Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has stated that Borderlands 3 has twice as many players on PC as Borderlands 2 did at launch despite its Epic Game store PC-exclusivity deal.
“Fun Fact: On PC, the data is that the launch day peak concurrent players of Borderlands 3 is about *twice-as-high* as the all time peak concurrent players of Borderlands 2,” Pitchford wrote on Twitter. “WOW! You guys are great!”
Fun Fact: On PC, the data is that the launch day peak concurrent players of Borderlands 3 is about *twice-as-high* as the all time peak concurrent players of Borderlands 2. WOW! You guys are great!
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) September 13, 2019
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“Incredible day with new peak concurrency (and climbing),” Pitchford added the following day. “Best numbers in Gearbox history!”
“Would have been even higher if it was on steam…” replied one contrarian. “So convenient that every EGS exclusive seems to launch with record numbers. Sounds completely legitimate!” added another.
Of course, Pitchford is only referring to PC-numbers here, and to date, he’s not revealed how the numbers are doing on console side. However, as PC Gamer notes, Steamcharts states Borderlands 2 peaked at 123,596 players when it launched seven years ago, while SteamDB estimates is a little higher at 124,678 players. Double that would suggest Borderlands 3’s peak concurrency sits somewhere around 248,000 players on PC.