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Randy Pitchford comments on Borderlands 3 launch numbers
- Thread starter Turin Turambar
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500k CCU is just an estimate based on the numbers alone. The real number would probably be way above those 500k.
You need to factor in that the 125k CCU from BL2 happened in 2012. That was a time when Steam only had around 6 million active users at a time and people didn't buy as many games as they to today.
I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that having a 4 times larger player base would also result in ... well... 4 times as many players.
You also need to realize that especially Borderlands2 and Steam have a very special relation. Some say that Steam grew this big after 2012 because of BL2, others say that Borderlands became todays Juggernaut because of Steam. Whatever the truth is: you can be sure that Borderlands has more fans and more sales potential (due to that special relation) within the Steam community than any other community out there, including the consoles combined.
Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2 and Destiny 2 can easily top 400-500k at launch.
Assuming RDR2 is launching on Steam of course
Yeah deadass, I can't go with you on that journey tbh, I ain't seeing it.
Destiny 2 will be F2P so it definitely will
Looks like Randy wins. He gets that Epic money along with launch numbers he appears to be more than happy with, then later his game will get a sales boost from people who (hilariously) think they're sticking it to the man by waiting to buy it on Steam. The number of truly lost sales because of the Epic deal is negligible and everyone involved in these decisions knows that.
Epic wins by getting however many new users they did.
Steam wins by their loyalists waiting to give their money to Gaben.
Epic wins by getting however many new users they did.
Steam wins by their loyalists waiting to give their money to Gaben.
People who don't like Randy won't buy anyway (like me). People who buy it on Steam just want a platform with decent features to play on.
The numbers that you pulled out of your ass I guess. That's the hilarious thing here for sure.
If everybody knows that why literally no one with a EGS exclusive has showed their number? Game over for forfeit :)
Imagine being like this guys. I will be waiting for a steam sale, because yeah I don't support the EGS, and its not laughable you clown.
I just like to have my game collection in one place. Nothing beyond that.
Randy will still get your money even if you buy it on Steam, even if it's on sale.
Surprise?
Also important to note that gearbox is making more per unit sold and that possible numbers sold on steam need to be compared at the new rate, meaning that for them the ceiling they want/need to break is a decent amount lower. This includes the discount for using unreal engine
I look forward to GoG Galaxy when it's out of beta for something like that, hopefully everyone is a part of it.
Its gonna look funny, this thread, when Borderlands 3 releases on steam after 6 months, despite many many people having reservations against rewarding gearbox and 2k for the exclusivity, a lot of people will still get it day 1 on steam and then you should check the concurrent player count lol, you'll yourselves see how much the player count will go up on steam. Iam guessing that it'll reach this 240-250K concurrent player number at launch easily or more. Its just that popular on PC just like Fallout 4, GTAV, etc.