>Borderlands publisher 2K says the looter shooter sold over five million copies during its first five days on the market, making it the fastest-selling game in the company's history.
>That works out at 50 percent more sales than Borderlands 2 during the same launch window - a game which went on to sell over 22 million units.The high figures were achieved despite backlash from fans when it was announced the PC version of Borderlands 3 would be an Epic Games exclusive. A press release from 2K announcing the sales records draws attention to the store figures in particular, saying "Borderlands 3 delivered the highest pre-order sales figures to date for a 2K title, as well as broke pre-order records with the Epic Games Store. Initial sales of Borderlands 3 have exceeded the label’s expectations and, in particular, PC sales of the title through the Epic Games Store have been incredibly strong."
>Over 70 percent of Borderlands 3's sales were digital, and the game has consistently pulled views over on Twitch. 2K says it's generated more than 14 million hours of content on the streaming platform, which is more than half the viewership that Borderlands 2 generated over seven years. Our review said Borderlands 3 was the best in a series of great co-op shooters. Our full thoughts are in the video above.
Kinda funny how some of them come across as too on-the-nose. Almost makes you wonder if they're not actually shills, but false-flaggers trying to make it seem shilled. Almost.
Jaxson Garcia
it's convenient I got a bunch of physical games I don't play anymore and don't plan to resell either because I don't care enough to
Leo Thompson
and yet I'm seeing less people than ever playing borderlands
reminder to never trust the source coming from the game creator
Levi Richardson
epic bought that. not actual consumers.
this announcement is pretty much bs.
Colton Rodriguez
Fucking kek
Gearbox are full of shit
Brody Howard
Yes, 5 million is more than 4.5 million
Joshua Parker
It's take two, not gearbox.
Xavier Price
All bought by Tim
Jackson Smith
Proof?
Julian Cooper
>I-IT WAS TIM AND XI JINPING BUYING ALL 5M COPIES ONE BY ONE ON THE EPIC GAME STORE IT'S NOT REAL STOP IT NOOOOO MUH GABEN Absolute cope.
>wanting to play a Borderlands game in the first place
Oliver Murphy
[PROOF]
Nathan Taylor
proof?
David Williams
They just bought them up themselves, it includes the copies they give away as prices, what you receive with a subscription of something etc.
Caleb James
>rumors of epic buying copies >a major release on egs >in a popular series, from a big publisher >lots of promotion offline and online >disproportionate amount of digital sales compared to physical compared to every other major title Anyone has that leddit screenshot of tim denying it? Or rather, saying that the exclusivity payout is not done by buying copies, but not denying that they're buying them.
Jayden Miller
>schizos on Yea Forums make up le epic shill conspiracy >bunch of autists start spamming it for the lulz >suddenly everyone thinks it's true You guys just get baited 24/7 and some guy is jerking it to every reply. No paid shills, just autism at work here. More power to the guys who spam this shit, because you hate this game just because of epic and muh sjws. It's a good game and people bought it. Nothing wrong with that.
Camden Sullivan
>They just bought them up themselves
Proof?
Jose Hernandez
Couldn't they just buy infinite copies since they get all the money back?
Gabriel Roberts
epic bought exclusivity, that's a set number of copies sold guaranteed
Andrew Cooper
>Borderlands publisher 2K says >Borderlands publisher 2K says LMAO cus they don't like right? AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Borderlands 3 had """""""""""""""""""sold-in"""""""""""""""" more than 5 million units in its first five days on the marke
Asher Evans
>70% is digital Hmm....
