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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Boderlands 3 featured on Steam for $60?
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:21:51 -0700
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On 7/26/2024 3:12 AM, JAB wrote:
> On 24/07/2024 18:59, Justisaur wrote:
>> On 7/23/2024 9:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 7/23/2024 6:05 PM, PW wrote:
>>>> I thought this game has been out at least a year
>>
>> FIVE! Five Years!
>>
>>>> and initially had
>>>> very bad reviews.  Now Steam is promoting it and selling it for $60
>>>> and has an overall Very Positive reviews.
>>
>> I don't see more than one particularly bad review from journalists 
>> from when it was released, most were glowing to high.
>>
>> In fact for me it had lowered the ridiculously high amount of grinding 
>> for good weapons that 2 had that annoyed the hell out of me to the 
>> point I used a cheat to change the drop rates.  I was just over 
>> borderlands long before that point as there were far too many 
>> non-numbered bordlerlands games by that point.
>>
>>>> What is going on?  Back to full price for an old game?
>>>>
>>> An Eli Roth 'Borderlands' movie is coming out in a few weeks from 
>>> Lionsgate.  Big budget, Cate Blanchett is the lead.
>>>
>>
>> Ah yes, always raise the price when there's any potential new 
>> interest. I'd bet on the movie being a flop from the way the trailers 
>> look, and it going back down on price shortly after though.
>>
> 
> One would hope they know what they are doing better than I do but I find 
> it hard to believe that anyone who's prepared to pay £50 now would do 
> that from after watching a film. Have they been living in a cave and 
> never heard about it?

Apparently PW lives in a cave.  (Caves are actually very expensive as 
homes around here, I couldn't afford it.)

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