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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Borderlands 4 justifies its contentious price with one must-have feature
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:18:10 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:



>>I also see that good old Randy has put his foot in it again by tweeting 
>>that BL:4 will take even longer before it goes on such a steep discount 
>>as BL:3. Maybe he was worried that people were starting to forget about 
>>the whole $80 drama so he thought it was time to remind them about it?
>>
>>It must be fun working in the Gearbox PR dept. where you wake up every 
>>morning thinking, what has he done now.
>
>I just assume they are awoken by a TOS era red alert klaxon and flashing
>lights.
>
>Randy Alert, Randy Alert ...!

He also queried fans about whether making the next Borderlands game a
platform exclusive (without specifying the platform) was something
they should aspire to. Fans were not pleased with the notion.

As PC Gamer suggested, somebody needs to take away his phone. But I
think CEOs like him think that ANY publicity is good publicity... and
that anything that comes out of their mouth is worth listening to.