Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford took me back to social media platform X. This time, he talks about his confidence in the quality of his future co-op router shooter games. Borderland 4. In X’s long post, Pitchford said the whole studio is finding Borderland 4 To improve Border Zone 3 With “All we have.” This could include both more subjective measures such as raw visual fidelity and frame rate performance, such as writing quality.
Pitchford’s post comes in response to previous ones he made about average play time Borderlands The player on the other side Border Zone 2 and 3. According to his numbers, average play time Border Zone 2 In about 13 hours and 42 minutes, over 87% of all players performed the title for over an hour. Border Zone 3Meanwhile, 92% of all players played over an hour with an average play time of around 18 hours and 48 minutes.
“So that’s what makes sense here. BL3 It appears to produce some degree of meaning over more average playtime BL2Pitchford writes. “Previously, people who responded to polls seemed to believe that actual play time is more correlated with quality than user reviews.”
Pitchford then analyzed whether more players spent more time Border Zone 3 Regarding its predecessor, it points out that it may come down to the fact that more recent entries in the franchise have been improved Border Zone 2. However, he notes that these numbers essentially arise through informal polls run on social media.
“So that suggests that BL3 Rather than “better” BL2 The standards favored those who responded to my polls. Clearly, individual preferences vary, and entertainment is subjective,” he explained. “We’re all edge cases. I tend to line up with the crowd for most things, but sometimes I love that others don’t and don’t like what others love. This is why we still have artists and entertainers. We’re all different and we change our preferences over time.”
Finally, Pitchford points out that Borderland 4 It also turns out to be an improvement over the previous game, and we’re noting that these improvements make Gearbox the whole of its release very excited.
“In any case, we are certain that, based on the criteria we throw. BL4 It turns out to be better BL3 All the measurements we have, including subjective, are extremely excited about the launch,” he writes.
Borderland 4 It is scheduled to be released on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/s, and Nintendo Switch 2 on September 12th. However, so far, the studio has not yet confirmed the cost of the game. In a social media post earlier this month, Pitchford said publisher 2K would be releasing prices. Borderland 4 “Immediately.”