bimbimboy@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.lemm.eeimagemessage-square220linkfedilinkarrow-up1982arrow-down142
arrow-up1940arrow-down1imageWhat's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.lemm.eebimbimboy@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square220linkfedilink
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 day agoOk so that explains the bad reviews, but why is steam giving the game away for free? Also BL3 is heavily discounted
minus-squaredontbelievethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoProbably because borderlands 4 is on the horizon and sweat-gland randy caught some flag for tweets. My guess is that it was planed to be good PR.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·12 hours agoPublisher made it free to propagate their spyware.
minus-squarebimbimboy@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 day agoI think it’s up to the publisher, and not steam, to give the game away for free.
Ok so that explains the bad reviews, but why is steam giving the game away for free? Also BL3 is heavily discounted
Probably because borderlands 4 is on the horizon and sweat-gland randy caught some flag for tweets.
My guess is that it was planed to be good PR.
Publisher made it free to propagate their spyware.
I think it’s up to the publisher, and not steam, to give the game away for free.