- Gearbox Software CEO, Randy Pitchford, shares another controversial takeover Borderlands 4
- Pitchford says suggests that benefit issues are caused by old PC -hardware rather than gaming optimization
- Says Borderland’s 4 is a ‘Premium game’ made for ‘Premium players’
I can’t say I’m surprised, considering the pattern of Unreal Engine 5 games and their bad optimization and performance but Borderlands 4 Is another disaster for PC players – and instead of focusing on improving game stability, Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Software’s CEO, has come out with another warm roof.
As originally reported by NotebookCheck, Randy Pitchford has taken to X (formerly Twitter) once again with another controversial tweet, which suggests Borderlands 4 is a “premium game” made for “premium players” which cannot be expected to run on “too old PC hardware”.
It’s not the first time Gearbox Software’s CEO left the PC gaming community annoyed since Pitchford last told fans that if they were “real fans,” they would “make it happen” with reference to pay $ 80 for the new AAA title before its launch and these comments alone threw me with a hand from a purchase as well as it did for other players.
In this case regarding the game’s performance, Borderlands 4 Fighting to run well on the best GPUs on the market, specifically RTX 5090 with a 4K resolution – and even fail to run over 90 frames per day. Second (FPS) at 1080p with DLAA enabled on Max Graphics settings.
Players are forced to use DLSS quality (and even DLSS performance in some cases I have seen) upscaling that I am sure I don’t have to tell you shouldn’t Be the case with an RTX 5090, nor when using some of the best available games -PCs. You can watch this in the video below from Zwormz Gaming on YouTube.
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Minimum and recommended specifications are published. The most common hardware is a four year old mobile phone. Borderland’s 4 is a Premium game made for Premium players. Just as Borderlands 4 cannot run on a PlayStation 4, it is not expected to run on too old PC hardware. Unlike on …September 13, 2025
If you then consider that a large majority of PC players, at least those on Steam, according to Steam Hardware & Software Survey results from August, are using an RTX 4060, you can only imagine how poor performance is on Nvidia’s weaker-Spec ‘graphics card.
I am sure I will not be the first to mention that players do not like to be spoken down to as that is what pitchford do here with statements like Borderlands 4 Being made for ‘Premium players’ and effectively alienates players who may not be able to afford the best hardware on the market – and again it still struggles with the best configurations.
It is safe to say that Pitchford’s comments do not help the cause, and I am sure it will only run players away from the new title, no matter how impressive its content is – especially when the title does not have a significant visual jump from its predecessor, Borderlands 3.
Analysis: Game Developers and Studios, Focus on Optimization and Less on Controversial Tag
I feel like a broken record that says this, but it would be nice if gaming studies stopped releasing games that are clearly untrained and not ready to run for most PC players because you risk players Borderlands 4 is a good example of that.
If there is anything that will make a situation as such worse, the condescending statement and controversially shared online by game developers or CEOs that mean players are ‘broken’ or that we complain too much.
The success of these titles is very dependent on the gamer reception and the groove them up will not make anyone favors, as I have said. The ideal solution in the wake of a poorly optimized release is that excuses must be shared and obligations from performance -patches to be made -which Pitchford has done, but it is overshadowed by the hardware statements.
PC players just want games that are launched without having to empty their wallets to get a playable image speed and if it can’t be delivered, they have any right to express their frustrations.
