>Blizzard adds microtransactions so you can buy more chances to roll the RNG dice
>/v/: BRAVO HURRAY THANK YOU BLIZZARD PLEASE GIVE US MORE
>Gearbox adds microtransactions where you can actually buy the exact skins and taunts you want
>/v/: BOO HISS THIS A SCAM I HOPE GEARBOX GOES BANKRUPT
I don't understand you people.
>>341713051
strong horse vs weak horse
>>341713051
and yet which one's alive and which one's dead?
>>341713275
Curious, any overwatch stats like this?
BORDERLANDS 2
BORDERLANDS THE PRE SEQUEL
ALIEN COLONIAL MARINES
DUKE NUKEM FOREVER
>>341713275
Overwatch isn't in steam top 299
>>341713051
Overwatch's are cheap.
when you have a midget following you and mimicking your actions while failing it's fun for a little while but eventually it just gets pathetic and awkward to watch
>>341713221
>>341713275
But Battleborn is objectively the better game
>Does Overwatch have single player?
No
>Does Overwatch have PvE?
No
>Does Overwatch have co-op?
No
>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
No
>Does Overwatch have leveling up (by that I mean abilities)?
No
>Does Overwatch have tons of different gear and ability loadouts for each character?
No
Battleborn deserved to thrive whilst Overwatch deserved to fail.
>>341713489
Overwatch isn't on steam..
>>341713570
How are PvE and co-op different?
>>341713570
You're thinking that games that appeal specifically to you are the only ones that deserve to succeed. Overwatch won out because it actually appealed to all audiences. Battleborn failed because it tried and failed to do that same thing
>>341713412
Nope (((Blizzard)) hides stats for their games like the jews they are
>>341713570
And yet more people are going to Overwatch, gee I wonder why?
>>341713570
>>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
>No
>>Does Overwatch have leveling up (by that I mean abilities)?
>No
>>Does Overwatch have tons of different gear and ability loadouts for each character?
>No
These are all objectively inferior design choices for competitive oriented games.
>>341713051
>/v/: BRAVO HURRAY THANK YOU BLIZZARD PLEASE GIVE US MORE
Except it's like this
>/v/: implying i will buy cosmetics in boxes for real money when i can level up and get boxes containing them for free
Fucking faggot blizzcuck
>>341713051
I'm not a big fan of Activision/Blizzard but
One game is popular and I assume relatively good, the other died within a week after its launch
Gee, I wonder why the reaction was dofferent.
>>341713051
show me one post on /v/ saying they supported blizzard's use of microtransactions
>>341713738
But Battleborn appeals to more audiences than Overwatch does. It offers more variety and depth. It literally has something for everyone.
I mean, how can you not rush out to buy Battleborn after watching their trailer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEtV0eGYmAU
>>341713489
10/10
>>341713860
Holy fuck those character designs are awful
>>341713051
>Blizzard adds microtransactions so you can buy more chances to roll the RNG dice
>/v/: BOO HISS THIS A SCAM I HOPE BLIZZARD GOES BANKRUPT, AT LEAST THE GAME IS ENJOYABLE
>Gearbox adds microtransactions where you can actually buy the exact skins and taunts you want
>/v/: BOO HISS THIS A SCAM I HOPE GEARBOX GOES BANKRUPT, THE GAME WAS SHIT ALREADY WHY WOULD I WANT TO PAY EVEN MORE
How to level up your command rank in Battleborn fast? Any tips?
>>341713860
It tries to do more things. That does not mean it SUCCEEDS at doing more things.
>>341713570
Battleborn is MMORPG? PvE, gear, abilities, leveling. Maybe it's copied WoW
Blizzard killed this game, I’ve put quite a few ours into the game, I play with my wife splitscreen (something you do not see often). But Blizzard has had it out for Battleborn since it conception(when both games are only about 20% similar), they released their open beta on the release date of Battleborn. Blizzard also most likely spent more on promoting the game then the total cost of developing Battleborn. The Game is not perfect but its much better then it gets credit for and other games have been horribly chastised for less. Blizzard directly targeting the game is why is it doing badly.
>>341713860
And it still failed this hard. The gameplay must have been hot trash.
>>341713570
Yeah but more features doesn't fix an unfun, broken, unbalance garbage gameI know you're just trying to rustle blizzard fans because that's just how underaged /v/ users are
oh shit, OP is for real?
I've been looking for a battleborn fan to bully all week long
>>341713860
>memes in launch trailer
Dropped.
