Re: Boderlands 3 featured on Steam for $60?

On 7/26/2024 3:12 AM, JAB wrote:

On 24/07/2024 18:59, Justisaur wrote:

On 7/23/2024 9:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 7/23/2024 6:05 PM, PW wrote:

I thought this game has been out at least a year

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FIVE! Five Years!
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and initially had
very bad reviews.  Now Steam is promoting it and selling it for $60
and has an overall Very Positive reviews.

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I don't see more than one particularly bad review from journalists from when it was released, most were glowing to high.
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In fact for me it had lowered the ridiculously high amount of grinding for good weapons that 2 had that annoyed the hell out of me to the point I used a cheat to change the drop rates.  I was just over borderlands long before that point as there were far too many non-numbered bordlerlands games by that point.
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What is going on?  Back to full price for an old game?
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An Eli Roth 'Borderlands' movie is coming out in a few weeks from Lionsgate.  Big budget, Cate Blanchett is the lead.
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Ah yes, always raise the price when there's any potential new interest. I'd bet on the movie being a flop from the way the trailers look, and it going back down on price shortly after though.
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 One would hope they know what they are doing better than I do but I find it hard to believe that anyone who's prepared to pay £50 now would do that from after watching a film. Have they been living in a cave and never heard about it?

Apparently PW lives in a cave.  (Caves are actually very expensive as homes around here, I couldn't afford it.)
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