Gearbox CEO Defends Borderlands 4, Says If You Want the Best Borderlands "Cheer and Root for Us"

Gearbox CEO defends Borderlands 4 against fan criticism, urging players to "cheer and root for us" to get the best game possible.

[-Foxtrot]

That just sounds like "Don't complain, don't criticise, just consume"

[gold_drake]

thats exactly how i read it too ha

[Eonjay]

No offense but I feel like gamers on the internet are overly pessimistic. I took it to be a positive energy affirmation.

In real life when I talk to gamers we get excited for games. Online it's just so polarized and depressing. Online people look for things to hate or be mad at. It's so twisted and it doesn't reflect the spirit I get from gaming.

[-Foxtrot]

@Eonjay

I don't get this, of course people are cynical and pessimistic these days, the industry has turned to s**t with greed, lies and false promises.

I'd get your point if we were still in the golden days where nothing much happened but we've had so much thrown at us of course people are worn day and sceptical

The guy who's saying this in the article is Randy Pitchford man, he's a complete sleaze bag, what do you want people to do, take his word for it and look on the bright side where there's nothing but sunshine and rainbows?

People who complain about all the negativity should blame the industry and the issues within it, not the gamers who are only like this because of what we've had to go through the past 15 years or so.

[Redemption-64]

Here is the fun part, they have not even released a full gameplay and yet people are crying. If you want to critique the game, at least wait for a gameplay walk through. Most of the people I have seen crying or complaining, have been about the looks of the characters. Which tells me they more than don't know the game has customization and are just crying because, they saw something they didn't like.

But it's just much more easier to complain and cry than it is to wait and see for yourself

[Redemption-64]

@DarkWingDody

Can you send me a link of this gameplay walk through. They might have released it in whatever made up world you come from, but I am still waiting for it, thanks in Advance. If a 1 minute trailer is what you call a gameplay walk through and now crying about it. I can understand why some gamers are so miserable. See a few seconds of a trailer and then start crying. Why wait for a gameplay walk through that would contain a sizeable amount of content, when you can start crying over a minute long trailer. Awesome times.

[Alos88]

Hi Randy! Good luck with the game!

[NoDamage]

You were spot on in regards to critiquing. No matter what you put out there you better be ready to be critiqued. They shouldn't have shown anything if they weren't ready. They're in the wrong business if they can't handle that.

[hombreacabado]

There was nothing shown to differentiate this one from part 3 in my humble opinion. I'll wait for full release but it just looks like more of the same.

[Old_Prodigy]

That and/or we are going to release an unfinished game, but don’t worry if you support us we will fix it eventually.

[n1kki6]

Or, maybe it's because gamers are morons and would rather complain and wish for bad games and failures.

[pwnmaster3000]

Idk why I’m not a bigger fan of borderland series.
I never buy it, but when I do play it like (subscription) I have a good ass time.

[Profchaos]

I'm happy either way if it flops take two share prices stumble making it a good time to snap up shares before GTA vi and if it's great then I get a great game unlike 3

So it's a win win

[__y2jb]

Yeah cause the stock market hasn’t already ‘priced in’ gta 6 into the ttwo price. SMH.

[CrimsonWing69]

Is that how it works?

[lucasnooker]

It’s the only game that makes them money anymore. They are just playing it safe. No innovation in the series.

You could have shown me borderlands 4 gameplay and told me it was borderlands 3 and I would have believed you…

[Wintersun616]

Looks like I'll just be replaying Borderlands 2 if I ever feel like playing Borderlands again.

[toxic-inferno]

I recently realised that - despite thinking I was a fan of the Borderlands franchise - I am in fact NOT a fan of the Borderlands franchise.

I am instead a fan of Borderlands 2. I've played every game in the series, and 2 is the only one I do not have a lot of negative feelings about. Apart from possibly 'Tales from the Borderlands' (the original, not the recent 'New Tales from the Borderlands').

[gold_drake]

i really like the borderlands games, but u cant play them for like a gear after launch. theres so much they have to fix and change that by the end of its its so different.

i didnt play bdl 3 after like a year and a half ha

[babadivad]

Borderlands 4 is gonna be dogshit, confirmed.

[Psychonaut85]

Randy Pitchford’s retirement can’t come soon enough.

[Dudeson]

I don't need borderlands games to be breaking records and stereotypes in gaming or innovating/paving the way. All I want from this franchise is pure dumb fun, working up towards a fun to play powerful build with a nice variety of things to shoot (maybe some more big badass supersize bosses) and most important: never forget the focus on coop!

[RhinoGamer88]

Randy is another 'tool' gaming CEO/Exec...made weatlthy by his workers and us of course. #failup

[__y2jb]

Pitchford is a snake oil salesman. Never forget what he did with colonial marines.

[OhReginald]

GREAT IDEA! if we all cheered and rooted for concord it would be the #1 game of all time.

[ActualWhiteMan]

Sounds like DICE with Battlefield V.

[Kosic]

Bring back jack!

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Soooooo excited for this game!! Only game in the series I disliked was pre-sequel. Everything else I've loved.

[FPS_D3TH]

I’m not going to just blindly consume but I have no idea how anybody can criticize something we’ve seen nothing of other than a reveal trailer with zero gameplay. Just don’t turn it into some lame ass slop and story like borderlands 3

[KidVicious-5150]

This new siren is a hottie. I am pretty sure this is Emily Swan. The fabled 7th siren foretold in the presequel game.

[mastershredder]

You cannot defend Borderlands…ever.

It’s almost like the Borderlands 4 writers wrote that cheese dialogue for him.

[chadley5]

I'm a die hard borderlands fan i started out with 1 and progressed threw franchise. My new favorite is bl3. A lot of people give bl3 guff but I love it and I'm super excited for bl4.

[Npugz7]

How can you not criticize these days I mean look at the woke garbage they are trying to make us buy

[Knushwood Butt]

Don't buy it then.

The concept with a retail business is that you offer products that are attractive to customers.

[1nsomniac]

This is Randy pitchford remember, the biggest 🔔 end in the business.

The guys a complete scumbag and people seem to need to be reminded of that from time to time!

[GameCriticOfWondwfs]

I'm trying to be optimistic, but my enthusiasm shouldn't determine the quality of the game a company puts out. It's their job to keep morale and get me hyped. Pitchford must be on some Ubisoft levels of ego, expecting people to stay optimistic while putting out energy like this for BL4. And if you're reading this Pitchford, do f*cking better.

[Harkins1721]

I'm rooting. But will prob wait 2 years for all DLC and base game to be bundled and at a decent price with bugs fixed.