nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 4 months agoAs the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down16
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkAs the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"www.gamesradar.comnanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoAlso, it’s not like the songs that didn’t make the charts were bad, they just didn’t hit the charts. Back then I believe only singles were eligible for the charts, not the rest of the album.
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoAlso, back then, and up until the late 00s, you bought albums, singles were a thing and plenty popular, but mainly if you liked a band you bought their album. The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums. And their worst album (yellow submarine) was 3rd.
Also, it’s not like the songs that didn’t make the charts were bad, they just didn’t hit the charts.
Back then I believe only singles were eligible for the charts, not the rest of the album.
Also, back then, and up until the late 00s, you bought albums, singles were a thing and plenty popular, but mainly if you liked a band you bought their album.
The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums.
And their worst album (yellow submarine) was 3rd.