Jordan Cook
So what happened here? Did they get it right with marketing? I mean, Borderlands is a popular franchise but i didn't think it was beloved enough for it to be a runaway success like this
Leo Scott
>Sweeney tells Steamies the truth >They downvote his post
>moves goalpost completely >asks us to blindly believe statements in epic's interest even though there is no transparent way of gauging sales like steamdb can
I've seen discussion of Borderlands 2 constantly on Yea Forums and reddit the last few years, seems like the series has been gaining popularity over time. I don't remember much discussion of the 2 when it was released except some threads of Yea Forums sperging out because it included creepers. But I guess Minecraft is cool now so Borderlands 2 is cool
Wyatt Foster
i'm guessing not
>pre-sequel was kinda bad so borderlands brand isn't doing too well >randy pitchford is PR poison >game on epic launcher where games typically sell like shit >shit performance >sequel fatigue >not received that well by critics, barely anyone in the eceleb sphere playing the game
Noah Miller
Steamdb doesn't list sales you stupid retard.
Josiah Harris
>moving the goal post
im not anti take two. what a kind of poster are you.
actual take two shill? very fucking rare nowadays.
Nolan Clark
>coping_mechanism.exe
Ryder Turner
>im not anti take two Why the fuck not? They're one of the most cancerous publishers in the industry
Brandon Collins
>r/borderlands 260k member >r/borderlands3 200k member >borderlands 2 more than 13k players at any time since 7 years What is so hard to believe about these sales numbers? Borderlands was huge and continues to be huge. People don't care as much about the god damn epic launcher as you think. No one cares about cp randy or stuff like that. People just want to play the god damn game and it's a good game at that. Yea Forums loved borderlands before 3 was announced and just hates on it now because muh sjws and epic. Face it not everyone is an abnormal autist like you guys and has fun playing games without all the politics around it.
OH NO NO NO NO NO WHAT HAPPENED BROS? WHY DID RANDY WIN EVEN THOUGH GAMERS ROSE UP? WHY IS RANDY SO BASED AND WINNNING RIGHT NOW WHYYY
Tyler Foster
I expect reddit to fall for this fakenews but not here
We all know chinks make up numbers all the time, they are probably inflating it and buying their own games (like how Disney bought it's own tickets for Black Panther and Captain Marvel)
Mason Barnes
Cry about it.
Jordan Morgan
The goal post is profitability, and Borderlands 3's announcement and release has bolstered Take Two's value by 20%.
COPE.
Jason Sanders
im not interested in westacuck aaa devs. they will go extinct very soon. shit like this is also a prime example of their dishonesty and stupid optimism.
Joshua Morgan
>Still not saying how many PC sales there were
Jose Sanders
>it's a good game at that >Yea Forums loved borderlands before 3 was announced Why would you do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
Ryder Rodriguez
>We all know chinks make up numbers all the time
Take Two is not chinese you stupid retard.
Aaron Nguyen
>if you don’t seriously believe in either piss or shit then you have no serious convictions
What’s it like having single digit IQ?
Justin Howard
Don't forget, a new Destiny expansion is also out in a week and that game is the only popular looter shooter. Given the choice between that and Borderlands 3, the people who actually like this genre were obviously going to stick with Destiny, which is a better game. Borderlands is stuck in the past, Destiny does it better.
Lincoln Green
It sold 5 million copies total. It's on consoles too you know dingus?
Parker Perez
Many shit games sell millions at launch only to die off the following weeks. RE6, Dragon age 2, and Andromeda are some examples.
Kayden Walker
>Bait Please stop posting no one cares but you OP.
Nolan Cook
That subreddit is filled with consoletards
Mason Watson
>>piss and shit analogy
Just as cringe as food. Stop thinking you're George Carlin, fuccboi
Zachary Lee
Both are shit and the whole looter shooter genre has just shoveled out mediocrity as its best work. Nothing's been good just acceptable.
Gabriel Gomez
>Nothing's been good just acceptable. That's just been the AAA industry for the last ten years
that doesnt change the fact that investors are disappointed with it whatever you say, epic bought most of the copies up. glad both the chink and mutt industries die soon. good riddance.
chinks dont know shit about modern western aaa business and trends and sjw thingies. they still believe its still working the same way as last gen.
Juan Collins
Yea Forums was always tsundere for borderlands
William Sanchez
fake
Isaiah Walker
>That subreddit is filled with consoletards So what console is a bigger market. It's the same for every multiplat.
