6. Borderlands 4

The release of Borderlands 4 in 2025 raised the specter of rising video game prices. You see, prior to the game’s launch people were worrying this would ship at $80 US dollars. After all, PS5 games had already hit the $70 price point in the past. Also, Nintendo caused an unpleasant reaction in many gamers when it announced that Nintendo Switch 2 games would sell for $80 US dollars. And rumors were suggesting that we might even have to pay $100 for the upcoming (and delayed) GTA 6…

So many gamers may have felt cold water was poured in their heads when Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchfork (the developer behind Borderlands 4) answered a question about the upcoming game’s price on X, saying it was “not my call” and that they were not being “real fans” for not wanting to pay that price for the game. In the end, though, the game did not cost $80 (it shipped at $70 US dollars), but gamers have seemingly responded by giving the game a low user score on Metacritic despite its quality though…

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