singleplayer is garbage as well as it's multiplayer being inferior to overwatch?
I don't really play modern games anymore so I don't know what the kids like these days.
>>339546492
It has a singleplayer with coop but the campaign can be finished <4-5 hours and it's essentially Boredomlands bullet sponge shit without the novelty of the gun variety.
>>339547151
The problem is that it's nothing like Overwatch, and everyone thought it was. It's an FPS ASSFAGGOTS, the only thing they have in common is that they're both shooters and use a hero system.
>>339547412
Blame Gearbox for their poor marketing.
>>339547537
there wasn't any marketing really
Battleborn is a F2P game that was released with a $60 pricetag, what did they expect?
>>339547537
what marketing?
>>339547652
They spent loads on marketing, but anyone can see how trash the game is immediately.
>>339547652
So is overwatch and look how that turned out
>>339539183
>
lmao this fucking dead piece of shit and there groveling, mourning fan base.
why is it so fun to bully this fucking game holy shit
Holy shit, I can't even breathe right now.
>>339548207
The Battleborn fanbase is really fucking defensive. Anyone coming to it's defence is torn to shreds on /v/.
Can I play this with bots and shit?
So if people do stop playing I can still play
>>339547972
yes but Overwatch has a lower pricepoint, a shitload of marketing and is a Blizzard game
>>339548207
Because Gearbox are fucking scum and this is an unambiguously huge piece of shit.
>>339548280
>All time peak 12k
I know indie games that have had higher, heck I bet old CoDs/Halos still have more than 12k right now.
>>339539183
That's just the asian version, nobody plays FPS games in asia so of course it wouldnt do well there
stop shitposting for the sake of shitposting
>>339548496
This is mobashit, not fps.
>>339548496
>That's just the asian version
So? You can still play it with your american account.
how is this one different from the blizzard game? or dirty bomb? or all the rest? they all look the same, one probably has more marketing shekels behind it tho.
The funny part is that this week, Senran Kagura and that bikini warriors game are both coming to Steam. I guarantee both of them will have more players than Battleborn.
How will it feel to lose to shitty fanservice garbage, I wonder?
>>339541495
saved
>>339539853
This satire is incredible
>>339548607
i don't know, how is league of legends different to civilization V or star craft? they all look the same
Online aside is this game still fun?
>>339540905
Holy fuck, what a waste.
Is Battleborn a bigger failure than the TORtanic?
EA did get their money back a while later but I don't think that Gearbox will ever get back all the money they dumped into this blunder.
>>339548887
Yes, but they didn't come out on the same week and try to directly compete with each other.
If Civ VI and Starcraft III come out the same week, we'll see the same war between them. Those games all scratch the same itch enough that they'll be stealing customers from each other if their release dates were similar.
>>339540106
>game about superheroes
>for adults
Not sure if serious.
>>339549043
>Is Battleborn a bigger failure than the TORtanic?
Given that Tortanic was salvaged and there's no way this will be, maybe. But then Tortanic was from a well known IP so...
>>339539183
Battleborn was supposed to be a test bed for Borderlands 3 features.
>>339548826
Dog= Overwatch
Quesadillas= Battleborn
Person taking the picture= Consumers
>tfw Bethesda put fallout 4 on sale for 30% off and sold the game bundled with new consoles
>tfw it was effective as fuck and saturated the market
So Fallout 4 was TORtanic meme too?
>>339546763
They basically planned ahead to release a freemium game.
>>339548826
10/10 cat
>>339539183
It's fun so I don't regret buying it. But God damn do I regret buying when I did.
>>339549340
>Quesadillas
>>339539183
>F2P graphic
>F2P gameplay
>excited to try it
>suddenly annnounce its 60$ P2P with day1 DLC
>after OW announce its 40$ price
its a clusterfuck of decision
>>339547537
>The only commercial I've ever seen for Battleborn was on Comedy Central
>>339549608
>F2P graphic
>F2P gameplay
This, holy shit why they are charging for those games?
>buy the game
>go through menus
>everything has to be unlocked through grinding
>refund
Just waiting for this to go F2P, it's obviously designed for it. It's exactly like LoL.
