This reminds me of the "AAAA" game thing.

There aren't that many Premium™ Gamers®, and trying to pretend that that is, like, a legitimate target demographic to pander to is just sad, folks.

(The funniest gamer influencer backlash I've seen lately was against some YouTuber who blew ~$2K on gaming desk and a chair and called it a "minimalist" setup. People at large rightfully went "are you shitting me".)

Ran dis Pitchfork into his mom last night.

That's the highest level argument this guy deserves.

I feel like we've long reached the point where the benefit of top-of-the-line hardware just isn't worth it. IMO, Switch 2 ought to be enough to target, and any game that can't fit on that can probably stand to be scaled back.

Same argument Sony gave when EverQuest 2 launched with stupid high required specs. World of Warcraft launched a month later you could run on any video card from the last 5 years and the whole franchise still hasn't recovered.

Battlefield 6 ran like butter. What’s your excuse

When was the last time Randy Pitchford got through a day without being a prick?

Someday, the industry is going to realize that while transistors might still be getting smaller, they aren't getting cheaper for it. Which was the original formulation of Moore's Law; cost of integrated component gets cut in half every x months.

Not just games, but the whole tech industry. Even in so far as faster hardware exists--and it just plain might not in this case--people can't afford it.

It's basically the "AAAA-game" bit again

It's more akin to trying to drive a semi truck with a semi truck motor but then something drops and there's a ton of friction like an unintentional tractor pull. Even the best chips on the market display subpar performance.

Make it perform well, then we can talk premium.

Did not read the article. I have a 3070 graphics card (windows 10)and the game ran fine. I had a problem with not being able to select a different weapon until I messed with it quite a bit and my friend had one crash. He has a 3050.

Frankly I expected much worse, but this is just not a good response. Is he using this as an excuse NOT to fix it?

I'll say it here again, i have an 7900xtx i expect it to run silky smooth.

If it doesn't, that's on you brother.

I also play on 1440p and it doesn't reach a well enough framerate at ultra settings, i set it on high and adjusted some things to lower settings to get a better framerate.

I'm an ok gamer, maybe even good, but premium? I don't know... I guess this game isn't for me. Better spend my money on other games then.

...is he trying to promote the game by acting like one of its shitty characters?

Drink up me hearties.

Message received. Never pay for this game.

Randy looks at Borderlands 4 actually performing somewhat well critically and says NOT IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT