Borderlands Sent to Sell Out says Co-Op Website

Nicholas "bapenguin" Puleo October 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 AM    


Sent to die you say?  Nay - we say sent to be free and prosper!  According to Gearbox the Borderlands is selling well, extremely well, so much in fact that a lot of people are finding the game sold out.

"Yes, Borderlands copies of the Xbox 360 SKU have run out in a few regions, especially the east coast," Gearbox VP of Marketing Steve Gibson told IGN. "We are aware of this and are working with production and distribution at ramping up to catch up with demand." 

"There will be more copies of Borderlands available on shelves as early as Thursday or Friday at many retailers," he added. "The PlayStation 3 SKU issues on the west coast are mostly regional and can be addressed by reallocation. We are confident that will happen quickly." 

Has anybody had any trouble finding the game?  If so you might want to check the site early next week...we may just have a copy to give away!  

The Co-Op Revolution grows strong.

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Biohzrd451 at 04:35 AM on 10.22.2009
My store seemed to have plenty, although not sure how many were preorders vs store copies.
 
hedgehogaj at 05:05 AM on 10.22.2009
I hit three stores before I found one.
 
Zonf86 at 05:12 AM on 10.22.2009


Clever marketing perhaps.
 
roland at 05:14 AM on 10.22.2009
I think that those regions were predominantly in Canada, which had a pretty fantastic sale on it for the first few days ($40).
 
Nuhru at 05:29 AM on 10.22.2009

That's nice... I got my copy for ~$67.. and.. it's a PC version. Oh well.. at least it was on sale! lol..
 
HobocidalManiac at 05:49 AM on 10.22.2009
The first Wall*Mart I went to ran out. I had to drive to a second one and I got one of the last copies there. This game is really selling.
 
Monti at 05:49 AM on 10.22.2009
"a copy to give away!" you say.. color me intrigued.

4 player random drop co-op.. mmm tasty
 
Jackel at 05:50 AM on 10.22.2009


You should have looked for one of the steam 4 - pack groups over on the CoG forums. I know we had quite a few folks who got in on the 35$ USD price point for the PC version as opposed to paying the rather expensive "steam exchange rate".
 
pheriannath at 06:00 AM on 10.22.2009
I got in AniAko's 4-pack group. $33 Borderlands = tasty.

Now the game needs to come out!
 
Sinnix at 06:14 AM on 10.22.2009
I walked out of BestBuy at 1006AM (a mere six minutes after they opened) with the last copy on Tuesday. It was Borderlands madness.

Of course, this is probably due to everyone selling it for $39 here in Canada for one day only.
 
Bakken Hood at 07:28 AM on 10.22.2009
Giving away, you say? Can you give a copy away right now? To me?
 
ShadokatRegn at 07:33 AM on 10.22.2009
I can't say I'm particularly surprised - especially since the first day it came out 75% of my XBL friends list has been on playing. We won't even talk about the amount of Twitter users raving about the game, either...
 
Mrxknown_JG at 09:03 AM on 10.22.2009
So....Borderlands is doing well?

That's great. I mean I know we have been talking about it, but has anyone thought this would have happened?

I mean the game was basically flying low on the radar. Not many people I talked to personally knew about it. Course I told them about it gotta keep it up.
 
Biohzrd451 at 09:19 AM on 10.22.2009


I wish you would have thrown in at the end how about giving a copy to your old friend Dr. Zoidberg.
 
bigDinyomouth at 04:05 PM on 10.22.2009
This game is taunting me on my shelf. I am looking for a local friend who would like to play the game because no buddy on my friends list has this on live (not big gamers).

(sigh)..ohh well I guess Im gonna have to go back to mass effect to ready up for ME2.

I am glad this game also seems to be selling well. Discount or not, the word seems to be getting out there, and im glad gearbox is spreading the gospel of co-op.

I just hope they get the chance to let aliens colonial marines see the light of day! But if this continues to sell well, how can sega say no.
 
BigBadBob113 at 12:30 AM on 10.23.2009
I had no problem getting it from Gamefly, so I dont know how the retailers near me were. However, I wont be keeping it from Gamefly, even though I plan on snagging it later on down the road (hopefully as a holiday gift).

However, the prospect of a free game giveaway from the site is tantalizing. Im just hoping its a choice of the 360 or PS3 version...
 
Biohzrd451 at 02:26 AM on 10.23.2009


If your looking for someone to play on live with let me know, I don't mind making a new character to run through with. I am not local but I can be on your buddy list lol.
 
bigtex at 05:22 AM on 10.23.2009
I received my pre-order that was from Gamestop. Gamestop nicely screwed many of their pre-order customers by handing the copies with the pre-order code to anyone that walked in the store. So by 1145 when I went to get my pre-order copy, I received one with no code. They then told me when I called that they didn't receive any pre-order codes yet. Calling again yesterday they told me that they didn't know they were in the box, and sorry I don't get a code. Been waitin for this game for months.
 
Brainp0wa at 05:48 AM on 10.23.2009
I'm sitting on my hands until the split-screen becomes "online". I may rent it this weekend though.
 
txshurricane at 05:50 AM on 10.23.2009
Viva la Revolution!
 


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