>>339549043
>Is Battleborn a bigger failure than the TORtanic?
Undoubtedly. TORtanic started off well in terms of sales but it later sank, and was revived later thanks to it's F2P model.
>limited 3 per customer
Looks like Playasia greatly overestimated the demand
it's like they looked at TF2 and thought "holy shit they charged money for the game and then turned it to F2P! THAT'S GENIUS"
>>339548826
is that onion on that pizza
>>339549878
But TF2 started out as a good game.
>>339549878
Battleborn is nothing like TF2 though, that's Overwatch. Battleborn is FPS LoL.
>>339539183
Absolutely not. /v/ is just fishing for another Tortanic and is scared that this game could actually beat Overwatch. Looks like this place just got BTFO once again.
I don't know anything about this game but as far as I can tell their only real mistake was releasing at the same time as Overwatch. I wouldn't even have mattered if their game was excellent, trying to compete with a Blizzard title in the same genre is suicide.
>>339540905
it seems like gearbox and 2k spent all their man power and resources into everything but the actual game itself
>>339549974
>>339549963
I'm talking about sales tactics, not gameplay
>>339540905
EB was giving those away.
I just took the whole carton and fucked off.
I then walked into the store and some guy was telling the guy behind the counter someone took all the cards, and the guy was like "good"
>>339550006
>This game could beat Overwatch
>>339550031
Except every other game released over the last month is doing fine. Their mistake was releasing a huge piece of shit and thinking anyone wanted it.
>>339550158
What's in those things anyway?
>>339550226
It already has, buttyboy. /v/ B.T.F.O
>>339550006
http://steamcharts.com/app/394230
>average 2k players after 1 month
>>339550326
>memecharts
Confirmed shit source. If you were actually versed in this stuf you'd know it.
>>339549901
child detected
shoo
>>339550318
why you lie in internet anon ? shame of you
>>339550261
Other games aren't in the same genre and therefore aren't directly competing with overwatch for market share.
It's like if some indie hiphop album was losing sales to a new kanye west abortion and you said "But toilet paper sales are still fine, so the album is just bad!"
>>339550414
K, looking at steam top 100 right now, battleborn at 2,000 once again.
>>339550267
Trading cards. And some puzzle thing you have to "collect em all" to make a group shot of the characters.
I only opened two packs
>>339548280
>>339550597
Yeah let's consider the source that only updates once a day at 1:00PM EST when everyone's at work.
>>339550261
Uncharted 4, Doom, and Total War Warhammer aren't competing with Overwatch in any way because none are similar to it and all are great. Battleborn looks practically the same but in a way that screams that it's the copycat (have someone who hasn't played either try to tell them apart from screenshots) and isn't fun or interesting.
>>339550606
>Trading cards.
Are you fucking serious?
They thought they could make a game out of the game?
>>339550597
b-b-but steam only makes up 10% of the sales!
>>339550318
Fake and gay, I want these overwatch shills to leave
>>339548937
I enjoy. But, I got it for the co-op story mode, because I like beat-em-up/shoot-em-up style games like Gauntlet or Contra, where you team-up with some buddies and fight hordes of enemies for whatever reasons the story throws at you, with a ridiculous boss at the end of the stage.
The competitive multiplayer is okay too.
>>339550582
Battleborn is not in the same genre as overwatch.
>>339549837
it actually managed to make the money back too, after a really long long time
>>339541381
Overwatch is doing well, it's basically the same game with prettier characters.
>>339550665
>>339550318
Why are you posting Total War Warhammer 's Steam stats with Battleborn shooped in?
>>339550932
DELETE THIS
>>339540905
LMAO reminds of china when tibetan mastiffs were a prized dog that went for like upwards of 100k and then shortly the hype dropped and upkeep was high so breeders ended up selling these same used to be 100k dogs to butchers for like pennies
>>339550876
BTFO
>>339550769
Too fucking late for that to matter.
