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Borderlands 4’s Randy Pitchford sorta kinda apologizes over $80 “real fan” comment: “Nobody likes being taken for granted and it was not my intent”
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Disastrous Borderlands movie gets the faintest of praise from Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, who says it’s a “miracle” the film even exists, which makes it “amazing” in his eyes
Bradley Russell
27 June 2025
Borderlands only grossed $33 million at the box office
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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has hopped on to Twitter to defend the Borderlands movie.
After signal boosting Borderlands 3 appearing in the Steam Summer Sale at a whopping 95% off, one fan took umbrage at Pitchford’s suggestion that Borderlands 4 discounts would take “even longer” in the next cycle. That, of course, included a shot at Pitchford once describing the Borderlands movie as ‘amazing.’
Pitchford then replied, “Where did I state it was going to be amazing? Also, I kind of think that it is. It’s a miracle it even exists! Did you see it? What did you personally think?”
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Borderlands 4’s Randy Pitchford sorta kinda apologizes over $80 “real fan” comment: “Nobody likes being taken for granted and it was not my intent”
Borderlands 4 is getting “a TON of awesome DLC,” including “a range of free and paid updates,” according to Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, who continues to be “stoked” that the game is only $70
Borderlands director says the movie flopped because you “can’t prep a movie on that scale over Zoom”: “We all thought we could pull it off and we got our asses handed to us”
Speaking to Polygon last year, Pitchford waxed lyrical about the Borderlands movie cast, which included the likes of Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, and Jamie Lee Curtis: “They’re just becoming these characters that we only imagined digitally and virtually, and they brought them to life in the real world. It’s absolutely amazing. I’m just beside myself with how much talent got on board.”
Despite the Gearbox CEO talking a good game prior to release, the Borderlands movie became one of 2024’s most notable flops, grossing only $33 million at the box office and garnering only 10% on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Thankfully, Borderlands’ future is looking brighter with the release of Borderlands 4 this fall. Pitchford already confirmed it would be getting a “ton” of post-release DLC, while early controversy over its pricing melted away with confirmation the standard edition would cost $70 upon release.
For more, check out the upcoming video game movies in the works. Then discover the new PS5 games and new Xbox Series X games over the horizon, as well as a deeper dive into Borderlands 4 with our hands-on preview.
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I’m the Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, focusing on news, features, and interviews with some of the biggest names in film and TV. On-site, you’ll find me marveling at Marvel and providing analysis and room temperature takes on the newest films, Star Wars and, of course, anime. Outside of GR, I love getting lost in a good 100-hour JRPG, Warzone, and kicking back on the (virtual) field with Football Manager. My work has also been featured in OPM, FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution.
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Borderlands 4’s Randy Pitchford sorta kinda apologizes over $80 “real fan” comment: “Nobody likes being taken for granted and it was not my intent”
Borderlands 4 is getting “a TON of awesome DLC,” including “a range of free and paid updates,” according to Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, who continues to be “stoked” that the game is only $70
Borderlands director says the movie flopped because you “can’t prep a movie on that scale over Zoom”: “We all thought we could pull it off and we got our asses handed to us”
Gearbox CEO’s $80 Borderlands 4 controversy has even some of the series’ biggest fans distancing themselves: “Absolute lose-lose situation for him”
Borderlands 2 voice actor says watching the Borderlands movie was like a “weird fever dream”: “It took me a solid 20 to 30 minutes to settle into the fact that it was a movie”
After Borderlands 4 price comment backlash and a smoldering review bombing, series fans turn a new offer of golden keys from Randy Pitchford into the latest theater: “Surprised the code wasn’t ‘for the true fans'”
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