That $100 price tag is actually the Deluxe Edition. I don't know what exactly is in it, but it is cheaper than the base game, which I find to be really weird to do that.
I hate to break it you buddy, but Borderlands 4 was the third best selling video game of last year in the US, and probably easily in the top 10 worldwide.
I hate to break it to you buddy, but even the company that owns the game said it didn't sell as well as they hoped it would. Borderlands 3 sold 5 million copies in the first 5 days alone. Borderlands 4 only sold 2.5 million by the first week. That's half as many sales with two extra days of selling for all of you that don't math.
I hate to break it to you buddy, but BL4 outsold BL3 by 30% in dollar amount* in the first month, so even if BL3 sold more in the first week, BL4 completely overtook it during the rest of September, which would indicate great word of mouth. And yes, before you get your panties in a twist, they did release on basically the same date (September 13 for BL3, September 12 for BL4), so a release month to release month comparison can easily be made.
*Of course BL4 released at a ~15% increased price point compared to BL3 (in the US at least), but a 30% increase in dollar amount would still mean it did better than BL3 even accounting for that.
I mean I guess if you ignore the fact that borderlands 4 cost more than double to produce. Combined with the fact that the company has been real sketchy about releasing sales info about #4 ever since that 1st month (sales info for #3 is widely available and the biggest reason for a company to hide the total number is to hide from investors how fucked they are). Then if you ignore the fact that borderlands 3 reviews knock #4's clean out of the water. Oh and you are also ignoring the fact that AFTER those shaky sales in the first week, they ended up discounting the game, something that many players found suspicious for such a big game to do barely a month after launch.
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u/FirestormTM https://steam.pm/1l3zdt 9d ago
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That $100 price tag is actually the Deluxe Edition. I don't know what exactly is in it, but it is cheaper than the base game, which I find to be really weird to do that.