Microsoft Drops a Deal on Borderlands 2

[Kopikatsu]

Preordered it for $33 from Green Man Gaming a while back. So yeaaah.

 

[razer17]

What I take away from this is that Gearbox was probably approached by M$ to do exclusive DLC, Kinect crap, etc. and got shot down because they are IMO philosophically against that kind of exclusionary marketing gimmick stuff.

So since they couldn't secure sales domination by tossing cash around that way, they decided to outright bribe the customers to get BLT on their platform as opposed to PS3 from what is apparently a brand new store or a well kept secret one.

Microsoft just doesn't know how to react to a game that is universally supported on multiple platforms. Unless they can throw money at something they didn't do their job apparently.

Ahaha. So, when Microsoft do something that is probably good business sense but bad for consumers they are evil. When they do something that makes good business sense but is good for consumers... they're still evil?

Also, if you'd checked your facts you would know that Xbox already had timed exclusive DLC for Borderlands 1.

And what is so WRONG about bribing customers as you call it? Microsoft want you to buy it for Xbox, so they give you an incentive not to buy it for PC or PS3. Why is that even a bad thing? This can only be good for consumers.

And about the throwing money around, Sony do that just as much. They buy studios so that they will only make Playstation games, they do timed DLC too (Battlefield 3 is the most recent example). Hell they threw money around by selling the PS3 for far less than what it cost them to make originally. Does that make them evil? Pretty sure it doesn't, but maybe that's because it's Sony and not MS

 

[Zeriah]

Zzz...Already pre-ordered this elsewhere. Crap

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

What I take away from this is that Gearbox was probably approached by M$ to do exclusive DLC, Kinect crap, etc. and got shot down because they are IMO philosophically against that kind of exclusionary marketing gimmick stuff.

So since they couldn't secure sales domination by tossing cash around that way, they decided to outright bribe the customers to get BLT on their platform as opposed to PS3 from what is apparently a brand new store or a well kept secret one.

Microsoft just doesn't know how to react to a game that is universally supported on multiple platforms. Unless they can throw money at something they didn't do their job apparently.

Ahaha. So, when Microsoft do something that is probably good business sense but bad for consumers they are evil. When they do something that makes good business sense but is good for consumers... they're still evil?

Also, if you'd checked your facts you would know that Xbox already had timed exclusive DLC for Borderlands 1.

And what is so WRONG about bribing customers as you call it? Microsoft want you to buy it for Xbox, so they give you an incentive not to buy it for PC or PS3. Why is that even a bad thing? This can only be good for consumers.

And about the throwing money around, Sony do that just as much. They buy studios so that they will only make Playstation games, they do timed DLC too (Battlefield 3 is the most recent example). Hell they threw money around by selling the PS3 for far less than what it cost them to make originally. Does that make them evil? Pretty sure it doesn't, but maybe that's because it's Sony and not MS

I never said that M$ is evil, you did, repeatedly. I had forgotten about the BL1 DLC. I think that now that they have an established IP they have a bit more freedom with regards to how they choose to do business. I'm not saying that they wouldn't take M$'s money again, but recent press conferences and interviews make me think that they would optimally like to be more inclusive. They seem to want to get their product into everyones hands as soon as they can possibly have it ready. These days, generally when you announce you have 4-5 DLCs already planned you also usually hear the big timed-exclusive disclaimer at the same time. They even went through the trouble to make those card sets for smaller retailers so that people would have a reason to use them.

Of course Gamestop demanded their tribute of exclusive preorder booty, or they would probably refuse to stock the game new. Honestly there is literally NOTHING I wouldn't put past Gamestop doing. The only place with more cutthroat and borderline illegal practices was Game Crazy which routinely sold used games as brand new. When I take a game home and it already has a saved game on it...there is no surprise that they went out of business.

 

[Shinsei-J]

If you already have Borderlands 1 on Steam, you can get a bundle with your friends that amounts to about $41 each.

That's what I did, we're all amped and we have our classes picked out ready to start.
Also, Microsoft store?

 

[devotedsniper]

Sorry Microsoft, Steam beat you to it a few days ago, and NVIDIA will more than likely beat you again when i buy a new 600 series at the end of the month. It was a bit late to come out with this deal when you consider it comes out in what? 15days (UK).

 

[RJ 17]

Really does sound like a pretty sweet deal...I just wish I was able to get more excited about BL 2.

I had fun with the first game, played it a lot, got all the DLCs and beat the crap out of them (yes, including all the long versions of arena challenges AND killed the giant crab...without cheating, mind you). But then the realization sinks in: this game is highly dependant upon having friends to play with, otherwise it just becomes mindnumbingly repetative. Perhaps they've made it a little less repetative, but I really don't see how they could since grinding grind quests are a major part of the BL formula (Grind Quests + Randomized Loot * Hours to spend chatting with friends = BL Fun).

So yeah, I just really don't know...when I was done with the first game, I was DONE with it. As in, I had little to no interest at all in playing it again. If all BL 2 has to offer is more of the same with new classes and enemies...I dunno, I might end up taking a pass on this one.

 

[jbm1986]

Sweet deal. Good thing I waited to preorder. Definitely going to get the mechromancer DLC for my fiancee.

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

Well that is a good deal. But I already preordered it on steam.

Here's hoping the PC version is the better version this time around.

 

[Winston Chang]

So get $30 back for buying it basically. Huh. And today I learned there's a Microsoft store, so that's nice. Now I just need to decide if I want to get it for 360 or PC.

How is that even a question? PC of cours!

Why choose? Just get it for all the systems you own. That's what I did for BL1 and have pre-ordered for BL2. No matter what platform it's still going to be awesome!

 

[Radelaide]

Sounds like a good deal, too bad I already preordered it at EB Games.

^ This. I'd much rather my Loot Chest than $30 of MS stuff.

 

[Chinchama]

For people still undecided, greenmangaming offers a digital download [PC] for at or around 40$. It depends on their coupon that is showing. I got it for 40$ if I had waited another day I coulda got it for 37.50. This was all last week too.

 

[Winston Chang]

Microsoft Drops a Deal on Borderlands 2

...That's on top of access to the Borderlands 2 "Premiere Club," microsoftstore.com [http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.242704300?siteID=te1Fq2FCseg-NZGfb0LG9B7On.Ne3Q6ymQ].

So it says that it includes the "Premiere Club", but on the Borderlands 2 "Premiere Club" Retailer List [http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=134551] it isn't one of the stores that provide it. Does anyone have a definitive answer? Thanks.

 

[Cabo Setek]

If anyone is still interested in this, seems they're back in stock. Just ordered one for myself.