> Gameinformer posts an article called 'Borderlands 3 Won't Have Lootboxes'
> Article clarifies that Randy said BL3 "Won't have microtransactions", but follows this with "To clarify, Pitchford is talking specifically about how you won't be able to buy weapons, gear, or anything that affects gameplay. Cosmetic items, however, are still purchasable with real money."
> Article is posted on Twitter with the comment "Despite Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford's comment about "no microtransactions" in Borderlands 3 during today's livestream, we've been told cosmetic items are still purchasable."
> Randy replies, calling it a "Shitty clickbait headline" and that Gameinformer had "fucked me on this". Further goes on to say that "You KNOW I was talking about premium currency and loot boxes kind of stuff NOT being in our game.", despite his quote not making this specification
> Says further "Game Informer chose to make a click bait tweet that muddied and confused the situation. I hope I have clarified it for you. @GI_AndyMc pledge to correct issues with their reporting, but I have seen no evidence of that yet.", despite the article containing no misleading statements and is primarily quotes from Gearbox
So, what do you guys think? Personally, I think that if you want to use "no microtransactions" as a selling point, you can't say that certain forms of microtransactions don't count. I think he got called out on his intentional mystifying of the issue, and instead of being courteous and acknowledging his mistake, he flew off the handle and tried to get people on his side by slandering GI with no proof.
Randy is so stupid he forgot microtransactions arent just premium currency and lootboxes. Its fucking crazy we've come this far where we prefer purchasable skins over a slot machine
Aaron Foster
Always side against games media
Owen Thomas
How do people think its okay to have paid skins? Those things should be unlocks or hidden secrets to reward players. Now its just expected to pay up for them. I fucking hate the future.
Andrew Collins
it doesn't matter anyway, its going to get review bombed on release and nobody will buy it if its not on steam
I don’t think anyone likes or trusts randy but for some bizarre fucking reason BL is a beloved franchise that apparently millions of people fucking love and they’ll put up with this shit to play it for some fucking reason
I knew the game was liked and I thought it was alright but damn I didn’t know it was as popular as the reception for the announcement of 3 made it seem
Cooper Morgan
I hate both
I also hate gearbox, they destroy everything they touch
Gavin Fisher
Randy is never wrong.
Cameron Reed
I don't really get Randy. He gets so emotional on Twitter it makes him seem even more unprofessional than he is. Are there any other vidya company CEOs that use their time to personally snap back towards all critique on their own Twitter accounts? I bet he will publicly do that to all Borderlands 3 reviews he does not like.
Andrew Edwards
Randy is a cunt but that just makes me feel better about pirating his game.
Carson Sanders
My boy Cliffy B
Nathan Powell
they will just spam metacritic and shit on it in all the gaming forums
Angel Clark
Borderlands peaked at 1.
Lincoln Williams
tim sweeney
Ethan Gomez
*2
Jordan Fisher
randy pitchford is one of the biggest sacks of shit in the industry and him playing the victim card here is honestly pathetic
Nathaniel Mitchell
How can Gearbox as a company still operate after 3 blunders in a row? This would lead to closure of any other developer.
Eli Parker
this isn't even the extent of the issue, you can also buy loot and xp boosts
Gavin Gray
they're one of the companies subsidized to spread SJW influence in videogames, so it doesn't matter how much money they lose so long as the ideology is pushed
Camden Martin
Pretty sure we'll get an announcement after Blunderlands 3 releases that the studio was actually bought in the previous months, like they did with Psyonix.
Aiden Diaz
Randy is an utter tard. he clearly meant no lootboxes and on multiple occasions doubles down on calling it micro-transactions by describing what they will and won't do in terms that can be easily defined as yes to micro-transactions but no to lootboxes and yet the fool won't accept his mistake.
then when we settles down still expects to be applauded and feels he deserves an apology.
aliens was funded mostly by a third party pretty sure duke sold well enough
Caleb Rodriguez
he was born rich and has always had enough personal or financial clout to never be told "no" life will catch up with him eventually
Dominic Cook
wasnt his wife the rich one?
Jaxson Barnes
steamkids are tragic
Sebastian Thompson
Who the fuck is that? Looks like a younger rob schneider
Daniel Harris
Andy Mac is the nicest old man in video games, whereas Randy would get voted "Most likely to Diddle Kids."
Landon Watson
Pitchford is a clown.
Guy should just be ridiculed constantly by other professionals until he starts acting like an adult.
Zachary Gonzalez
fpbp and /thread
Julian Martin
Randy Pitchford fucks children, and pays off people as insurance they won't rat on him. That way he always has leverage over them and can just say they are making up any pedo accusations because they were stealing from his company. Weird how all that Sega money vanished, but there are several people who receive monthly checks from Gearbox, despite no longer working there.
Jack Perry
>play shit games >_____________ easy.
Michael Martin
child trafficking is extremely profitable
Ethan Cox
What is it called when people do > this? Discord spacing?
Colton Turner
t. schizo
Carter Gonzalez
>there are several people who receive monthly checks from Gearbox, despite no longer working there explain further
Josiah Sullivan
I bought the borderlands 2 goty when it was on sale because I've never played it and the fucking thing was missing a 5 bucks DLC that increases the level cap. Fucking piece of shit randy.
Randy is scum and karmic justice can't find him soon enough.
Luis Barnes
>Article gets made claiming BL3 will not have lootboxes >Randy Pitchford gets offended at the idea of some one thinking he'll release a game without lootboxes requiring real money I sometimes feel like Randy Pitchford isn't a real person and just a parody account Gearbox created for attention.
they both are, it's just that her family is a power gap above his
Levi Brooks
>bizarre fucking reason Most people do not give a shit about the people behind a game. Whether the dev team is getting shit for being too PC or not PC enough, most people don't actually pay attention to that shit.
Logan Rivera
I genuinely don't understand how there are people who like Borderlands. I liked the first one and the Telltale one, but goddamn if I wasn't bored as hell playing a new game of BL2 with friends to see what all the fuss was about. I just couldn't get into it. I always felt like it was meant to be a Fallout-like. youtube.com/watch?v=BlZv9fEY_co It's just odd I don't understand how any fan could get excited for BL3 but I take it most fans of BL are incredibly indifferent towards Randy and go to great mental things to tune him out whenever possible.
Landon Martin
I'm not using twittero or other social media shittery for a reason, but you people take the effort to copy paste all their garbage on here to be the same kind of "journalists" or something.
sage
Jackson Robinson
>shooter >multiplayer >loot >levels I really think some of you people overestimate how much normies actually care about the people who make these games. Even Todd Howard would be pushing it for most people.
Connor Ramirez
Thread should have ended here desu.
James Scott
Don't be so new.
It's called greentexting.
Noah Peterson
Industry crash when? Don't tell me you're going to support this.
