- The CEO of Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, shares another controversial version of Borderlands 4
- Pitchford says it suggests that performance problems are due to the old PC hardware, instead of game optimization
- He states that Borderlands 4 is a ‘premium game’ for ‘Premium players’
I cannot say that I am surprised, considering the pattern of the Unreal Engine 5 games and their poor optimization and performance, but Borderlands 4 It is another disaster for PC players, and instead of focusing on improving the stability of the game, Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox Software, has come out with another more heat taking.
As originally reported by Notebookck, Randy Pitchford has led to X (previously Twitter) once again with another controversial tweet, which suggests Borderlands 4 It is a “premium game” made for “Premium players” that cannot be expected to run in “PC hardware too old.”
It is not the first time that the CEO of Gearbox Software has left the Irritated PC games community, since Pitchford told fans for the last time that if they were “true fans”, then “they would make it a reality” in reference to paying $ 80 for the new AAA title, before its launch, and those comments alone, they only threw me a purchase so well as for other players.
In this case, with respect to the performance of the game, Borderlands 4 You struggle well in the best GPU in the market, specifically the RTX 5090 with a 4K native resolution, and does not even work above 90 paintings per second (SPF) to 1080p with DLA enabled in Max graphics settings.
Players are forced to use the quality of DLSS (and even the performance of DLSS in some cases, as I have seen) compensation, which I am sure I do not need to tell you I shouldn’t Whether the case with an RTX 5090, or when I use some of the best game available. You can see this in the video after Zwormz Gaming on YouTube.
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The minimum and recommended specifications are published. The most common hardware is a four -year cell phone. Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium players. Just as Borderlands 4 cannot work on PlayStation 4, it cannot be expected to run on PC hardware too old. Unlike …September 13, 2025
If you then consider that a large majority of PC players, at least those in Steam, according to the results of the Steam hardware and software survey to August, are using an RTX 4060, you can only imagine how poor the performance in the “weakest ‘graphics cards of NVIDIA.
I am sure that I will not be the first to mention that players will not like them to be told, since that is what Pitchford is doing here with statements such as Borderlands 4 To be made for “Premium players”, that players who effectively alienate that they could not be able to pay the best hardware in the market, and again, it still fights with the best configurations too.
It is sure to say that Pitchford’s comments are not helping the cause, and I am sure that it will only move away the players of the new title, regardless of how impressive their content is, especially when the title does not have a significant visual leap of their predecessor, Borderlands 3.
Analysis: developers and game studies, focus on optimization and less on controversial shots
I feel like a broken record that says this, but it would be great if games studies stop launching games that are not optimized and are not ready to run for most PC players, because you run the risk that players move away from your game forever, and I think that Borderlands 4 It is an excellent example of that.
In addition, if there is something that worsens a situation as such, they are condescending statements and the controversial online shots by developers or CEO that imply that the players are “ruined” or that we are complaining too much.
The success of these titles is based a lot on the player’s reception, and suddenly it will not do anyone who favors, as I said. The ideal solution after the launch of a poorly optimized game is for the apologies and commitments of the performance patches to be done, what Pitchford has done, but is eclipsed by hardware statements.
PC players only want games that will be launched without having to empty their wallets to obtain a playable box speed, and if that cannot be delivered, then they have every right to express their frustrations.
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