Borderlands 4’s Player Count Only Matters Because it Pretends to be Something it’s not

While Steam player numbers aren’t a perfect measure of a game’s success, they’re often the easiest data to find, making them useful for tracking how well a game holds players’ attention. However, it’s worth considering if a game like Borderlands 4 should even be judged by these numbers, given the series’ history. Are we evaluating Borderlands 4 for what it actually is, or are we expecting it to be something it never intended to be?