It's over for Battleborne. It had years to distance itself from Overwatch, and could've done an actual marketing push with commercials and gameplay, instead of fucking about on Twitter and Comedy Central for a few weeks before release.
They had every chance to market themselves right, but instead actively pushed the Overwatch vs Bloodleborne fight. They ruined themselves, and now this game's legacy will always be, "That game that ripped off Overwatch."
Face it, Bloodborne fags, no one wants your shitty exclusive.
>>339539853
Oh ok
>make game
>even the reviews cant stop talking about overwatch
>>339550976
That's fucking sad anon
Why would you post this right before bed
>>339539853
This made my day so much.
>>339550976
Well that's just horrible
>>339540905
god fucking damn
>>339550769
>Online team arena FPS based around colourful heroes with unique abilities
Yeah, I see what you mean. Totally different.
Even the devs acknowledge the games are similar: >>339547537
>>339550318
>>339550714
This is really getting pathetic, Randy.
>>339551201
Are you retarded?
>>339550703
Except it does. Steam makes up a very small part of gaming. If only it mattered then Overwatch has sold 0 copies.
>Start to feel sorry for BB
>Then remember what scum Gearbox is
Thank you Blizzard, even though I think OW is boring from playing the beta, I still love you for raping Randy Pitchford's face
>>339549901
>Not liking based Hawaiian pizza
>Having absolute shit taste
I bet you like girls too, fag
>>339551201
except everyone who has ever played them both knows they play nothing alike. no devs say the games are the same, Gearbox was dumb as fuck to try to compare the 2
>>339551201
Overwatch is a team based class based FPS.
Battleborn is an FPSMOBA.
I don't see any acknowledgement that the games are similar from the words "COME AT ME BRO!"
>>339548319
Not really "tearing anyone apart" spamming memes, gearbox copypasta", and "0mg Ow is so betta, ded gaem" bit.
Enjoy the game or not, it's fine. If it's not your thing, cool. Just seems kinda lame to keep shitting up the board with more Battleborn posts, since it's something that you're not interested in.
>>339551345
Just accept it, you lost and failed at stopping this behemoth of a game. What's next, you gonna say that those 5 million first-month sales are just Gearbox buying their game back from stores?
>>339547652
>Battleborn is a F2P game that was released with a $60 pricetag
Same as OW really.
Difference being, Blizzard actually managed to pull it off.
>>339551708
>Just seems kinda lame to keep shitting up the board with more Battleborn posts, since it's something that you're not interested in.
But it's fun to watch the spawn of evil die.
>Another 2K games published blunder.
I hope they keep this up. A yearly thing as best would be hilarious. Blunder of the Year. Evolve 2015, and then Battleborn 2016.
>>339551721
>5 million in sales at 10 cents a game
>>339551009
I think your argument seems a little confused there
>bloodborne
>battleborn
>exclusive
Glad you're keeping busy for the summer break
>>339548280
>>339552109I was trying to imply the threads of both games were the same level of quality, anon
>>339539853
>A visual assult on senses
Well they are not wrong about that.
>>339552257
hi i implied autism in multiple bullet points neatly
>>339540905
my fucking sides
>>339550665
Oh my God, I've never seen such delusional buttbaby cancer.
>>339551492
You're a cool guy, anon.
>>339551946
>Spawn of Satan
Bby, please. Name more than 3 gaming companies that aren't a bunch of cunts?
Based EA? No. Between shit tier business practices, worst place to work 2 years in a row, mobile game cash traps, and lest we forget simcity?
Activision? Go see every COD release ever and their shit tier tactics.
Capcom? SFV is the top of a pretty large shit heap that is older than your parents.
So please don't wave that gearbox copypasta around like it's the first shit tier thing to ever hit gaming to justify something.
>>339552990
Since when does other people being cunts make these cunts less of cunts in comparison?
>>339552990
>Name more than 3 gaming companies that aren't a bunch of cunts?
