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'My Advice to Users Is to Accept Reality and Tune, or to Not Play' — Randy Pitchford Is at the 'Get a Refund From Steam' Stage of the Borderlands 4 PC Performance Backlash

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  • I inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one
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    Welp, that’s what I did. Got my money back. I’ll buy it when it’s $19.99.

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    • S screen_shatter@lemmy.world

      After the borderlands 3 trainwreck it seems weird that people are apparently buying BL4

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      captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one
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      I honestly don’t know what this “trainwreck” talk is. BL3 was passable. I didn’t like the antagonists, but the game played fine if purples dropped way too much and the new guns weren’t great. People make it seem like it was the Worst Game Ever and I don’t get it. The pre-sequel was hot garbage, but 3 was fine.

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      • G givesomefucks@lemmy.world

        Apparently the graphics are basically the same as 3, but performance is dog shit on even the best hardware and crashes are unavoidable.

        When people complained, he said they need to use AI fake frame and upscale from 720. Which still wasn’t good performance.

        It might get fixed later in updates. But this guy is handling so badly he might legitimately be mentally unwell. It’s at the point it’s weird he still has a job

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        jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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        It’s got Denuvo running

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        • I inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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          LiveLM
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          Gearbox was been scummy for a while now. Customers can learn to stop giving them money or can keep putting up with this.

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          • C captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one

            Welp, that’s what I did. Got my money back. I’ll buy it when it’s $19.99.

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            peruvian_skies@sh.itjust.works
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            You should get it for free elsewhere. Don’t give this asshole your money.

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            • C captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one

              Welp, that’s what I did. Got my money back. I’ll buy it when it’s $19.99.

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              TheLowestStone
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              I was going to do that originally but now I’m never playing it.

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              • S soupbrick@pawb.social

                BL4 is running horribly, even on higher end PCs. I have a 4090 and a decent processor, but only getting 80FPS max with a good few settings on low or off and AI frame gen on (I would rather not, but performance is just that bad).

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                spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                What’s crazy is how inconsistent the problems seem to be. I’ve got a 4080 Super and a decent processor, and I’m getting 120-140fps with most settings as high as they can go with frame gen on at 1440p. Only crashed once in about 40 hours of gameplay.

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                  58008@lemmy.world
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                  Why is he like this?

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                    Why is he like this?

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                    dustydata@lemmy.world
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                    For a long time he was told by everyone in public and in private that he was awesome and perfect, and the greatest game developer, which made him a ton of money and very famous. Now his latest game is failing and his overinflated ego is panicking.

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                    • S soupbrick@pawb.social

                      BL4 is running horribly, even on higher end PCs. I have a 4090 and a decent processor, but only getting 80FPS max with a good few settings on low or off and AI frame gen on (I would rather not, but performance is just that bad).

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                      _spiffy@lemmy.ca
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                      I’ve got a 6800xt and it runs really well on medium settings. Looks pretty good as well. Never had the game crash on me either. It’s 60fps but I’m cool with that. Gameplay feels smooth at that and it’s steady. No upscaling no frame Gen. 3440x1440.

                      I have heard a lot of people are having issues with Nvidia hardware though.

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                      • TheLowestStoneT TheLowestStone

                        I was going to do that originally but now I’m never playing it.

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                        captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one
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                        I’m not going to punish the entire development team just because he’s a tool.

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                        • P peruvian_skies@sh.itjust.works

                          You should get it for free elsewhere. Don’t give this asshole your money.

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                          captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one
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                          That’s an option, but there were a lot of people involved in making the game. I’m not a fan of collective punishment. They most probably did their best, he’s just a shit spokesperson.

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                            Why is he like this?

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                            lfrith@lemmy.ca
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                            It’s the year of the wealthy personalities who dont keep their mouth shut because they believe they are right and everyone will agree with their points and love them.

                            Happening right now with Mark Cuban on the NBA side.

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                            • RayquetzalcoatlR Rayquetzalcoatl

                              I have come to accept that this is a PR campaign to plaster the name everywhere all over social media and let it worm its way into currently pissed off gamers’ heads for a few months down the line when they’ve calmed down and inevitably buy the fucking thing.

                              Pitchford is a slimeball. Rarely has a man who is allegedly not an insurance or used-car salesman given off such nakedly scummy vibes.

                              We need to stop giving free publicity to this little marketing man, and to this poorly optimised, expensive game.

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                              lfrith@lemmy.ca
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                              I don’t think there’s anything that well thought out, and it’s just someone who takes things personally and cant resist blurting out their thoughts.

                              Since after what he said my thinking was even if my friends beg me to get the game on discount I wont because of how personally irritated the comments have made me.

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                                c1pher@lemmy.world
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                                This has been there already with Ubisoft games. It wont end well for the IP and also, the main problem is Randy Pitchford. That problem wont be fixed any time soon.

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                                • C captainblinky@lemmy.myserv.one

                                  I’m not going to punish the entire development team just because he’s a tool.

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                                  TheLowestStone
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                                  They got paid already and most of them will be laid off or moved to different projects by the time the games is $20.

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                                    Gearbox was been scummy for a while now. Customers can learn to stop giving them money or can keep putting up with this.

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                                    aesthelete@lemmy.world
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                                    Borderlands 3 kinda sucked it. I realized when I played it that they had hit peak during Borderlands 2.

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                                      sunsofold@lemmings.world
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                                      I haven’t played 4, but I played 1, 2, and a bit of the presequel or whatever it was called. They were essentially all the same game. Run, shoot, run, shoot, hear vaguely off-color joke, run, shoot. Is there any particular reason to bother with an overpriced remake of the same old game? Is there a reason for worrying about 4KUHD textures on a game where the aesthetic is cartoony? If you’re a 9 year old who’s never played, and it’s all on mom’s dime, I could see being tricked into buying it by the advertisers, but why is anyone else excited about it?

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                                      • S sunsofold@lemmings.world

                                        I haven’t played 4, but I played 1, 2, and a bit of the presequel or whatever it was called. They were essentially all the same game. Run, shoot, run, shoot, hear vaguely off-color joke, run, shoot. Is there any particular reason to bother with an overpriced remake of the same old game? Is there a reason for worrying about 4KUHD textures on a game where the aesthetic is cartoony? If you’re a 9 year old who’s never played, and it’s all on mom’s dime, I could see being tricked into buying it by the advertisers, but why is anyone else excited about it?

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                                        Echo Dot
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                                        Any interest I had in the game, which was already fairly minimal, was completely obliterated when the price was announced.

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                                        • D dustydata@lemmy.world

                                          For a long time he was told by everyone in public and in private that he was awesome and perfect, and the greatest game developer, which made him a ton of money and very famous. Now his latest game is failing and his overinflated ego is panicking.

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                                          Echo Dot
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                                          Was he?

                                          Personally I’ve always thought of him as a bit of a prick.

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