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so let me get this straight randy
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Pittsford right ceo of Gearbox the
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literal face behind the Borderlands
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franchise decided it was a good idea to
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claim that real fans will find a way to
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pay $80 for Borderlands 4 mind you this
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is coming from the same guy who now
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insists that he has no clue how much
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Borderlands 4 will even cost when it
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launches sure Randy you don't uh and
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yeah I'm the Queen of England but now
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after getting flamed online he's done
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what every exec does when their
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arrogance backfires he posted an
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emotional novella of a tweet trying to
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backtrack guilt trip and somehow
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gaslight fans into thinking that they
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misunderstood him well spoiler alert
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guys they didn't but before we continue
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going to roast Randy right here his
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apology and I use that term very loosely
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unformatted wall of text that's in
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response to somebody basically clapping
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back at him after he said "This platform
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is wild blah blah blah blah
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blah." This person says "I saw something
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crazy too who a CEO of Gearbox Software
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made players feel bad and alienated them
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for not wanting to pay 80 for his game
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so here's his novella of a response look
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how big this is it's not even formatted
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like is this guy a lunatic is he
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legitimately psycho he didn't even put
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paragraph breaks he didn't even push
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grammar holy moly dude if I can have the
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cyberpunk uh meme right here like the
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hey I'm not going to read all that but
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I'm sorry that happened to you or
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congratulations that little meme i'm
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going to post it right here but yeah
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this is a massive unformatted wall of
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text that reads like it's a breakdown
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like a literal crash out in real time he
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rambles about how he didn't mean to
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imply anything offensive that he doesn't
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want games to cost more and how he's
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just a humble artist right trying to
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spread joy give me a break gag me with a
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spoon dude so let's go ahead and break
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it down guys right off the bat he says
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there was a misunderstanding in that
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first sentence because of course it's
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never what they say it's always what you
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heard wrong guys as a gamer it's always
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what you have heard wrong what you've
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done wrong it's a classic corporate
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maneuver and he claims he only responded
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to a fan worried about a $80 price tag
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for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the
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game and that he was trying to reassure
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them by telling them that if they were a
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real fan they'd just suck it up and buy
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it anyway so yeah guys that's real
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reassuring we saw the response and the
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backlash from it but here's the kicker
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guys he admits that $80 pricing is where
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the industry is headed and sure yeah
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Nintendo is doing it sony's probably
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gonna do it xbox is probably doing it
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it's it's no hidden secret but the way
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that he responded in such a smug way is
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what caused him the issues all right we
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know it's coming we got expansion packs
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microtransactions cosmetic
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bundles at this point they might even
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start charging us for mini maps you know
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they've monetized every single part of a
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game that is supposed to be an essential
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feature and now they want more guys
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because apparently record high profits
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the gaming industry is always saying
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they're making record profits just isn't
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enough anymore and then in his whole
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solitically mont mon monologue whatever
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you want to call his whole massive
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response he shifts into a full starving
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artist mode saying that he wants gamers
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uh to know that he wants games to be
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affordable so that everyone can
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experience the joy right it's always a
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oh well I want everything to be
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affordable and kumbaya uh and all this
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other nonsense meanwhile Gearbox who
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he's the CEO of is backed by the
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Group right one of the most aggressively
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profit driven corporations in the gaming
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world you're not exactly scraping by
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Randy when you're saying that so he even
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drops a classic guilt trip line in here
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saying that uh remember real people make
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these games cool all right cool you know
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who else is real your customers your
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consumers the people that buy your games
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you want respect and empathy from them
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well how about try giving some back huh
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and this whole we're just trying our
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best routine it doesn't
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land you know that great when you're
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also subtly blaming them for reacting to
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exactly what you said which was that
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whole bull crap that got us here in the
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first place so look the fans aren't
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buying it buddy all right they're
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tearing his post apart in the replies if
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you go into the replies they're they're
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toasting him they're they're toasting
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him all of his replies everything about
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it is just nuts okay and uh I think he's
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not going to be able to get away from
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this rock in a hard place that he's put
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in one user in here by the name of
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Anthony straight up eviscerated him they
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pointed out how this wasn't just a poor
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choice of words it was a deliberate
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attempt to manipulate the conversation
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and shift blame away from a greedy
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pricing model and that the apology just
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wasn't damage control it was also ego
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control there was another person by the
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name of Amber who hit the nail on the
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head saying that they'll treat the
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people who make entertainment like real
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people when they start treating
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consumers like real people and that's it
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right there honestly studios want all
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the empathy with none of the
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accountability and Pitchford's post
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wasn't about explaining guys it was
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about dodging accountability dodging
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responsibility he even tried to say he's
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grateful and honored to bring joy to
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people as if anyone's going to forget
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that just a few days ago he was
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basically telling them that they weren't
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real fans unless they shilled out
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$80 that's not how this works guys so
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bottom line this is a CEO who said
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something arrogant he got called out for
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it and instead of owning it he tried to
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dress it up in a flowery kumaya language
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and play the victim we're supposed to
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believe that he doesn't know the price
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of the game that he's in charge of
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that's either dishonesty or incompetence
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take your pick i say both so don't fall
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for the theatrics guys borderlands 4 is
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going to be 80 bucks is going to be
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packed with extra monetization and
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executives like Randy are already
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preparing their spin for why you should
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feel guilty about calling it out and
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don't feel guilty you control your
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wallet don't let anybody shame you for
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not buying a game or not supporting
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something because at the end of the day
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this isn't about misunderstandings it's
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about a gaming industry that keeps
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asking more while giving less to us and
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acting like you're the problem when
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their gains flop so let me know your
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thoughts in the comments section down
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below guys i would love to hear what you
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guys have to say what do you think about
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this damage control apology do you think
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Randy is in over his head do you think
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there's no coming back from this did
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this ruin Borderlands 4 for you it kind
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of ruined Borderlands 4 for me as well i
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think I'm tapping out i'll wait to get
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this game on sale which
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inevitably is coming out September i
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would say by the holiday we'll see a
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price drop for sure uh again executives
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always try to talk and always say these
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things and they end up always shoving
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their foot in their mouth and it never
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does them good why don't you just worry
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about entertaining your gamers right
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anyways guys drop that like drop that
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comment subscribe if you haven't i will
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see you in the next video guys i
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appreciate it have a good day peace out
