Borderlands 4's PC performance has significantly improved since its launch in Fall 2025, and now Gearbox has explained exactly how it got here. Expectations were mixed leading up to the game's release, thanks to multiple controversies around its potential price point, recommended specs, and comments from CEO Randy Pitchford. Six months later, Borderlands 4 is in a different place than when it came out, and that's for the best for PC players.
Despite a largely successful debut, Gearbox's looter shooter quickly lost its footing. It took roughly two months for Borderlands 4 to lose 96% of its player count, even though critic reviews were largely positive. Steam users, however, felt differently, and the title fell to a "Mixed" rating on the platform. Many of the most persistent complaints revolved around the game's performance, with PC users often citing FPS drops, stuttering, and crashes, even when playing on high-end systems. Thankfully, Gearbox devs have since addressed these concerns.
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick states that Borderlands 4 did not perform as well on the sales charts as the company had expected.
In a recent post on the official Borderlands 4 blog, Gearbox detailed the PC optimizations the game...