>>341714142
0.01$ has been deposited in your account. Thank you very much!
>>341714142
Did your wife's son like the game too?
>>341714261
>posts on 4chan
>complains that memes are bad
Does not compute
>>341714252
You Overwatch fanboys killed the Battleborn General. I utterly hate you people. I guess Overwatch isn't fun enough to play so instead you have to go and sabotage other games.
>>341714142
It's not Blizzard's fault their competition is trash and doesn't stand a chance. If Gearbox can't put out a game that people want to play and can stand up to opposing games in the same genre, they deserve to fail.
>>341714385
The game doesn't need anyone to sabotage it, it's managing to do that itself.
>>341714142
Gearbox openly called out Blizzard like idiots and got destroyed for it. I feel for the employees but Gearbox was stupid to even consider it.
>>341714269
> implying Gearbox can even afford to pay someone after Battlebore tanked so hard
Gearbox is shit and will be dead soon. That is all.
>>341713570
>>Does Overwatch have PvE?
>No
You already listed Single Player and Co-op, way to pad your list
>>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
>>Does Overwatch have tons of different gear and ability loadouts for each character?
>No
Not a positive, Also more list padding
Who the fuck was Battleborn even for? I know Gearbox loyalists who wouldnt even touch that shit
They literally never learn
>>341713570
>all of the reason why Overwatch is better
>b-b-but battleborn has features nobody wants
it's like you are autistic or something
>>341714596
I'm 200% sure the reason it bombed is mainly due the art-style and character designs.
>>341714385
>You Overwatch fanboys killed the Battleborn General.
lol Battleborn didn't need any help killing itself. Stop pretending to be retarded.
obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozvLUp0f1o
>>341714694
I'm 1000% sure it's because of price tag.
What's really weird is why a company like Gearbox who doesn't have unlimiyed resources would risk everything by making mmoba in an already oversaturated market.
>>341713570
> ALL THIS HALF ASSED SHIIT MEANS BATTLEBORN IS BETTER
kys
>>341714671
You don't even need to play Battleborn to have fun with it.
It's a shame Battleborn sucks so bad, they got a Deltron 3030 song for the intro, that's pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7xqFXTfeM
>Blonde lady does a naruto run
Come ON Gearbox. How could you not see that and think "oh this looks really stupid"?
>>341714385
didn't battleborn generals die out because they made it to page 10 with a total of 50 posts made by 10 people?
>>341714758
>20 seconds in, already tired of her
>18 minutes of this shit
>>341714692
>b-b-but battleborn has features nobody wants
Apparently this was the case since the game is dead.
I also enjoy some tasty false flag shitposting threads OP
>>341714142
This is a fucking industry retard if they can't compete that isn't blizzards fault
>>341714758
its like the entirety of invader zim sped up to be under 18 mins
>>341713051
1: No-one celebrated over Overwatch having microtransactions
2: Adding DLC to an already dead is a waste of money
>>341714872
The intro aong is literally the best thing about Gearbox games.
>>341713570
>is overwatch fun
YES
>>341713570
>single player, PvE and Co-op are different things
>tfw you're not Randy Pitchford
>>341713412
They sold
http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-breaks-10-million-players/
>>341714694
This is such a massive reason for regular people. To anyone who doesn't look into what both games offer, all they see is ugly, meme Overwatch when they see Battleborn. Unfortunately for Gearbox, for the majority of people who do know the differences between the two games, all they see is convoluted, ugly, meme Overwatch when they see Battleborn.
>>341715076
>1: No-one celebrated over Overwatch having microtransactions
I am. Let dumbfucks spend money on useless things
>>341713570
>Does Overwatch have shitty gearbox writing?
No
>battleborn is a different game from overwatch
>"haha! us! battleborn players will bury overwatch alive! our game is superior!
>games dies out
>"you fags killed battleborn, it's not even the same kind of game, why are you so mean?"
I pity you, really
>>341713570
>Does Battleborn have kawai waifus?
No
Case closed, take your ugly dykes and fuck off.
>>341715227
The only reason I know of Battleborn is case of here. I even looked into it on youtube. It hurts how bad the char designs are and the script is awful. Voices arent bad just the terrible writing. Gameplay looked stale to boot.
>>341715431
So uh
the character battleborn is most proud of is a penguin in a mech?
>>341713570
>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
I'd certainly hope not.