>Why would you do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies? How is it a bad game? Explain that to me. You haven't been around for the borderlands 2 threads? Yea Forums always had a hate boner for this game.
Ryan Fisher
But user, i only shop from GOG and i still hate Epic.
Christian Ward
Again, he doesn't say "we don't buy copies" >paid sales to customers Doesn't rule out buying copies, if a company buys copies they become a customer >revenue guarantees and payments don't contribute to these numbers Again, doesn't rule out buying copies. >We guarantee you revenue from selling 200k copies, a payment of $50M and we'll buy 3M copies, they don't contribute to the revenue guarantee This type of agreement would include buying copies and make Tim's post still technically true. C'mon, there are so many jews everywhere you should start to wise up to the tricks
Elijah Richardson
>You haven't been around for the borderlands 2 threads? Yeah, I have. Where it's constantly pointed out that the game is shit, with bullet sponge enemies and boring gunplay.
Julian Wright
LA LA LA FLOPPY WORMS LA LA LA LA LA CAKE MEN!
Anthony Perry
How did you play Sekiro? RE2 Remake? DMC5?
Ayden Clark
>>Nothing's been good just acceptable. >That's just been the AAA industry for the last ten years
the looter shooter genre seems more or less fundamentally shit. the only point is to find an item that has bigger numbers than your last one. the only reward you get from doing this that you can continue killing enemies the same speed you did before for an hour or so until you find a new weapon and the cycle repeats. it just feels so pointless to do 50 hours of this bullshit.
i don't really know how you'd "fix" this genre so it was actually fun.
>ablooooo you're technically wrong yeah ok you know i meant steamspy
Andrew Miller
>Yeah, I have. Where it's constantly pointed out that the game is shit, with bullet sponge enemies and boring gunplay. Exactly no one liked it tthat's why we had so many fun BL 2 threads, beside all the shitters and this game has a somewhat active general on /vg/ since years. Just because you autists try to kill every thread, doesn't mean there are not enough people here who played and liked borderlands. I'm amused about your schizo crusade every few months. Will be the same with shenmue 3 and all the other epic exclusives that are to come. It was also the same with MGS 5 which was a great game.
Joshua Ortiz
>people make threads about games that means a majority like it!
Eli James
I never said that you retard, just that there are enough people here that play it and like it. Take epic store and randy out of the equation and pretend it launched on steam. Suddenly you autists would get off your hate train. Face it you are on this crusade because of exactly these things.
Jack Martin
>in 2019 big sales somehow equal good quality fucking toddlers lol
Gabriel Sanchez
I mean, isn't this kinda a normal number for AAA games? Anthem objective was like 6 million copies, and it was a title with pretty low expectations MHW and even Kingdom Hearts sold 5 million copies in less days
Josiah Edwards
Daily reminder this game is shit kill all epic staff members kill the boss praise steam
Daniel Taylor
>Story is poorly written lore breaking trash What the fuck happened bros? How did they fuck up so bad?
>its "sell in". take two just sold it to an online retailer which is epic. >Yea Forums schizos believe this Steamcucks on suicide watch
Tyler Powell
sauce? reverse search found nothing and i need it for research
Jaxon Taylor
>seeing everybody always linking to that faggit >follow him >2 days passed >every retweet is soiboi certified hillary drumpf BS >he even whiteknights >unfollow suddenly I don't give a fuck about what this guy says
Within its first five days of launch, 50 percent more consumers purchased Borderlands 3 versus sales of its predecessor – Borderlands 2 – making the title the fastest-selling in 2K’s history, as well as the highest-selling title for the label on PC in a five-day window. In addition, Borderlands 3 has sold-in more than 5 million units in its first five days, leading the Borderlands franchise to generate more than $1 billion in Net Bookings and becoming the second franchise in 2K history to achieve this milestone.
they literally sold the digital copies to epic store. whats so hard to understand?
