Thanks for Ripping People Off Battleborn

Can gamers really trust Gearbox and Battleborn?

[Rippcity]

Bought the game day one and I don't feel ripped off at all. The games great and I would pay 60 dollars for it again. Gearbox is an awesome company that puts out solid games so they have earned the money. And anyone who got it cheaper should be praising the company as well! Total click bait.

[cleft5]

Regardless of the quality of the game, if they where going to do this then they should have done it in advance. Instead they got an extra $20 off people. If you don't feel cheated than that is wonderful and all for you. However, for everyone that does feel cheated they are 100 percent justified. It was a crummy thing to do to early adopters.

After all, if this price drops immediately when Overwatch hits or close to immediately then Gearbox had these plans in the works from the start. Honestly, it s a mistake on Gearbox part to even play into the Overwatch vs Battleborn comparison.

Overwatch and Battleborn really are completely different sorts of games. Overwatch is more of a Team Fortress game and Battleborn is more of a MOBA/Smite/League of Legends game. Outside of art style, people are comparing Apples and Onions. Both maybe round, but they just arent the same thing.

Gearbox should have held to there guns with Battleborn instead of dropping the price like this so quickly. It's clear to any reasonably intelligent person why they did this and the author of this article is right, it does make Battleborn look weak. Which is a shame because a lot of my friends really like Battleborn. I like Overwatch myself, but I don't consider these two titles to be all of that comparable.

[Rippcity]

Early adopters know what they are getting into when they buy a game on the day it comes out. If you really care about the 20 dollars you lost, maybe you should wait a few years and get the game when it's cheap as dirt instead of whining about price drops. As for the rest of us, we'll keep buying games the day of and supporting the developers who make the games that we care about.

[Rachel_Alucard]

This sounds like a huge shill comment with statements that are the total opposite of the truth. Solid games like Aliens: Colonial marines and Pre-sequel? What?

[Coolmanrico]

It was pretty much a steal for those who waited. Got my copy for $26 the other day.

[ocelot07]

How does this mean people are being ripped off. The game has been out for what 3 weeks. That is pretty normal for games to drop in price. This is the reason why I hardly pre-order games. I just wait the 2-3 weeks and get them a lot cheaper.

I just got Overwatch for £32 instead of £40+ a game that has been out for 3 days.

[Swiftfox]

It is very normal for games to drop in price--after a time. This isn't a sale or a promotion which when done will see the price go back to $60--this is a full $20 price drop after 3 weeks. There are games which came out a year ago still being sold for $60. I understand why 2K decided to do it--to stay competitive with Overwatch's price point. Overwatch itself will probably get a non-origins edition within a year on consoles at the $40 price point. So 2K is probably trying to stay relevant and entice those who are waiting for an Overwatch price drop on consoles to pick their game up in the mean time.

[dp277407]

I mean I tried to buy the Last of Us remastered at Wal-Mart the other night. 40 dollars and that was cheaper than a preowned copy at Gamestop which was 44

[MoveTheGlow]

Price drops happen when the market isn't going to take your game at the price you have it at. That's what reviews and Quick Looks are for - the writing was on the wall once they came out. Gearbox didn't rip off early adopters - they lost a battle that they didn't anticipate happening. Plus, while it's a fun enough game and has some complex options, it's not a deep enough team-based MOBA to survive as a multiplayer-only game at $60. A great single-player campaign would have helped. Heck, they could have waited until December to release this thing with a SP campaign and wound up with much more revenue.

Can you trust Gearbox enough to make a much more timeless classic that wouldn't drop in price by $20 immediately? I'd say "Wait until the inevitable Borderlands sequel." If that's not up to snuff, then no, it's time to wait with heavy skepticism when a game by them gets released.

[3-4-5]

* Just can't get into this game really. Doesn't interest me enough. I'm currently playing through Borderlands: Handsome Jack collection though and Borderlands 2 is still a ton of fun ( haven't played pre-sequel yet).

* Glad they tried something new and got it out of their system, but they need to learn from this and hopefully Borderlands 3 is at least as good as the past ones.

[PFFT]

I for one didnt like it at ALL! Got rid of it just as soon as Overwatch graced us with its awesome presence.

[Sirus_Gaming]

Battleborn was great at some point. It didn't disappoint. So I wouldn't say that 2K Games ripped us off.

[Discobastrd]

Inexperienced journalist inadvertently writes about retailer decisions on pricing that have nothing to do with game publisher and is probably beyond their control...

*yawns and closes tab*

[patsrule316]

In this particular case, this was not a retailer decision. This was from the game publisher, and they put out the news themselves. Every retailer dropped the price, and even the digital price also dropped. Gearbox at the time called it a one week price drop and had their own graphic for the promotion.

For me at least, Best Buy refunded the difference, so it doesn't bother me, but I don't think they did their fans right overall.

[cyber_daemonx]

If people spoke with their wallets, this wouldn't happen. It seems some people just can't help themselves. More money than sense lol.

[Rachel_Alucard]

And people did speak with their wallets. Nobody wanted this game and nobody cared enough about it, so now we have a $20 price drop not even a month later. Even though we have countless games on the market going for $60 still even after 2 years of being out, there's still people trying to rationalize how this is totally "normal" for a games price drop period and totally not just becuase the publisher is desperate to move units.

[Wyld-Woo]

A bigger community for Battleborn is most important thing here. If, I'ld got BB day one and saw poor sales, resulting in a small community. I'ld be over the moon with a price cut, so more people get to play the game that I enjoy.

[Pullmywaffle]

Of you're dumb enough to preorder or buy day one, you have no reason to complain about discounts down the road. If you're dumb enough to think gearbox can make something original other than a reskinned borderlands game, you need to get out more.

[Soldierone]

Overall the 60 dollar standard price point just needs to die. Some games, like Battleborn, should only be 40 dollars. It'd increase the install base and make it more accessible.

[UziSuicide]

I'm enjoying it, but I only play the singleplayer/co-op

[feraldrgn]

Discounts are normal.
You either buy a game full price day 1, or you wait for the inevitable price drops down the road.

[saadskel]

With all these articles praising Overwatch and bashing Battleborn, it almost seems like there is some marketing money being moved around or people just want to be part of the "in" crowd. Both games are decent, Overwatch has all the hype for some reason, but that doesn't make battleborn a bad game or one that is ripping people off.

Yes, I feel like i got a bum deal when i buy a game day one and it drops in price soon after, but that's the risk I take to get it early, everyone who is a gamer knows this risk, and if they don't they are just ignorant. It's no reason to hate a game or make a big deal out of it.