He is right though. Some people are sadists. I mean lying to consumers so they give you £40 then doing nothing to addressing their concerns and bragging about how much money you made.... god damn that is sadistic.
Yeah, I might have been tempted to pick this up for $4, just to see how bad it really is. However, Randy shooting his mouth off made me decide that I don't want to give him any money. I'll go spend that $4 on a cheeseburger or something.Xan Krieger said:As an added joke it seems Aliens Colonial Marines is 75% off this weekend on Steam. Oh Randy, we're living in a post-steam refund world, watch your profits drop.
Say what you will about Peter, the guy at least does actively TRY, and he seems to genuinely love being in the industry. He just keeps trying to write checks that the tech can't cash.NinjaDeathSlap said:It's one of those things where I'd say "You know, he actually has a point" if it was coming from nearly ANYBODY ELSE.Zhukov said:Wow, two articles in one day that give me cause to say unflattering things about Randy Pitchford? And, er... fulfill my sadistic appetites in the process, apparently?
Oh Escapist, you shouldn't have!
Things is, he's not entirely wrong. Anything popular or widespread is going to have a large number of detractors proportionate to that popularity. Some of them are going to be needlessly petty and venomous. Gamers certainly aren't any better than anyone else at voicing their grievances in an articulate and respectful manner. And yes, some people just plain enjoy shitting in your cereal.
However, pointing to a pile of shit and saying, "That right there is a pile of shit", is not an act of sadism. Hell, I wish I'd been able to derive some form of sadistic thrill from a Gearbox game. Sure would have been an improvement over wishing the fucking thing could end so I can get onto another, better game, or maybe clean the bathroom.
Also, defending something that made people angry by saying, "Hey, we touched them with our finely crafted emotional experiences," is weak bullshit. It'd be like Warner Bros saying that the PC version of Arkham Knight must be a powerful bit of media to have "touched" audiences the way it did.
Randy, on the other hand, is just completely untethered from reality by this point. He's like a more sociopathic Peter Molyneux.
Except it wasn't. The sandcastle wasn't built on lies. It was just not sand, rather shit. It was a rather spledid shitcastle that he was selling as a sandcastle. But apparently that makes me a sadist.NathLines said:But... but... YOUR GOD DAMN SAND CASTLE WAS BUILT UPON LIES!!
I'm literally speechless. I think I'm just gonna kick some sand castles in frustration.
I believe Randy was a magician before GBX was a thing.bossfight1 said:Randy, as someone who adored Borderlands 2, lemme say that you are just being flat-out delusional. You flat-out lied to people with what the final product would be, people called you out on that lie while highlighting everything wrong with the game, yet you're convinced you did no wrong.
I honestly believe that, if directly confronted Pitchford about his lies, his denial would give him a nervous breakdown and he'd lash out.