Gearbox delayed the Nintendo Switch 2 Borderlands 4 version indefinitely and canceled all the pre -order digital orders just over a week from the release date.
Sagittarius looter took place on the recent Nintendo console on October 3. The gearbox did not provide the updated release date in its announcement. Here is the head of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford’s Borderlands 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Fille Data Fille Fille, released in July.
Important news about the Nintendo Switch 2 Borderlands 4: pic.twitter.com/wc5mwau2bm
– Randy Pitchford (@duvalmagic) July 22, 2025
The decision to delay appears at a time when Gearbox is already working on solving problems with Borderlands 4 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Digital Foundry confirmed the gradual deterioration of cages for a second with the constant time of play, even on the more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro and Xbox Series X., as revealed in video published on YouTubeDigital Foundry said that the performance began to immerse after about 30 minutes to an hour, which he called “too intrusive in terms of general experience, too regular break”. Even after completely fresh shoes, the game is still willing to clarify the drops.
Meanwhile, Borderlands 4 is still on a mixed evaluation of a steam review, with most negative comments around the computer’s performance. Digital Foundry said it was Initial Borderlands 4 analysis on PC shows significant testing problems and advised against starting the game on its graphic setting “Badass”, which suggests that there are actually problems with the title Unreal Engine 5.
With this in mind, it’s challenging to imagine that Borderlands 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 works smoothly.
“Greetings, vault hunters”, the Gearbox statement began. “We must share that the Borderlands 4 release on Nintendo Switch 2 is delayed. We do not make this decision lightly, but we commit ourselves to ensure that we provide the best possible impressions to our fans, and the game needs additional development and Polish time to do this.
The studio stated that “according to Nintendo policy”, all digital orders in advance will be canceled. “We very much appreciate the opinions, support and patience of our fans and community. This is what maintains us.”
The fans announced a clear lack of surprise. “The game has problems with my Super 4080, I can’t imagine how the Switch version would manage” – said Redditor BiteMarkz. “I do not expect that the Switch 2 version will work well, but I respect the decision to delay it to avoid a total start disaster” commented on jwhudexnls. “BL4 transfers desktop computers on your knees, there is no taste in hell nvidia tegra in Switch 2 can even run the game”, ” Added hobog0blin.
It was a similar reaction in social media. “Considering how it would work now, it would work on 5 FPS on switch 2 or turn into a Tourgue device, which explods when trying to run the game,” he said @Ramentons. “Did you assume the same, why did we generally push the release date?” He wondered @Atomick.
Greetings, vault hunters – we must share that the release of Borderlands 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 is delayed. We do not make this decision lightly, but we are involved in providing our fans of the best possible impressions, and the game requires additional development …
– Borderlands (@Borderlands) September 23, 2025
Pitchford decided to win the livid 4 Borderlands 4 players on social media. Since the great premiere of Borderlands 4 last week, Pitchford released Misleading comments on why there is no slider in the field of view (FOV) in the Borderlands 4 console version versionPromised that it would be impossible to break the Borderlands 4 servers by the weight of the number of playerstold people “Code your own engine and show us how to do it, please” And he announced Borderlands 4 “Premium game created for premium players”. He even began to speak 4 borderlands 4 players to return the game on Steam if they were so nervous.
However, it seems that Pitchford was relatively serene in social media in recent days and has not yet issued any comment on the delayed version of Switch 2.
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