{"id":95183,"date":"2025-05-29T03:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/someone-take-away-randy-pitchfords-phone\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T03:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:17:57","slug":"someone-take-away-randy-pitchfords-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/someone-take-away-randy-pitchfords-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone Take Away Randy Pitchford’s Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sometimes you just gotta walk away. And this might be one of those times. Earlier this month, Gearbox co-founder and CEO Randy Pitchford replied to someone<\/a><\/span> on social media about the studio\u2019s next game, Borderlands 4<\/em><\/a><\/span>,<\/em> possibly receiving an $80 price tag. He said it wasn\u2019t his call and then infamously added, \u201cIf you\u2019re a real fan, you\u2019ll find a way to make it happen.\u201d This didn\u2019t go over well with people online<\/a><\/span>. A few days later, on May 22, he said he didn\u2019t intend to sound like an asshole.<\/p>\n

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Now, a week later, he\u2019s posted about the \u201creal fan\u201d comment yet again. However, this time Pitchford basically wrote an article about it, posting a 573-word tweet<\/a><\/span>. In the lengthy response, he apologized for the \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d and reiterated that he never intended to suggest people who can\u2019t afford Borderlands 4<\/em> aren\u2019t real fans. <\/p>\n

Instead, he said his point was that Borderlands 4\u2014<\/em>a game that I\u2019m still excited to play in September\u2014<\/em>costing $10 more likely won\u2019t hurt the upcoming looter shooter, as he believes it\u2019s great and still worth the price. And you know what, after reading this 500+ word post, I do believe him. I think Pitchford really didn\u2019t expect his short tweet to set off a firestorm. But it did, and at this point, I\u2019m not sure posting over and over again about it is helping. If anything, it just leads to more people learning about the original comment and, as a result, more discourse happening. He\u2019s like Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes<\/a><\/span>. Each post angers more people, making the situation worse. It\u2019s time to put the phone down, walk away, and let the internet move on to something else. So, that\u2019s my advice to you, Randy. Log off, dude. <\/p>\n

Anyway, here\u2019s the full post, lightly formatted so it is easier to read:<\/p>\n

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I am sorry there was a misunderstanding. The absolute sincere truth is that I don\u2019t want anyone to pay any more than they should or are comfortable with and I always work with the intent and hope that a customer always feels they got the better end of the deal no matter what they pay. <\/p>\n

The actual context was that a guy replied to a post about Borderlands 4 on the Nintendo Switch 2 was warning me that if the price ends up being $80, the game will fail. What I was trying to do was explain that it wasn\u2019t my call but that if a $10 price increase does happen (since that\u2019s obviously where the industry is going), it will be okay and that Borderlands 4 will be okay because it\u2019s a great game and there are a lot of fans who will see the value and want it. <\/p>\n

I think my trying to short hand that using the phrase \u201creal fans\u201d triggered some people and I saw that it got inflated as if I was making some big statement (I wasn\u2019t – I was just trying to help someone who I thought was sincerely worried about us and looking out for us) and I could see that it was being pressed into the idea that I was taking the audience for granted (which is a super shitty look, but it was not at all my intent and does not reflect at all how I feel). <\/p>\n

The sincere truth is that I\u2019m grateful that anyone likes our games and humbled that so many fans show up to enjoy and support what we do. <\/p>\n

As an artist, I don\u2019t want prices to go up because I want everyone to have access to what we create. I get that business is a thing and that the market and economy are driving prices up and sooner or later we\u2019re going to have to all adapt to that so that the creative engine can make at least as much as it spends to provide us with amazing content. Whatever the case, I\u2019m here to try to entertain people and my priority has always been to try to add some joy and happiness and creativity to the world. To whatever extent I succeed at that, I am grateful and honored and take on every effort with passion and humility. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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May I recommend you consider the people who create entertainment you enjoy are actual, real people who sincerely are working to try to make cool stuff. I have dedicated my life to video games as entertainment and I have made the choice to be accessible on here. I don\u2019t want to let edge cases ruin that for the majority of people who find value in using this medium for a positive connection, but I cannot help that there\u2019s a part of me that doesn\u2019t want to at least try to help those that don\u2019t get it to gain some perspective and some dignity in how they choose to interact. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not claiming I\u2019m perfect. But I don\u2019t deserve any less latitude than anyone else. I choose to think of others with the most amount of charity and am often surprised to discover some that jump to the worst possible way to consider a thing as doing that is just counter to my nature. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n


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