Randy Pitchford is at it again with some expert analysis of some of Gearbox’s previous games. The magician-in-chief has sifted through data, so now he knows which game is better between Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. It turns out it’s not the good one. “Borderlands 3 seems to engender a meaningful degree more average playtime than Borderlands,” Pitchford says in a social media post. “Earlier, the folks responding to a poll seemed to believe that actual play time is a better correlation to quality than user reviews.” RE: The data from the post below… Times are hours and minutes, not minutes and seconds. Also, I wouldn’t focus on the time – it’s the relativity that matters. Averages are not good because they include people who launch, but don’t play and some that don’t launch. Also averaged… https://t.co/q41OkdHYGVJune 8, 2025 The poll in question found that Borderlands 2 had an average playtime of 13 hours 42 minutes while Borderlands 3 clocked in at 18 hours and 48 minutes. “It suggests that Borderlands 3 is ‘better’ than Borderlands 2 by the standard the people who responded to my poll have favored,” Pitchford says. “Obviously individual tastes vary and entertainment is subjective,” He
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