>reddit waking up and shitting on stillborn
>vg threads get archived at 200 replies
>that 200 replies are mostly shitpost
>3 weeks after anticipating their death they made a quick 40% off
>only 400 people playing
>better milk them out
>adds cash shop using only real money as currency
AYYY
searching battleborn on google whenever i feel down makes me smile a little
>>341715431
Twitter guy is a big reason of them getting blown the fuck out
>here lemme compete directly with a fucking Blizzard game in the eyes of the consumer instead of crafting my own niche
>Blizzard reponds by putting open beta date right on top of BB release date
Straight up owned
>>341713860
How does this trailer have to many views and likes despite how dead and unpopular the game is?
Ex-Battleborn fan here. The game is flawed but enjoyable. However, the microtransaction bullshit made me uninstall it. What gets lost is just how bad it is:
1. Gearbox tried to sneak the news in during E3 hoping most sites would be too busy with the actual event which is slightly shady.
2. The skins are just recolors, many of which were in the game and on disk since the beta. They also cost $5 each which is overpriced and definitely shady.
3. Gearbox adds the cash shop during a time when the game is on life support alienating its already small player base which is beyond retarded and makes people think they're trying to wring as much money out of the few loyalists left.
4. Gearbox justifies the cash shop with an interview given months ago that there will be paid content after launch. Players reasonably believed they meant the season pass as what's the fucking point of buying a season pass if you don't get all the DLC? Not only that, they tried to justify it by saying they need the cash shop to fund after launch support for patches, maps, new characters, and to keep the servers up. They promised to do this shit for free since day one. This is black hole shady as fuck.
So in the end, you have a full price $60 game with $20 season pass and now microtransactions for shit they already promised for free. I am never buying another Gearbox game again. Fuck them.
4.
>>341715792
People were excited for the game when it was announced iirc
>>341715873
>>341715792
Honestly 6mil views with only 4k likes is pitiful
>>341715696
It was straight up murder but thats what they get for being stupid and competing vs Blizz.
>overwatch microtransactions fund all future gameplay related content from characters to modes to maps for the lifetime of the product which will be minimum seven years because Blizzard
>Battleborn's microtransactions make absolutely nothing free, with the game having at least one season pass of content planned (evolved had two) while the games user base has already left
So will Cliffy B suffer Blizzard's rage for shit talking at E3?
Is his new game fucked now?
>>341715930
I assume they stopped being excited when they saw the trailer.
I wasn't planning on getting either before, but now that they both have microctransactions I am 200% sure I won't buy them ever.
>>341716020
Blizzard created the wow clone genre, missed and even fell victim to the moba genre, and now has upped the ante for hero shooter genre
Cliffy is fucked
>>341715981
Holy shit. I guess you have to be deluded to be a Gearbox fan in the first place but this is taking it to a whole new level.
>>341713051
Double standards can be quite a bitch.
>>341715981
Is this a fan or a dev?
>>341716020
>Cliffy B
>What's the difference between Overwatch and Lawbreakers?
>we're trying to be like Street fighter and Mortal kombat
>Overwatch is made for anime fans whereas Lawbreakers is serious
Nice one cliffy, enjoy getting destroyed by Blizzard.
>>341716132
How will they kill his game?
New free expansion on its launch day?
I don't understand. I really don't get it.
Why are you people doing this? What do you get out of constantly harassing Battleborn? Why don't you just leave it alone if you don't like it.
I mean, I don't like onions so I don't buy them. I don't go to the onion forums or see someone at the grocery store buying onions and start hurtling abuse towards them.
>>341713570
PvE is bad, unlocking heroes is bad, random gear (or whatever it's called in stillborn) is bad.
Also, you get the random skin boxes in Overwatch constantly; frankly I don't understand the people that buy them except that they have money and little impulse control.
>>341716354
2 New heroes and 1 new map
>>341716351
Is he that stupid/ignorant of fatan games?
>>341716398
>What do you get out of constantly harassing Battleborn?
I'm not harrassing Battleborn , I'm harrassing its fans. And what I get out of it is laughs.
>>341716354
Major content release same day as his fame is released, it'll hurt even more since his game is a paid product now instead of f2p
>>341716398
Im sorry gearbox dev, go start applying elsewhere
>>341715629
What, you dont like it?
lolsorandum XD
>>341716398
Onions aren't aggresively marketed or have their farmers taunting the other produce sellers.
When you think your onions are the shit, and you stuff them in everyones face, then someone praises carrots over them and people bitch about the onions, the onion farmer is to blame.
>>341716267
I don't even know how to respond to this anon, all I feel is extreme pity that someone is trying that hard to justify their purchase
Share with me some good shit from the forums, Steam or otherwise.
