14 DAY TRIAL // Before the official release date of October 20, Borderlands wasn't seen as a shiny star by analysts. Maybe because it was mainly seen by them as a first-person shooter more than an RPG, and, as such, they believed that the game would find it very difficult to compete with Modern Warfare 2. But it wasn't intimidated by the big PC-betrayer from Infinity Ward and fought its way through the sludge of distrust and prejudice, coming out on top as a great title that also sold a lot of copies. Michael Pacther from Wedbush Morgan is one of the analysts that didn't give much credit to the game before its launch, but he has now detailed that it has sold 400,000 copies in the US in October.
If things go nearly as well in the rest of world, Borderlands could easily surpass one million copies sold in its lifetime. And, as any company knows, if there is one thing a success deserves, that is a sequel. As such, Borderlands 2 is an idea that has begun to creep up on the designers of Gearbox Software. "Everyone here [in the UK] loves the franchise, and it seems like the public is really coming back with praise and love," Studio Creative Director Mikey Neumann told VG247. "So yeah, if everything makes sense, Borderlands 2 seems like a no-brainer to me."
Since the game has plenty of no-brainers in the form of the bandits of Pandora, another title could soon come and turn Borderlands into a franchise. Still, if the creative director was quick to voice his enthusiasm, Gearbox officials were more tacit and opted to keep their thoughts on the matter to themselves. When the game's publisher, 2K Games, was approached on the subject, it acted like any good publisher would and magically steered the conversation towards a more profitable discussion.
"We're excited that people are enjoying Borderlands and want to spend even more time with the game, which is why we're releasing downloadable content at the end of this month," a 2K representative was quick to remind us. The game might need a little bit more observing, required to see how it fares in the long run, but a Borderlands 2 title would most definitely be welcomed by fans.