Borderlands 4 boss predicted Steam’s demise, now faces backlash

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Randy Pitchford is the boss of Gearbox Software. The development studio is currently working on Borderlands 4. But the studio boss is struggling with another problem. A statement he made 5 years ago on Steam has now caused many users to make fun of him.

What did Randy Pitchford do? The CEO of Gearbox is currently under fire for trying to whitewash the flopped Borderlands movie. This is now being compounded by a tweet he posted 5 years ago.

Pitchford believed at the time that the Epic Games Store would drive competitor Steam out of the market. He predicted in 2019 that Steam would be a dying store in 5 or 10 years.

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The reason for this: Epic Games would invest more in technology. In addition, the quality of the service would be better.

At the moment, however, it doesn’t look like Steam will disappear anytime soon. Last year, a record-breaking 13,971 games were released on the platform. The total revenue from game sales on Steam even doubled from 2019 to 2023. The malicious response from fans was therefore not long in coming.

Gearbox is currently working on Borderlands 4. The game was announced at ONL 2024:

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Borderlands 4 is coming to Epic Games Store and Steam

What is the reaction of the fans? Gearbox released their hit Borderlands 3 exclusively on the Epic Games Store. But Borderlands 4, which was just announced at Opening Night Live 2024, is now coming to both Epic Games and Steam.

Accordingly, many users are currently gathering under Pitchford’s 5-year-old tweet, making fun of the statement. Many have dug up Randy Pitchford’s statement and are now confronting him with the fact that the Epic Games Store is a minority compared to Steam (via X).

There are also many amused fans on the Reddit forum. We have summarized some funny comments for you here:

  • Doge Ghost: “Randy “Nostradamus” Pitchford.”
  • Asamitsu: “The only reason to log into the Epic Games Store is for the free games, most of which I won’t play anyway.”
  • JonathanStryker: “I think he prefers the term ‘magician’. He will make all your hopes and dreams disappear, lol.”

    • One of the commentators mentioned the free games that Epic Games regularly distributes to its users. However, the CEO of Epic Games believes this is a good strategy in the fight against Steam.

    MeinMMO has also looked into which gaming platform will be the best in 2024. The Epic Games Store and Steam perform better than all other platforms. In the ultimate comparison, we show you why this is so: Steam, Epic and Co in the ranking: Which gaming platform is the best in 2024?

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