>>341713051
I don't know anything about battleborn's microtransactions but I'll never spend a cent on lootboxes because I can just keep playing and getting them for free
>>341713570
>putting PvE cancer in a PvP game
>expecting it to be popular
lmao, get cancer son of a whore. We are done with LoL/Dota2, we don't want any PvE elements in our multiplayer PvP game.
So glad Cancerborn failed.
>Blizzard announces Overwatch
>Immediately starts marketing it and keeping it in the public interest for over a year until it launches
>Gearbox announces Battleborn
>Don't hear shit about it for years until its open beta and then launch 3 weeks after
>People acting surprised and or buttblasted that it failed
It isnt a secret why Battleborn sunk fast. Had they launched around February or done literally any marketing then they would have been fine.
I just feel bad about the Gearbox devs that wasted years of their lives on that game only for it to flop instantly and then get fired because of obviously stupid executive decisions.
>>341716595
And "badass", don't forget badass.
>>341716398
This is /v/, where a lot of very, very bored people with even more free time reside
Circlejerking while shitting on things is the boards national sport
>>341715207
I don't trust Blizzard with their numbers.
It's like WoW didn't happened.
>>341716351
>Watch the trailer for Lawbreakers
>Its literally the same shit Cliffy has always made but now its just his word backing it and nothing else
I wish he'd just stay retired and stfu. Something happened to him after he left Epic and he changed into a completely new and worse person.
>>341713051
>You can play the game to get the equivalent of those boxes, at a rate to easily get one a day with super casual play
> You will never get these skins and taunts for this game you paid good money for unless you pay more money
>>341713051
Battleborn is ugly and inconsistent. Overwatch is a bit super safe but it's overall more appealing characters etc.
It's kind of like league of legends vs DOTA2. League characters lack much personality or anything else than their design and look. DOTA 2 has that, but also has the character interactions, sayings etc give them a bit more personality that makes you give a bit more of a shit.
>>341716749
Gearbox are just scumbags, that’s about it.
>Street Fighter V doesn't have single player
>Everyone is mad
>Overwatch doesn't have single player
>GOTY
>>341717243
Sure it's pretty satisfying in this case, but it's what the board always does
I read that as Micrioagressions.
>>341716425
>Also, you get the random skin boxes in Overwatch constantly
noob detected
>>341716351
Lawbreakers is fun but you have about as much attachment to the characters as you do with your multiplayer character from Call of Duty. I played it at PAX East and was honestly getting bored during the demo because it just felt lifeless.
If Cliffy goes in with the mindset of "we're super serious and that will attract a playerbase" then Lawbreakers is going to get dismantled.
>>341713570
>Is Battleborn good?
No
>>341713570
But Overwatch does have Co-op vs. AI
>>341716525
It's a misquote. He said Overwatch is Street Fighter and Lawbreakers is going to try to be Mortal Kombat
>>341717231
League has plenty of voice interactions. Characters these days have 30+ minutes of voice work
I miss pre Borderlands Gearbox.
I just want another real Brothers in Arms game. I should have known when they first showed that BiA 4 player coop game, which was thankfully cancelled, that they were truly done.
>>341717243
We are all just scumbags
>>341717529
Call me when /v/ sues a company into oblivion.
>>341717598
I wpuld if I could
>>341717275
Not really, most of the time the "circlejerk" is done with thorns.
People here are just posting their opinions towards this obviously shit game, trying to act as if it's abusive like anon did is assinine.
>>341713570
>being this deluded
>Does Overwatch have single player?
Press F to pay respects
>Does Overwatch have PvE?
Get outta here with this mmorpg talk
>Does Overwatch have co-op?
Your bait is showing here, work on it.
>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
No, because everything is available at the start, as it should.
>Does Overwatch have leveling up (by that I mean abilities)?
Again with the mmorpg bullshit, if i wanted to play WoW i'd go do that.
>Does Overwatch have tons of different gear and ability loadouts for each character?
Not even sure this is a negative. At first i thought it would get boring with only 1 weapon for so many characters but it didn't.
>>341715537
This. Creating female characters that are pretty and attractive will ship allot of units. One of the reasons i bought OW is that hot blueberry with the rifle.
>>341715431
1 (ONE) player
>>341717694
I wonder what hes doing.
>>341717674
>don't really want Overwatch
>play the beta
>see Mercy
>preorder Origins Edition on Amazon
>>341713051
>>341713570
How about the fact that the skins and taunts coming out for mircotrans actions aren't covered by season pass so people who bought the game and season pass have to pay even more money.
