The sequel is lower price than the original

[Illimitus]

That's disappointing.

[Broso]

It's not for me. The Borderlands 2 GOTY is priced higher than the Borderlands 1 GOTY. And it's even more when you add the non-trivial DLC content that isn't included in the Borderlands 2 GOTY.

[Burrakooka]

Check the GOTY page itself (not the basic borderlands page) or the Borderlands 2 page and see what the price is on the "Borderlands 2 basic + Borderlands GOTY" combo pack. It's much cheaper for my region for that combo than on it's own.

[Illimitus]

Yes, i see, B1 GOTy is 9.89, while B2:GOTY is 9.99

but the original version is more expensive than the vanilla sequel, so we are all right.

[Broso]

Well over here it is 6.59€ for Borderlands 1 basic and 7.49€ for Borderlands 2 basic.

[Illimitus]

Why they cannot set a global universal price is beyond me.

[kingjames488]

cuz they scam u wit the DLC on the second one...

[woogity woogity]

easy,,the first game is better than borderlands 2

[EspiOne]

yeah, I got BL2 for two friends, @ $9.99 on sunday, then a few hours later, the BL2 GOTY was same price, I am complaining to steam about this, I doubt, I will get anywhere, but worth a try. I think I am done with steam purchases, I have found lower prices on Greenman Gaming Or just wait for the summer sales, 2015.

[Illimitus]

Just had to bump this thread as 2K marketeers dropped the ball on this sale.

I would buy Borderlands without the DLC for 5 bucks. But I'm not paying more for that than for borderlands 2 without the DLC.

[Workshed]

I needed to play them both so I got the Borderlands GOTY + Borderlands 2 for $9.99 deal.

Probably gonna be a year before I even get to BL2

[Captain Murphy The Villian]

Originally posted by Leopold Stotch:

easy,,the first game is better than borderlands 2

So wrong on so many levels.

[willkleppsch]

then stop going full ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and buy the sequel during steam sales itll be like $3.84

[BlackRainbow]

Well, with BL1:GOTY you get -EVERYTHING-.
BL2's GOTY isn't a true "gold" or "complete edition"... you'll be missing: the level cap unlock pack 2, all the head hunter mini-missions and every single friggin' skin (around 30 if I'm not mistaken).
So you can't really compare the prices as one is complete and the other one is not.

[Broso]

The skins are not that important. It's a stupid milking strat, but most publishers are doing that nowadays, sadly... As for the other stuff, I also think they should've included the second level cap increase and the headhunts in the GOTY. It DOES feel a bit like a rip-off.

During the sale, buying the BL2 GOTY and all the "essential" missing DLC (that is, not the skins) resulted in a total of around 18 bucks over here. I guess that is okay. Then again, a game that is as old as BL2 is should not price at more than around 10 bucks during a big sale. So, looks like their strategy for keeping the price up worked out.

Edit:

And think of all those people who bought BL2 full-price at release for like 50-60 bucks, then paid another 20 or so for the season-pass and another 20 for the stuff that was not in the season pass, lol. THOSE are the people that really got ripped off. It's really sad. It's a nice game, but the marketing strategy behind it is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[BlackRainbow]

Yeah.
I truly hate skins as DLC. Especially when it's like one texture for 2$. But if I find them nice, I could spend around 5$ for 30 of them... not for 18+€, since, as you said, the GOTY + essential DLC costs about the same.

EDIT: I mean, how cool was it to unlock crazy characters after completing the game... as a reward??? To keep you playing the game and liking it even more? Example: Spider-Man in THPS2... or even the palette/sprite swap in Super Mario World.