I'm pretty sure Phil saying he couldn't afford Borderlands 3 was another fucking con job. Think about it: dude makes $200 on stream after having made over $2,000 before that, and Phil can't afford the game because of #MuhBills. Then suddenly, a DSP whale gives him $20 worth of PSN credit, and now he can suddenly afford it?
He could've always bought BL3. He just didn't want to because he wasn't getting any free money. Being unable to afford Borderlands 3 was just another guilty trip to force his fans to give him what he wants. And it worked.
Ofcourse it was a con job.
Phil can afford games with ease, but he doesn't have to since he figured out some utter retards really want him to play some games. He needs to just ask and someone will give him the means to get the game. I bet you a lot of the PSN codes, and XBOX codes for WHATEVER REASON HE EVEN NEEDS, don't get reported to his income as he sees them as gifts to not his business but to him, as a person.
Borderlands 3 costs around 60$ for the basic pack, he will make that back in a single stream, in a day at worst.
It's not a game he will play once, it will be quite a few streams, so even if we pretend the game would set him back in this moment in time financially he would get that back, and some, very quickly.
If people actually believe he can't buy a single 60$ game while making around 100,000$ yearly they are beyond any kind of help. Kids working at KFC or McDonalds make near nothing and can afford games.
Fuck if his business is at stake Katherine could give him the 60$ since they are married and it should be a very high priority for her that Phil's big boy business doesn't fail. At the very least he paid for all her flights back and forth, that 60$ is nothing compared to that.
Again I will point out, record everything he does that's bad, every scam he does and post that shit under every Twitch comment on Twitter. They are very clearly ashamed of who they support. And more and more people are looking into just who Twitch support.
Currently Phil is doing very good, and I personally don't think he should be.