>>341715981
Even he's turned on Gearbox
>>341713860
It doesn't matter at all how much modes or depth it has
Overwatch has slick and clean visual design, smooth gameplay and memorable characters
Battleborn looks and feels clunky, the characters are overdesigned yet none of them are really memorable
Overwatch simply has smoother gameplay and visual design thats why it won
>>341717786
> tone death
>>341717483
Maybe interactions isn't the best way to put it, but there's a lack of relation in their interactions. You don't particularly get that one character has much to do with the other. Plus Overwatch's are a back and forth aswell, which adds a bit.
I wish I could describe what I'm saying better, but league feels like it has interactions for the sake of having interactions rather than actually constructing the character.
>>341713570
You forgot the most important aspect why Overwatch has more players
>Does Overwatch have a huge marketing budget?
Yes
>>341717839
What
>>341713051
Blizzdrones are mostly pathetic as fuck, and will eat up anything and everything Blizzard shits out.
How are you surprised by this, OP?
>>341716398
Gearbox is one of the worst developers out there, who have pulled some incredibly despicable stunts over the years, and despite producing subpar products, they end up walking away without out much penalty, and often make a damn fine profit. There's pretty much nothing wrong with taking pleasure in watching them finally take a real blow.
>>341717918
It's what the guy wrote instead of "tone deaf"
>>341717969
>own zero Blizzard games before Overwatch
>/v/ calls me a Blizzdrone
>>341717839
Can't blame him - he was thinking about death since he's on the Battleborn forums.
If Battleborn actually had people playing, then adding microtransactions might've made sense.
All it does now is piss off the 5 people still playing it.
>>341717981
I didn't even notice. Tone death is "could care less"-tier retarded.
>tfw my sister who says tone death also can't pronounce turn and says "churn"
>>341713570
>Unlockable characters
Unlockable characters in a multiplayer centric game isn't a selling point bud
>It's only Blizzards fault that thousands of players who already bought it already gave up on it.
>There is nothing wrong with the game, it only isn't able to keep you invested in it for more than 3 days despite having 3 times the content of OW
Sorry no marketing campaign makes people who already bought the game give up on it, if the BuyersremorseBorn fanbase was right, it would have kept the playercount of around 10k and would be slowly rising due to spread of word.
But nope player numbers dropped at 1k players per week since release, so something has to be wrong with the game.
>>341713570
Holy shit this is top-tier bait
>>341718175
Not him but why can't it be? There's nothing wrong with having unlock-able content.
>>341714758
what if we made tiny tina... again?
>>341716351
>>Overwatch is made for anime fans whereas Lawbreakers is serious
This guy's not in touch with reality. OW sells 7 mil first week.
Never saw someone shoot themselves in the foot harder. Compare the fuglies in the latest Mortal Kombat, and the studio's commitment, to "realism" and "seriousness" to webm related.
No fucking contest. Another Stillborn in the making, AND it's Nexon.
>>341715431
Holy shit I just realised it's a penguin in a mech.
I always though it's a robot with a white skeleton head.
>>341716398
Because Gearbox is a shit dev and I'm enjoying their failure. Not just a shit dev, as in making bad games, but also pretty much thieves.
>>341717974
Pretty much exactly this.
>>341719429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_m61kliipg
>>341719475
>Literaly t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m
>>341713051
what are we calling these shitty games?
It's the new generation ASSFAGGOTS
>>341719475
>there are more people in that room than there are people playing Battleborn right now
>>341719429
I thought it was a big-bearded dwarf
>>341717764
Mah man.
>lowering your price that much not even a month after release
oh, the desperation
>>341719475
My god that game is hideous. What the literal fuck is going on?
>>341720013
Just fuck my game up, familia
>People still try to bait with Evolve 2.0
I like how they kept all the grind and dlc for the dlc and now blizz enjoys free money.
>>341713570
>is overwatch a dead moba shit game?
No
>>341713570
Ah, all the marketing budget went into 4chan shills, that explains everything.
>>341713051
How does it feel to have payed for pre-order + season pass and having to grind everything as if you were playing a f2p game?
>>341720531
Don't forget having to pay money to get cosmetics that are locked behind a paywall.
>>341713570
It's true, Battleborn has a single player.
>Gearbox Software
Yep, it was destined to be borderlands tier meme bullshit, and it has a playerbase suitable for that level of millenial loving cancer.