Okay i give you a (you) if you keep doing this. I just can't stop laughing. Just imagine your life bruh.
Wyatt Mitchell
I don't want (yous) I WANT MEDS GIVE THEM TO ME NOW!
Jace Rivera
You get pennies on a resell. The digital convience outways the resell value several times over.
Dylan Gonzalez
I have your mother you have two options jam them inside my ass or your mother is dead as a alternate i will accept you a kiss on my balls.
Leo Ward
Piss off ESL.
Ryder Moore
By the way i have no idea what the fuck your talking about nor did i even read this thread lmao
Anthony Hall
How many "fastest selling games" have their been,lately, it feels like a few. This feels fabricated like it's an intentionally constructed statistic to hype the game.
David Cruz
It's okay keep going. I'll check back in an hour.
Aaron Phillips
This means based Pitchford will stay in business and continue making quality games in the future.
Nathaniel Peterson
>Trusting 2K Uh huh Which leg did they break to force you to make this post, Xyanglyang?
Robert Peterson
Piracy
Hunter Walker
It's over Steambros.... Acting like a little bitch didn't save us....
Christopher Reyes
This
Jose Rogers
How can we ever recover? Damn i install epic launcher now that steam is dead soon. Fucking chinks won.
Gabriel Green
I've only played EDF 2025 out of that entire series but would that be considered a looter shooter?
>taking twitch content as a selling reference >half the viewership as borderlands 2
Maybe alone because vidya streaming wasn't that popular then as it is now?!
Well.. absolute state of gaming, people. Boycott 2K, they can stick their troll basketball and Epic cock in their ass and be happy, but without my money. Fucking retards.
Elijah Lee
>pedoera
Luke Jackson
>has no arguments other than being a seething steamie
Jacob Price
It's exactly what the exclusivity contract with Epic is about. They are basically buying the games in such an amount as it could have been on all other platforms together, with a cherry on top. At 2K / Bordlerands 3 size, they theoretically got at least 30000000 $ (after all, other AA and Indie get about 10 mil$). If you now take 5000000 imaginary Epic sales, where the game costs about 60 $, you get the 30mil $.
So, how many got REALLY sold to ACTUAL Customers (aka Idiots) who bought over Epicstore, only Epic knows and will likely never make public.
Aaron Ross
EDF has a lot of difference with the average looter shooter though. Rng is far less of an issue for exemple unless you're trying to grind every single weapon.
Joshua Thomas
the resetera bl3 thread is as small as the control thread. chink shills say resetera doesnt matter but its a fact that at least both Yea Forums and resetera dont have any big enthusiasm for this game.
Brayden Lopez
It's always funny to see Yea Forums (/pol/ tourists) BTFO.
Christian Roberts
you lost sjw tranny leave
Jaxon Roberts
No it's because the new basketball game is a flop steamie
Lucas Gray
> Less manufacturers > Removed a whole weapon type. Why? Did they not have enough time?
Mason Johnson
>Console series changes PC distribution platform >Console players who make up 95% of sales still bought it
Woooooooooow
Jacob Rodriguez
>4.5 million in 7 days >5 million in 5 days are you fucking retarded?
>MHW sells 5 million in 3 days >nobody cares >Kingdom hearts sells 5 million in 6 days >nobody cares >Borderlands, a much more mainstream franchise, does the same >OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN VIDYA HISTORY
Jonathan Collins
Why do trannies and weirdos like Borderlands. It's a bland fps with colorful weapons
Nicholas Lee
That picture it is weird, but wholesome at the same time.
Christian Sullivan
>Borderlands 3 has sold-in more than 5 million units in its first five days, leading the Borderlands franchise to generate more than $1 billion in Net Bookings and becoming the second franchise in 2K history to achieve this milestone. >leading the Borderlands franchise to generate more than $1 billion in Net Bookings Can someone translate that bit? They sure as fuck didn't earn 1 billion on copies sold unless they sold for over 3 times the regular full price.
