'My Advice to Users Is to Accept Reality and Tune, or to Not Play' — Randy Pitchford Is at the 'Get a Refund From Steam' Stage of the Borderlands 4 PC Performance Backlash
https://www.ign.com/articles/my-advice-to-users-is-to-accept-reality-and-tune-or-to-not-play-randy-pitchford-is-at-the-get-a-refund-from-steam-stage-of-the-borderlands-4-pc-performance-backlash
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sonalder@lemmy.ml · 37 pts · 342d
Sure, I won't play.
arankays@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 341d
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 341d
It's a tossup between him and Tim Sweeney
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 341d
Nah, Sweeney at least has good takes every now and then, can't remember any from this guy
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 340d
Tim Sweeney, the guy who has his studios go out of their way to break Linux support?
The guy whose lawsuits with Apple and Google are likely why Android is going to require developer registration in a couple years?
The guy whose storefront couldn't be bothered to add a shopping cart for 2 years despite throwing millions of dollars at publishers for exclusivity?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 340d
Yeah, that one. If you look through his posts he will occasionally show good takes. Not necessarily for the best reasons, but still. More than 0
Ulrich@feddit.org · 23 pts · 342d
How do you get to be a CEO while being this stupid? Even if he was right, has he never heard the elementary phrase "the customer is always right"? Or more accurately, thousands of customers?
ZeroHora@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 342d
Since when been intelligent is a requirement to be CEO?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 342d
Wealth, high social status... has nothing to do with competence.
It mostly has to do with how much money you start with, who you know, and dumb luck.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 341d
Don't forget a complete lack of shame!
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 341d
Ah, right yes, I forgot sociopathy.
How silly of me.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 11 pts · 342d
falidorn@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 341d
You might want to look up the actual meaning of the phrase. It might apply here but not in the way you think. This isn’t early 20th century Sears.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_customer_is_always_right
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 341d
this is mostly a thing in Western. nobody gives a shit about the customer in my country. they can fuck them
judgyweevil@feddit.it · 8 pts · 341d
Not even Europe. It's a US thing
Auli@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 341d
Read the wiki page there is a German and Dutch version in Wikipedia.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 340d
Just because there are translations, doesn't mean it was common place.
Sure there are some capitalists with that mindset in just about every country, but in Europe if any company tried to enforce it, the unions would squash it immediately. Because it is dumb and hurts the workers.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 342d
This Randy fellow is sure good at public relations.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 10 pts · 342d
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 342d
That's... a bold stance
Paddzr@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 341d
Don't play you say? Sure.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 341d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 340d
Boozilla@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 341d
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 341d
I like them, personally, and there's absolutely nothing else that scratches the "I want to play Borderlands" itch. The quality varies a lot by the game, though.
_spiffy@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 341d
I'm in the same boat. And borderlands is way better than destiny 2 in my opinion. I really love the gameplay of 3 and 4. I can see myself easily getting my money's worth out of it.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 341d
I've never really understood the comparisons between Destiny 2 and Borderlands, honestly. I like both but my brain puts them in very different boxes. Same thing with Warframe.
Levi@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 341d
I kinda think there might just not be a lot of good looter-shooters out there. I remember looking for others to play and not having much success.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 341d
It's very easy to mess up imo, or people are pickier with them (or both). Warframe clicked with me, but playing BL2 I just wanted to complete the story as fast as possible and get out. Hard to pinpoint without playing both side by side.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 340d
Yeah, I mean the graphics, story, and characters are nice.
But the gameplay is so boring when just about every enemy is a bullet sponge and they keep respawning every time you walk between 2 places.
Boozilla@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 340d
TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 340d
According to Randy, Borderlands 3 is apparently Schrödinger's "Premium Game" - so demanding because it is only supposed to be for "Premium Gamers", but also, we are supposed to excuse having to run it in lower resolutions and with higher input lag because it's not on the level of presumably more premium competitive shooters that do optimize better.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 341d
Today, the gremlin told console players to quit and restart the game, as a fix for the performance drop the longer you play.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d
not to play? lol, not to buy. I'll pick it up in a few years when it's on sale for a few bucks like all the other gearbox games.
kugmo@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 341d
Has he accepted what was on his USB that was found?
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 2 pts · 341d
You know, I specifically remember the first having an awful port and they made an advertising campaign about how the second would be better for PC. Guess that's done.