>>341714142
>the competition for Battleborn was a beta and it got BTFO
>>341720013
Overwatch lowered their price about a month after their release as well, senpai.
Just sayin'.
>>341720036
>Courage! Optimism! Rivers of blood! Teamwork!
This is "Borderlands humor".
>quoting Oppenheimer quoting the bhagavad gita
This is funny because of his voice and because he's a penguin you see.
>>341713412
No but there is 10 million playing right now as stated by Blizzard.
Battleborn / Gearbox: SJW cucks
Overwatch / Blizzard: Tits and ass
>>341721063
And you can't beat tits and ass.
>>341720996
I'm not seeing it.
i think the real reason why BB tanked is because nothing in the game feels like it has any impact.
Everything is a bulletsponge, your enemies, the NPCs, youself.
Killing somebody or getting killed is always tedious, nothing feels like a risk and nothing feels rewarding.
At the end of most matches you keep wondering why you lost/won because the game fails to give you a feeling how good/bad you were doing.
The PvE suffers the same problem, everything feels tedious and without consequences and in a system where you have to do them over and over again this becomes fucking horrible.
And than matches that are around 40 minutes - let's say you can win/lose 8 times in overwatch before seeing 1 win/lose screen in BB and at that point your reaction is mostly "....well i have no idea and i don't care anymore"
>>341721042
>counting 10 gorillion gooks in internet cafes
>>341721273
It changed from £39.99 to £29.99 in bingbong land.
That's €50.63 to €37.98 for you eurocucks out there.
>>341713570
>>341721042
You mean 10 million people who have bought the game in total, since launch.
It's more like 10,000 people playing currently.
>>341713051
>GEARBOX
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fuck off kill this cancer with fire
>>341717674
Am I the only one who would really like a PvE mode in OverWatch similar to Mann vs Machine in TF2?
You'd get to massacre some omnics, it would be great
>>341721685
Cuckthony didn't work on stillborn though.
>>341720872
Underrated post
>>341721685
He doesn't work there anymore. Though to be fair, judging from the writing you might not be able to tell
https://youtu.be/eY3_Dr6ajEw
>>341715981
The Battleborn Reddit use to be full of these posts but now they finally have realized they have been swindled by 2K Games and it's another EVOLVE. Now everyone is shitting on the game.
>>341717674
>>341721716
I don't know really, playing against people is more fun imo.
I played a bit of MvM in TF2 back when it was released and it felt bland, like shooting fish in a barrel.
Why would you even do it? You can't build weapons and armor in OW. The only thing i can think of is an alternative way to get the skins? with drops from the robots or something.
What's for certain is that the story/lore/whatever is there to allow for this. So maybe if they find a way to implement it in a non hamfisted way with proper motivators to participate i don't see why not.
>>341721575
>>341721575
>It's more like 10,000 people playing currently
There's way more people than that just watching the game on twitch 24/7 so you're talking out of your ass
>>341722369
That's like say thing that millions of people play gridiron because millions of americans watch it on the weekend.
>>341713051
But literally everything besides cosmetics is free in overwatch.even with cosmetics,you should be getting pretty much every cosmetic as the time goes on
>>341722543
No it's not the same at all because gaming is not the same as sport
Why now?
The game is struggling so why choose this moment to add microtransactions and piss off the few loyalists you have left? I mean, if your boss just finished yelling at you for goofing up it's probably not the best time to ask him for a raise.
>>341722369
BREAKING NEWS: More people watch gameplay streams / video than actually play the game!
In other news, scientists have confirmed that the world is indeed round, and that gravity exists.
By your logic, there are 45 million people subscribed to pewdiepie, so that's 45 million people who are actively playing the games he plays 24/7.
>>341722652
>The game is struggling so why choose this moment to add microtransactions
To get as much cash as possible before the game dies.
Or the possibility that they are looking into going f2p.
>>341722706
>BREAKING NEWS: More people watch gameplay streams / video than actually play the game!
No there aren't
>By your logic, there are 45 million people subscribed to pewdiepie, so that's 45 million people who are actively playing the games he plays 24/7.
Hahaha jesus christ are battleborn faggots really this stupid?
>>341713051
>Blizzard adds microtransactions so you can buy more chances to roll the RNG dice
>>/v/: BRAVO HURRAY THANK YOU BLIZZARD PLEASE GIVE US MORE
Said literally nobody, ever.
modern gamers want progression systems to keep them hooked
just playing games because they're fun isnt enough anymore, people need to unlock shit as they play to feel rewarded for their time, Overwatch had none of this way back when and people asked for it so blizzard complied and added a purely cosmetic grind and being the smart jews they are learning from hearthstone, they only let you buy RNG boxes instead of letting you buy the items you want outright.
