The battle for fair game prices—and Gearbox’s attempt to ruin it

What would you pay for an identical 2011 game with a badly shoehorned Duke Nukem cameo?

[lellkay]

awful pricing.

[opinionated]

Not 60. I will probably get it down the line when it's dirt cheap and the Duke isn't a pre-order bonus. That's the shittiest part of the whole deal, in order to play as Duke you need to buy it on day one at full retail. That's unacceptable, a spit in the face really. You can't even wait for a good sale.

[Injusticewarrior]

Nah, pretty sure everyone can buy duke now for 5 bucks or something.

Side note, the game is okay and still holds up.

[opinionated]

That's better but still.. I don't want to pay full retail for the game, let alone another 5 dollars on top for the dlc. At least it's an option for when I get it for 10 bucks in a year.

[superchiller]

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (on both PS4 and XB1) was available for $40 as a preorder, from both Best Buy and Amazon, if you had Gamers Club Unlocked (BB) or Prime (Amazon). I do agree that $60 is way too much for the remastered versions of Bulletstorm, but I think Gearbox realized that and subsidized the discounts. I preordered copies for both platforms (for $40 each) because I love the original game and really want to see a sequel. It's a fantastic game that has a lot of potential for growth in future sequels.

[Krysis]

Randy Pitchfork, nough said

[captainexplosion]

I loved Bulletstorm and I got full clip edition from Gamefly and it was even better than I remember. One of the funnest games I have ever played. Then I went to order the actual game and to my astonishment it was $65 ($60 plus $5 for the Duke DLC) and decided to wait until its cheaper. Still a great game though and worth every penny.

[rocketpanda]

They can try to "ruin" it, but this is gearbox, they have no shame. Failed miserably with bringing back Duke, screwed up Colonial Marines beyond repair, sent Battleborn out to die and asking full price for a slightly better version of Bulletstorm. Randy Pitchfork is wank and doesn't really give a damn.

[r3f1cul]

this and activision trying to resell the ultimate alliance collection for full price are two of the most disgusting things ive seen this gen ... absolute rubbish ... no clue how gearbox is even still around at this point with their shady bullshit and dealing with the scumbags over at G2A ... makes me kind of sad they are in charge of borderlands because thats such an amazing franchise by such a horrid dev team :/

[bestofthebest]

I got it for $43 on amazon when I preordered it and it looks pretty dam good on my pro plus the duke cameo is great for any fan so to me it was definitely worth it

[lellkay]

Duke should have been on the disk, game should have been budget price.

[The_Kills]

Is this a joke?