Borderlands 4 appears to have been a critical success for Gearbox, both critically and with fans of the series. However, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has admitted the latest installment in the Borderlands series hasn't sold as well as the publisher expected.
Zelnick spoke with The Game Business about all things Take-Two in the wake of GTA 6's most recent delay. A delay that has pushed the Rockstar behemoth back another six months to November 19, 2026. During the interview, the CEO noted that Borderlands 4's launch sales have been "softer" than expected.
"In terms of units sold out of the gate, the numbers were a little softer than we would have liked," Zelnick admitted. He didn't go as far as to provide updated sales figures, but we do know that, by the end of September, Borderlands 4 had sold 2.5 million copies, and that more than half of those copies were sold on Steam.
Despite that, Zelnick pins the blame on Borderlands 4's underperforming sales on its early Steam issues. "There were some challenges with the Steam release. [Developer] Gearbox has been addressing those challenges and will continue to do so." Borderlands 4 launched to...