>>341722706
>More people watch gameplay streams / video than actually play the game!
Let's see.
Dota 2 has 718k players on steam at the moment, and 94k viewers on twitch. CS:GO has 349k players, and 44k viewers.
>>341713570
>Does Overwatch have unlockable characters and gear?
>Does Overwatch have leveling up (by that I mean abilities)?
>Does Overwatch have tons of different gear and ability loadouts for each character?
>No
Good. Fuck character building RPG elements.
No wonder Battleborn needs PvE. You gotta grind.
This being said, the two sound like completely different types of games and I'm beginning to wonder why they're being compared as much as they are. It's like a first person DOTA being compared to a 6v6 Team Fortress.
>>341713860
Well, guess we found the exact starting point for Battleborne's failure. Really can't blame people for staying away from a game with a trailer like that.
>>341719872
>best girl as best girl
>her lesbian partner as her lesbian partner
>the most annoying girl as the most annoying girl
I like this image
>>341722543
>>341722706
You guys are fucking retarded holy shit millennials get it together.
>>341722939
This, glad I didn't have to bother looking it up
>>341713860
Looks fun. I'll pick it up on sale. But compare it to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqnKB22pOC0
>>341721453
It always was 40 euro in europe. They probably adjusted the price to be in line with other countries, thats pretty cool
>>341723028
>it's like a first person dota
Except it's not even doing that at all right. If they wanted to go the depth and complexity route (like dota) they utterly failed at that. It's just terrible, misses the mark, and fails at establishing any appealing identity
>>341719475
You can see the stress, disappointment and wiped tears in Randy's eyes
IT'S FUCKING OVER
WAVE THE WHITE FLAG
EVEN AULDWOLF HAS OFFICIALLY GIVEN UPAnd of course his post was so long I couldn't fit it all on my screen.
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/i-cant-watch-this-any-more/1517457
>>341723985
wow what a fag
>>341713051
>/v/: BRAVO HURRAY THANK YOU BLIZZARD PLEASE GIVE US MORE
I'll take shit the never happened for 500.
This should be updated with the new numbers, since the current playerbase is somewhere around 400
>>341713051
Overwatch has better gunplay, the end.
>>341713570
>But Battleborn is objectively the better game
>>341715431
So, how much would you reckon that this twitter guy is hated by all people working with gearbox?
>>341713051
>Blizzard - A company highly knowledgeable of multiplayer online games with extensive experience of how to monetize them in a fair way. Overwatch's microtransaction system provides players with an option for bypassing the leveling system, which doesn't devalue the in game items for those who do not wish to invest additional money. Blizzard directly targeted whales, the group which are most likely to spend and get the most out of the system, while also considering the players who are happy to just play the base game.
>Gearbox - A company with an extremely shady track record, outsources titles they were paid by publishers to develop to other studios entirely, while funneling the publisher's money into funding their own projects. Their track record terrible and they have an obnoxious attitude towards their customers. They made a terrible decision with Battleborn trying to compete with Overwatch, and after their last string of failures any good-will they had with gamers is gone completely. Their micro-transaction system is an obvious last-ditch cash grab with so consideration for their dwindling player base, which also devalues all the content the player base has accumulated thus far.
Fuck Gearbox, fuck Pitchford, and fuck Burch. I'm enjoying watching this game go up in flames, I hope they all burn.
>>341713647
One is single player and the other is with a friend.
>>341724470
It probably was an order from higher up the ladder, mediamonkeys are usually forbidden to make "attack a competing product/person/company unless they are told to.
>>341720013
If they have any brains they cut the price during summer sale as low as they can and include 10-20$ in their shitty fucking currency. I would even have one of those free play weekends during the sale to try and get some more people in.
Then it's just up the product being good enough to sustain them.
>>341716798
Literally can't lie about the numbers or else they get in huge legal troubles.No they can't buy their way out of this because banks and shit wouldn't even remotely accept that kind of shit because it would get in the way of THEIR money
>>341713051
>I don't get you /v/, why don't you like this game developed by Gearbox, one of the worst studios in the industry, with dialogue and lore literally written by Anthony "Memelord Top-Cuck" Burch?
>>341713570
>that one stillborn shill
>dunno if paid marketer or just desperate to get people to buy the game so he has someone to play with
>30minToFindMatchIsOK.jpg
>mfw
Literally can't make this shit up senpais
>>341724731
around 130k people bought the game on steam.
