Head of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford boasted of the success of the launch of Borderlands 3. He that at launch, the number of simultaneous players of the shooter on PC was twice that of the previous part.
Pitchford did not give specific numbers, and the Epic Games Store does not provide public user statistics. According to SteamCharts, Borderlands 2 peaked at 123,5 players at launch. Thus, according to the head of the studio, the number of players on the PC has exceeded 247 thousand people.
It is worth emphasizing that Borderlands 3 has been criticized by PC players due to a large number of problems. Users complained about poor performance, endless loading when using DirectX 12, and in-game bugs.
Borderlands 3 was released on September 13, 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The PC version, which has become a temporary exclusive to the Epic Games Store, 85 points based on 22 reviews.
Source: 3dnews.ru