Battleborn has the dubious honor of being the only video game that the American discount retailer Five Below offers for just five US dollars.
Positive news about Battleborn is nowadays rarer than Legendary skins from loot boxes, but there are plenty of bad news.
For example, the decision of the US discount store Five Below to add the game as the only video game in their inventory for a measly five dollars.
Battleborn for Five Dollars
The US retail chain Five Below is actually known for all sorts of stuff that they offer for a maximum of five dollars each. Therefore, you can find more or less useful stuff there, like phone cases, sweatpants, footballs, candy, and decorations for holidays like Easter, Christmas, or Halloween. The store is somewhat comparable to German “one-euro-discount stores” like Tedi.
Video games are actually not part of the discount retailer’s inventory, but Battleborn now has the dubious honor of being the first and only game in Five Below’s lineup. For the “top price” of five US dollars, you can now purchase the Gearbox hero shooter there as a boxed version for PC and console.
The new low point of Battleborn?
Five Below achieves its low prices by buying bargains in large quantities and then reselling them with a low profit margin. Presumably, the retail chain acquired a large number of unsold Battleborn boxes and is now selling them at a bargain price.
Jürgen says: Whether Five Below’s sales promotion will significantly increase the player count of Battleborn is, in my opinion, highly questionable. Five Below is probably not a store that is particularly interesting for gamers, and anyone who has been interested in the game likely already acquired it (cheaply) elsewhere, for example in a Humble Bundle. Therefore, the discount retailer’s sales promotion is more of another nail in the coffin for the beleaguered hero shooter than a chance for improvement.
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