Current playercount doesn't even surpass the 500 players mark.
Does that look like the product could sustain itself?
>>341724649
They higherup probably blamed him anyway
>>341723953
>He's a well educated dog
This is the only part thatmatters
>>341713860
>I mean, how can you not rush out to buy Battleborn after watching their trailer?
1 word:
>Gearbox
>>341713860
Well it's easy. Blunderborn uses pre-made memes to try to appeal to people
Overwatch created fresh new memes.
>>341724905
I was not aware of that number. Still getting more people playing might bring some (few) back as one of the biggest complains I've herd is long wait times for matchmaking.
That number suggests to me that the game is just not very good. A point that sometimes gets lost with all the other stuff floating around potentially explaining why it failed.
Still they have 2 choices, short-term money grab the few people they have left or putting measures in place to secure a playerbase in the future. The way things are going new content won't even be profitable.
>>341713051
>I can go unlock Ambra's ass taunt directly
brb, firing up Battleborn.
>>341713051
>>>/vg/btbg
OH WAIT
SriHead OVERWATCH SriHead KILLER SriHead
>>341724470
>Randy: hey, go tweet a challenge to blizzard
>Intern: boss, I don't think that's a good idea. Blizzard is a lot bigger than us. Have you even seen our Battleborn trailers? I don't even know what the game is about and I work here.
>Randy: IT'S A CO-OP MULTIPLAYER E-SPORTS FPS SHOOTER WITH EPIC LOOT, MOBA ELEMENTS, AND 25 BADASS HEROES. IT'S NOT FUCKING COMPLICATED.
>Intern: ...
>Randy: now fucking tweet them. I made borderlands so our dumbass fans will buy anything we shit out
>>341725578
This is my opinion why the game failed as someone who had beta access.
>>341721343
The gameplay isn't that bad but the lack of conveying any feeling of accomplishment that they tried to hide behind all the colourful explosions makes the game wear out very fast.
>>341713051
Battleborn is fucking finished! FINISHED!
>>341721453
It was always £30 in the UK you dipshit.
>>341725848
I would not be surprised if the conversation actually went like that.
I really hope this really hurts Gearbox. Fickle them for their Alien Colonial Marines fiasco.
Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of literal cucks like Battleborn?
>>341713570
Welcome to blizzard's marketing budget
>>341713412
TEN MILLION
so which game lasted longer
did Evolve take longer to die than Stillborn?
>>341722272
DELETE THIS
>>341713051
>Blizzard has a game where I can get every single cosmetic through nothing but playing and leveling up
>Battleborn requires I pay to get the new skins
Hmm
>>341713051
>>Blizzard adds microtransactions so you can buy more chances to roll the RNG dice
Oh, have American game devs figured this one out now? Japs have been exploiting idiots with the gambling gene for a while now. I'm not surprised to see the yanks catch on. Suckers are an endless supply of cash, and that's why free to play games are the future.
I'm just assuming these games are free to play. I have no intention of ever becoming familiar enough with them to know.
>>341723985
The show isn't over until the fat furry cries.
>>341726427
Yea. Evolve stayed alive for at least a month iirc.
>See Battleborn announce it's new cash shop shit
>Go to download the game on Steam to see how bad it really is
>It still costs money, $60 in fact
I thought this cash shop was being added as the game went F2P.
>>341716705
>Borderlands 2 and TPS did it
The best part how those games handled it was that they patched the skins in to everyone and buying them just unlocked it in the customization meny.
So all you had to do was open your character save in Gibbed and change to any of the paid skins, the game doesn't check for DLC ownership at all outside of attempting to select it in menu.
>>341713570
More doesn't mean better all the time cuck
>>341724739
They lie by saying "number of players" instead of units sold because there are countries that can play this for free. It's still a success, but probably around 8+ millions instead.
>>341713570
>But Battleborn is objectively the better game
That's not how any consumer thinks you autist.
>>341713570
>Is Overwatch shit?
No
What compels a man to defend a game and its developer so vehemently? I mean, I have season tickets to the Jags and I'd admit we've been shit for years now.
>>341713051
>competing with games of the same genre by adding cancer
This article is clickbait, right?
>>341726162
> Gearbox's target audience likes their games
At least they got that right
Too bad that most of their target audience doesn't actually play videogames.
>>341715431
Why do people always put a period before the @ in twitter messages?
>>341727323
Denial is the first stage of grief.
