{"id":2757,"date":"2020-07-28T07:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2020\/07\/28\/borderlands-3-is-2k-games-fastest-selling-pc-launch-ever-despite-epic-store-exclusivity-2\/"},"modified":"2020-07-28T07:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:17:52","slug":"borderlands-3-is-2k-games-fastest-selling-pc-launch-ever-despite-epic-store-exclusivity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=2757","title":{"rendered":"Borderlands 3 is 2K Games fastest-selling PC launch ever despite Epic Store exclusivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0209\/bc42gnrx3yo.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> System Requirements <\/p>\n<p>Low vs Ultra Screenshots<\/p>\n<p>GPU Performance Chart<\/p>\n<p>CPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>GPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Comments <\/p>\n<p>Borderlands 3 <\/p>\n<p>PC Demand<\/p>\n<p>81 <\/p>\n<p>Rate this game<\/p>\n<p>User Rating<\/p>\n<p>6.88 <\/p>\n<p>Ok<\/p>\n<p>Not Ok<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-up-5413\" class=\"thumb-btn-5413 thumbUpClean   \" data-thumb-val=\"1\" title=\"I think Borderlands 3 is well optimised\" data-gid=\"5413\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-down-5413\" class=\"thumb-btn-5413 thumbDownClean   \" data-thumb-val=\"-1\" title=\"I think Borderlands 3 is not well optimised\" data-gid=\"5413\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Optimisation<\/p>\n<p>2.8 <\/p>\n<p>The Borderlands 3 sales guff has plopped into my inbox and, surprise surprise, Borderlands 3 has got off to a fantastic start. 2K Games has confirmed that Borderlands 2 is the fastest-selling game in 2K\u2019s entire history, as well as the highest-selling title for PC within its five-day launch window.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s doing tremendously well, basically, and that deal which brought Borderlands 3 exclusively to the Epic Games Store (for now) doesn\u2019t appear to have dented the looter shooter\u2019s success one bit. <em>\u201cInitial sales of Borderlands 3 have exceeded the label\u2019s expectations and, in particular, PC sales of the title through the Epic Games Store have been incredibly strong,\u201d <\/em>wrote 2K Games, chowing down that corporate patter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over 5 million units of Borderlands 3 have been sold-in within the five days after launch, with 50% more people buying Borderlands 3 at launch versus Borderlands 2.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBorderlands 3\u2019s incredibly successful launch is a result of the hard work and longstanding partnership between Gearbox Software and 2K,\u201d <\/em>said David Ismailer, president of 2K. <em>\u201cWe are immensely grateful to everyone who played a role in making the Borderlands series the global, pop culture phenomenon that it is today, including hundreds of developers at Gearbox and many who have made this their life\u2019s work. We also want to thank the Borderlands community. Mayhem does not happen by itself, and their passion for the series is what drives us to make each game an amazing experience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle scrolling-ad-item\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0052787453283862\" data-ad-slot=\"2741061911\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>As the biggest launch in 2K\u2019s history, Borderlands 3 has sold faster than any NBA 2K, Civilization, XCOM, or Bioshock title. It\u2019s impressive stuff, particularly for a game which does next to nothing new. The thirst for loot is very, very real. Contextualising the PC launch, Borderlands 3 does indeed appear to be a turning point for the Epic Games Store. For all the anger and boycotts, the bottom line is that a large chunk of the audience really doesn\u2019t care all that much what client it\u2019s on. No doubt more copies of Borderlands 3 would\u2019ve been sold if it did launch on Steam but we expect the fattest of paychecks from Epic helped sweeten the deal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already proving controversial news among PC gaming communities. The Epic Games Store hasn\u2019t exactly won people over with its tactic of paying for timed exclusives, while the messed up cloud saves which deleted potentially hours of progress probably didn\u2019t do much to please Epic\u2019s actual customers. Still, the outpouring of salt has been fairly magnificent to witness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0209\/up4vrebctnl.png\" title=\"Epic Store Borderlands 3 Progress\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint:<\/strong> If your boycott involves buying Borderlands 3 once it comes to Steam, you\u2019re just telling publishers you\u2019ll absolutely forgive their transgressions and buy it a year later anyway.<\/p>\n<p>And slightly tangential, but this prize plum below has also bought all the Batman: Arkham games on Steam as a protest against the Epic Games Store giving away six Batman games for free. The logic here is a little bit baffling seeing as the Arkham games are developed in Unreal Engine and so, naturally, 10% of all revenue goes directly to Epic Games. Rather than grab a freebie, they\u2019ve protested by paying Epic money. The mind does boggle sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0209\/ahahbnzvn3g.jpg\" title=\"Epic Store Protest Batman\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, all this controversy continues to rumble on. There are arguments to be made on both sides of the fence but, if anything, it seems as if it&#8217;s served to get people talking about Borderlands 3 and the Epic Store when perhaps they wouldn&#8217;t of before.<\/p>\n<p>Has anyone here braved the Epic Games Store to play Borderlands 3? How long do you think these exclusivity deals are going to last now they&#8217;re actually working? 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