CD Projeckt
Obsidian
Square Enix
Devolver Digital
Paradox
Blizzard (in comparison to Gearbox? Absolutely)
>>339552990
>moving the goalposts
>you have to satisfy my arbitrary requirements else your point is moot
>>339553428
Don't forget croteam
>there are people that browse /v/ who bought Battleborn AT FULL PRICE
>mfw
>>339554272
>there are people on /v/ who bought any shitbox game at any price
>>339553428
>paradox
M8
>>339553224
I said that because the idea of spewing that garbage when there are dirtier players in the game just to suit a point is cherrypicking and lame as fuck.
>>339553428
I'd say 2 out that list are pretty based, especially Cdprojeckt. The rest have had their shit tier fuckups.
>>339553474
Goalpost moving fallacy talk? I didn't really need an answer, but people did and that's fine. I don't invalidate anyone else if they don't "comply" because it was a statement, not a question
>>339554272
>there are people that bought the greatest and most popular shooter of 2016 and are having fun with it
Feels good to be on the right side of history.
>>339554604
Are they the people who make 4X games, or is that someone else?
Galactic Civilization or something
>>339554272
I got Battleborn for free and still haven't touched it.
>>339540905
Don't open them. If battleborn becomes a historic flop (ie ET) they could be worth something in 10 years
>>339554725
Crusader kings 2 and hearts of iron
Famous for having over 100 dollars in dlc on average for their games.
>>339554620
Why would we NOT spew garbage at a bad developer?
This whole thing is fucking hilarious, they've fucked up every single step of the way with this game, you can't even call it a trainwreck.
A trainwreck doesn't potentially benefit loads of people when it happens, unlike Gearbox going belly-up.
And don't gimme no crap about "but all those talented artists and programmers" if they're good enough to get a job at a big studio, they're good enough to get another job at another big studio.
>>339539853
I like this level of shitposting. It's on another level.
>>339555082
Oh shit, that's not them at all
I meant Stardock. Stardock are the good ones.
i think Battleborn is a neat little game. its fun going online coop with friend and doing this missions. Marquis a best.
however, I litterally cannot stop playing Overwatch. its in a completely different league. btw, with Mercys damage boost move, am i supposed to just hold it on the ally while they shoot?
>>339555151
I don't know who'd be stupid enough to hire the artists that made this eyesore.
>>339555207
Yeah you hold. It's not a cast based thing
>>339555360
Let's just feel sorry for the people that are just doing what they're told to get a paycheck then, not the idiots who actually thought any of this would be good.
>>339540905
So they made these cards but didn't bother actually properly marketing the game, Gearbox and 2k are geniuses.
>>339555501
Instead of feeling sorry, if you actually give a fuck. Start trying to actually say something nice about the art alone rather than feeling sorry. You don't have to support the game but if it's agreed upon that it looks alright then they will get good support.
>>339548826
of course the salad is untouched you fat piece of shit. based cat though
>>339539853
>endless fun
>grows tiring over time
>>339556447
I don't actually give a fuck, it's just generally bad when all right people are out of a job.
And I can't say anything good about the art, the art direction is absolute ballsacks. The technical ability is fine, but the designs are turd city.
>>339555151
They've got their share of fuck ups, and the marketing was complete shit tier. But I'm talking about using that as some sort of """strong""" argument on why BB should "die". Half of the shittier devs pop out a game and people still buy it, because who buys a game on a company's shit policies? No one sans a few. SF4, ssf4, usf4 still sold regardless, and few boycotted. Midway fucked over fans several times on pc, still no one really boycotted.
It's a shit tier meme based on that kind of thing, and if it actually equated more than being regurgitated opinions/information that is easily shitpostable on /v/, I'd concede to it.
>>339556949
Ight senpai.
>>339539183
Fuck, battleborn is doing so bad that Overwatch might take years to be on sale.
>>339555013
No they won't. A copy of ET isn't that expensive. Any exaggerated prices you see on eBay are from dumbasses and any idiot who buys it at those prices are even dumber.
Nothing that was mass produced and easily available become worth jack shit years down the line.
Does anyone have Randi saying that Battleborn cots as much as the entire Borderlands Franchise?
>>339541967
It's called a joke post. Sorry you were literally too stupid to get that.
