However, Take-Two Interactive's Strauss Zelnick believes that, "In the fullness of time, we think it's going to do great."
Here’s a shortlist of the best Legendary tier weapons from the nearly one hundred of them to be farmed in Borderlands 4.
Unlock the endgame difficulty levels of Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode with this spoiler-free guide for Borderlands 4.
Amass loads of the SDU tokens needed for increasing carrying capacity with this guide to grinding for them quickly and efficiently in Borderlands 4.
Creative director Graeme Timmins noted that the studio will eventually get to fixing "unintended interactions" that are overpowered.
Despite strong player numbers on Steam, the looter shooter's PC version is receiving flak for optimization and performance issues.
Players have discovered a potential bug in bleed damage calculations, potentially resulting in multiple stacks of the same effect.
Studio CEO Randy Pitchford did note that if players get stuck on a hard boss fight, they can go to level grind before trying again.
The Path of Exile inspiration comes in the form of offering players plenty of choice for endgame builds to differentiate themselves.
In a social media post, Randy Pitchford revealed that players had spent more time with Borderlands 3 than 2, and that 4 will be similar.
In the lengthy social media post, Randy Pitchford noted that the use of his "real fans" phrasing was being misconstrued to sound worse.
Ashly Burch, who has voiced Tiny Tina since her first appearance all the way back in Borderlands 2, didn't offer up any more details.
Pitchford's apology came about in response to a fan pointing out that his statements about "real fans" sounded like Handsome Jack.
Randy Pitchford also brought up an anecdote from 1991 about having to save up money to buy Starflight for the Sega Gensis.
Gearbox Entertainment CCO Randy Varnell reveals that development began immediately after the team shipped Borderlands 3 in 2019.
Borderlands 4 will allow players to visit just about any object they see in the horizon, even if it's "a mile away" or "up in the sky".
"The truth is, I don't know what the price is going to be," says Gearbox Entertainment CEO about the upcoming looter shooter.
Players no longer have to reload saves to farm for specific loot drops and can revisit the campaign without starting a new character.
Learn more about Vex the Siren and Rafa the Exo-Soldier, two of the four new Vault Hunters in Gearbox's upcoming sequel.
Less than a year on from being shifted from Deep Silver's label to Gearbox, the studio has now been shuttered effective immediately.