09/13/2025
🎮 Borderlands 4 Nears 300K Players but Faces PC Performance Woes
🚀 Approaching a peak concurrent count of 300,000 players on Steam — making it one of the most-played games on the platform.
🏆 No other Borderlands title has come close to these Steam numbers.
💬 Randy Pitchford claimed it’s “impossible to break the servers”, promising Borderlands 4 won’t suffer the same online failures as other AAA launches.
📊 Despite the strong start, the game sits at a Mixed rating on Steam, with widespread performance complaints:
💻 Poor optimization even on high-end PCs.
⚠️ Crashes preventing some players from starting the game
🛠️ Gearbox responded with a Borderlands 4 Nvidia Optimization Guide on Steam, advising players on graphics settings to improve framerates and stability.
🎮 Console Controversy:
❌ No Field of View (FOV) slider on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
❌ No motion blur toggle either on consoles.
✅ PC version allows both:
🖥️ FOV adjustable up to 110 degrees (first-person + vehicles).
🔧 Motion blur settings for amount and quality.
💬 Player Reactions to Borderlands 4’s on Console:
🤢 xInsaneAbilityx:
"Man, I've tried to play it twice today. Both times I get that ‘car-sick’ feel after about 15 minutes and have to stop."
🤮 Dallywack3r:
"Yeah I’m pretty sensitive to motion sickness and a narrow FOV in first-person makes me really dizzy. Combining that with motion blur just churns my stomach."
👎 christophlieber:
"This game feels almost zoomed in, it‘s really not pleasant to play."
🗣️ Randy Pitchford responded, suggesting “fairness” may be a reason behind the lack of FOV slider