>>339559513
http://gamingbolt.com/gearbox-invested-more-in-battleborn-than-borderlands-1-and-2-together-pitchford
>>339559513
I just don't get it.
I had more fun in one hour in Borderlands 2 than i'll ever have in BB, and thats just 1 hour, Borderlands 2 has like, 80 hours of content.
>>339539853
10/10 b8
>>339560096
probably more because of all teh DLC and shit, I personaly don't like BL2 that much but i actually like TPS, i'm a minority though.
I feel sorry for the people that bought it on day one abs the idiots that pre-ordered
It's a shame it flopped. But playing an FPS MOBA really isn't as fun as it sounds on paper. Getting kills is unsatisfying and shooting robots all game really loses it's fun factor.
>>339560624
SMNC could have been fun if there wasn't out-of-match progression that had a direct effect on in-game and if Uber didn't kill it to go all in on a failed kickstarter
>>339559513
not hard when they had to use their own money this time and couldnt embezzle funds from sega
Is this the game that will push Gearbox into a well-deserved bankruptcy or will Borderlands 3 save them from financial ruin? After how poorly the Pre-Sequel sold I'm wondering if mainstream gamers are growing tired of the Borderlands formula.
>>339539183
LOL, it's fucking real!
>>339561443
It's going to be like when EA almost tanked and Madden shot them straight the guck out of the red.
Casuals literally ruin everything
>>339550836
Battleborne is moba shit, similarities are only superficial.
>>339540106
>game for adults
>no waifus
Yeah, ok
>>339561791
>an adult
>never had a girlfriend
Yeah okay, sure thing buddy
>>339555196
Stardock are absolute shit, what are you smoking
>no female characters in leotards
>>339561443
Borderlands 3 is definitely not gonna do as well as Borderlands 2. With games like Destiny and The Division around Borderlands lost its special snowflake status as 'the' RPG like shooter.
>>339540905
Is Battleborn the new Brink?
I purchased this game and I enjoy it.
>>339562868
except brink was abit fun but broken on release
someone post the pic of battleborn compared to the fake game with the fingerless gloves meter
>>339561443
Tales from the Borderlands revitalised people's interest in the series. As long as Borderlands 3 has a decent story focus it'll do fine.
>>339548826
>Those toppings
This cat is trying to help here.
>>339563802
gotchu senpai
>>339539853
>A visual assault on the senses
AHAHAHA
This guy has to be from /v/
Played both Battleborn and Overwatch and Overwatch is better but both should have been free to play. Holy shit did customers get ripped the fuck off.
God fucking damnit
The enormity of BB's flop is triggering my PTSD from evolve
I wanted that game to be good so bad, and I actually had fucking fun with it for a while.
I just can't be hyped for a game after that.
>>339564446
>>339564446
Because a normal screen is never fun, you always gotta find the one in the most hectic PvP match you can find and turn it into le maymay amirite?
>>339564989
Wait
People are actually trying to defend BB for real?
We aren't all just ironically posting here?
>>339550326
Is there a pdf or upload of that?
I want to fuck Ellie while she struggles to comprehend sex with her autistic mind
>>339563881
>Tales from the Borderlands revitalised people's interest in the series
Sure, cuck.
>>339564989
>>339565104
> t-t-the UI doesn't always look like that!
> see, if you're just walking around doing absolutely fucking nothing useful, the UI will only have twice the amount of clutter as every other FPS on the market!
>>339565104
Why does it ever get like that?
And that screenshot doesnt look much better
>>339565119
>>339565439
I love it when you try and damage control for hating something indiscriminately /v/ will always be spoonfed that shit and saying anything remotely positive is le shillery.
>>339565463
Yes, the game has a lot fucking going on, it's pretty much like having a fucking moba or MMO grid on your FPS.
>>339565868
Yeah, like monday night combat or even SUPER monday night combat, which managed to do it without nearly as cluttered a UI but still expressing info that was necessary.
>>339566014
Yeah couldn't get into that one honestly, but you're right about that.
>>339565104
>all that shit on the screen
Jesus that simulated hud crap is so messy.
