Following the announcement that Borderlands 4 was having its release date moved forward, and far hypothesis as to why this was occurring, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has come ahead to emphasize that this choice was made completely as a result of Borderlands 4’s personal deserves, reasonably than an try and dodge competitors from GTA6 or one other huge competitor.
Taking to Twitter, Randy Pitchford posted the next: “Borderlands 4 delivery early is 100% the results of confidence within the sport and improvement trajectory backed by precise duties and bug discover/repair charges. Our choice is actually 0% about some other product’s precise or theoretical launch date.”
Simply to be clear, when Pitchford speaks about “theoretical” launch dates he is refering to GTA6, which nonetheless hasn’t received a agency launch date on the market within the wild. This has resulted is a few hesitancy from devs and publishers in really putting down a launch date within the fall season, as you may get up someday and discover your AAA launch is now a number of days out from the patron black gap that’s GTA6.
However let’s take Randy Pitchford at his phrase – why not? Let’s listing out the professionals of shifting a launch date ahead. One, it is a cool factor to do, and in the event you’re a Borderlands 4 fan it is an important PR transfer. You get your enjoyable sport a bit sooner, who would not need that? Additionally, if Borderlands 4 actually is shaping up exceptionally effectively by way of late-stage objectives and bug fixes, then hey, why not? It is roughly two weeks of additional time that gamers will be capable of soar in and luxuriate in Borderlands 4 earlier than being tempted away by one thing else.
It is also price noting that early September is an open purpose by way of launch home windows. There’s not a lot in any respect presently introduced for that portion of the 12 months apart from stuff like Terminator 2D: No Destiny or Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion. Each of which is likely to be superb video games, and I am certain they’re, but it surely’s not controversial to say that they will not be consuming up an excessive amount of of the Borderlands viewers. If Gearbox and Randy need to transfer the sport ahead simply to get their cool new sport in individuals’s fingers earlier (which for what it is price is one thing I can think about Randy earnestly wanting, to his credit score), then it isn’t as if Borderlands can be risking much less gross sales by stepping on anybody’s turf right here.
Playing cards on the desk, I do nonetheless do consider there’s benefit to the idea that Borderlands 4 may be dodging a big release like GTA6 by moving forward, but additionally I do not suppose Randy is mendacity in any respect when he says the sport’s shifting ahead as a result of confidence within the sport and the work his group has achieved. In the end, even when this had been an try and swerve away from competitors, it isn’t one thing that might be price doing except the sport might launch earlier in a elegant state.
So there we have now it, Randy’s stepped up and cleared the air. Whether or not you consider him or hold your tin foil hat on is as much as you. Regardless of the place you stand, you can get pleasure from Borderlands 4 when it launches on September 12. You may as well take a look at the Borderlands State of Play later as we speak in the event you’re so inclined.