Gearbox Software co-founder Randy Pitchford has given his stance on the recent PlayStation Network outage and how he believes that the downtime is an example of why developers should release their games on a number of different platforms.
“Future experiences [are] already under development at Gearbox," says Randy Pitchford
I'm actually surprised by this, I feel like it came and went very quickly without too much interest
but good to see!
Well, it was relatively short and no True Vault Hunter mode to replay the campaign. The DLC was horribly short, lame and overpriced, which didn't help.
Probably had a significantly smaller budget, so it was able to smash lower targets while not being immensely popular.
I wonder how Borderlands 3 did overall as well. I've seen that game for under $15 multiple times (and in multiple clearance racks for $5).
A sequel will need a lot of work. They didn't lean nearly enough into the fantasy elements, which left the combat feeling like Borderlands rather than a new franchise. The end game is trash, there's no new game plus, no proper DLC/expansions, etc. The drop rates for loot were god awful.
It had a lot of great ideas but in terms of gameplay it felt way too safe, like Gearbox was too scared to stray too far from Borderlands.
I legit thought it was intended to be dlc at first for b3 which kind of explains why it didn't
Yeah, fuck those drop rates. Trying to farm for something specific was futile. Especially for the armor. Need to match 2 classes instead of 1, and then there's the whole Ascended, Primordial, etc thing that made it even harder. Add another class into it later lowered the chances even further. They really needed to tailor drops so you had a better chance of getting your own classes drops.
This is why I stopped playing. I'd spend an hour or two every day farming, filling my inventory, loading up loot bunnies with crystals, and consistently get nothing to show for it after a month of trying to get an upgrade for one piece of gear.
Pitchford mentions that they're currently working on a Brothers in Arms game, but also suggests that the game is in early development.
It's been way too long. They cancelled BiA: Furious 4 to make Battleborn and look how that turned out. Though I do hope this new entry is more like the proper BiA games, rather than F4 which was basically Borderlands meets Inglorious Basterds.
FINALLY!
Please let it be true to the series. Don't wreck it like Rainbow 6. Can we get at least one tactical single player shooter with squad commands?
Gearbox Entertainment CEO Randy Pitchford said that selling his company will be good for both gamers and employees.
Any merger that openly talks about financial targets is bad news for gamers and code for "We need to figure out how to get more money from gamers".
From a developers perspective, multiplatform is far safer (unless MS/Sony/Ninty handouts are involved).
But exclusive allows for (not guarantees) better quality.
Personally id rather have the good varied quality exclusives more because they are the reason for purchasing a console. They show what they are capable of.
Yawn. Are people now in the business of stating the obvious? Of course if my system breaks down I won't be able to play my exclusives. But dangerous? It's just one of the pros and cons that both multiplats and exclusives have. If course if you have it on multiple console if something like this were to happen you won't lose money but let's be honest, how often does this happen? Everyone should rush to multiplats just because of a maybe once in a life time problem? Some systems fanbase have different taste or prefer certain games. Some developers prefer to work with certain companies over others. Some companies offer better benefits or appreciate your creations better. Why should I for instance go to a company that treats my ideas like $hit as opposed to another company that understands my vision just to make a little extra cash?
Money isn't always everything to everyone. Some people want respect and to see their vision come to life which is why developers are faithful to certain companies.
IMO this will be the last gen for third party excusives. Only the games the big 3 own will stay exclusive.
I'm sure if a console manufacturer put up the right amount of money any third party developer would produce an exclusive product.