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Is anyone else holding off on Borderlands 3 until Steam gets it?

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Jarhab

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Yup. I was pretty burned out on Borderlands after playing BL2 for 90+ hours. BL3 doesn't look dramatically different so the EGS exclusivity makes it easy to wait.

Also, Shadow Warrior 2 raised the bar on combat and traversal in loot shooters and I have yet to see anything match it.
 
MrCibb

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Baron von Loathsome said:
You're gonna wait six months because you can't preload, can't post user reviews, can't access cloud saves, can't earn achievements, can't take quick and easy screenshots, don't get quick access to community guides in-game, can't take advantage of versatile control options with every contemporary video game controller on the market, can't play on Linux, and can't track your playtime?
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Alright but apart from the preloading, the user reviews, the access to Cloud Saves, the achievements, the ease of taking and sharing screenshots, the community guides which are available in-game, the versatile control options for all contemporary controllers, Linux support, and playtime tracking... what has Steam ever done for us?!!
 
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Baron von Loathsome said:
You're gonna wait six months because you can't preload, can't post user reviews, can't access cloud saves, can't earn achievements, can't take quick and easy screenshots, don't get quick access to community guides in-game, can't take advantage of versatile control options with every contemporary video game controller on the market, can't play on Linux, and can't track your playtime?
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Someone who understands!
 
Th0rnhead

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I'm probably holding off, but not because of EGS. Just have a lot to play at the moment, so I'll pick it up later. Also need to play the new DLC for BL2.

Also looking forward to Link's Awakening more, which comes out a week after. That's a day one buy for sure.
 
nded

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After three games my friends and I are kind of worn out on Borderlands. I'm also full-time Linux now, so Steam would be the platform of choice if I ever decide to get it.
 

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No. I'm going to play with friends on release. The only thing I was worried about missing from Steam was cloud saves and seems like that's being fixed so i'm indifferent to bl3 on steam vs egs for my usage. If anything it's a slight upgrade because for some reason Steam's controller config keeps messing up my controller in games and I'll have to reboot a game like mhw multiple times before steam stops trying to go into big picture mode and mess up my controller.
 
Brock2621

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Me, I'm 100% waiting. Epic not having preloading is just another thing to stack on the lies and dishonesty. I went from indifferent to strong disdain the more and more tweets from Tim that I read a few days ago.

As an aside, I think Randy is just as shady and blows off the handle on Twitter and it's just awful for a leader that represents hundreds of people at that company.
 
Dalik

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Probably won't even bother at this point, maybe the definitive edition with all dlc with a 50% sale next year if my boyfriend really wants to play it. We have iceborne to play together for next year anyway.
 

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Even ignoring my distaste of Epic's business practices and taking into account my love for the series it's a pretty easy pass for me. The store itself is lacking, nobody I played the previous games with is interested in getting it there and the last I saw was that it'd cost me twice as much as Borderlands 2 did at launch.
 
The Shape

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I didn't even know it wasn't launching on Steam day one. That's really disappointing. So yes, I'll wait until it's released on Steam.
 
dex3108

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In short i am not starting another library at this point in my life. I have all other Blands games on Steam and i want to have complete collection there.
 
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For a second I thought about biting the bullet and getting it at launch from the Epic Games Store, but before I did that I seem some videos on YouTube that basically said the storefront is still for the most part lacking in basic features, not to mention preloading. Mess is crazy how this company has money to snatch up games, but doesn't seem to have the money, time, or whatever excuse to properly fix up their storefront...so cause of that I think it'll be safer for me to wait until it drops on Steam where I can at least have access to user reviews, a community and everything else.

Is anyone else taking the long wait as well? Or are you just gonna buy it on console? Thoughts?
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Pretty weird to call out no preloading on epic as a reason to wait for steam. So waiting a couple extra hours for a download isn't acceptable, but waiting six extra months is?
 
FlintSpace

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Depends on my friends, they are pretty excited for BL3 and have no idea whatsoever about this platform exclusivity thing. It's a non-issue for them.
If they jump, I gotta jump too. I don't mind much either actually.
 
Jahranimo

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Nope as all of my friends play on console.

If I did play on PC I love Borderlands too much to pass up, I'd probably use some burner card to buy it on EGS.
 
deltabreak

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Not buying it on EGS unless they do a sale where it's <10 euros and even then I would double dip on Steam
 
udivision

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I'd make a joke about waiting for a year to get it on a platform with preload as the OP mentioned that specifically but I'll just assume there are more relevant gripes.
 
Sloane Ranger

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PS4 Pro so day 1. but my son and daughter who like to play on PC and PS4 will be playing on PS4 first so we can play together, and then on PC with PC friends "once it comes to steam"
 

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I absolutely don't care about which platform is getting it first

Day one, Fl4k will have a hell of a good time with me, on the EGS
 
Doskoi Panda

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Im grabbing it on Xbox so I don't have to wait.

Im not getting it on PC til it's on Steam, though. Or more accurately, til it can be bought away from EGS.
 
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There are already threads where you can discuss your plans regarding Borderlands 3.
 
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