Borderlands 4 was supposed to be one of the Nintendo Switch 2’s big fall 2025 releases but was indefinitely delayed amid a race to address performance issues for the PC version. Many fans hoped it might end up launching in early 2026 instead, but the Switch 2 port of Borderlands 4 is now officially being paused
“We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU,” Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis told Variety on Thursday. “Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game. We’re continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo. We have ‘PGA Tour 2K25’ coming out and ‘WWE 2K26’ [for Switch 2], and we’re incredibly excited about bringing more of our titles to that platform in the future.”
What’s especially odd about the last minute reversal is that Borderlands 4 was already publicly demoed running on Switch 2 last summer at shows like PAX West. Assessments varied, with some players saying it looked surprisingly good while others said it suffered from surprising performance hangups, even when docked.
Okay I’ll just put it bluntly:
Borderlands 4 on the Switch 2 could barely run at 30fps with 4 enemies on screen in docked mode. It had horrendous input delay, and the render resolution was seemingly turned all the way down.
I’ll talk more about it in a video maybe tomorrow 😬
— EpicNNG (@EpicNNG) August 22, 2025
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