Nintendo Swap 2’s ‘paused’ Borderlands 4 port might nonetheless come out and is technically achievable, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has advised.
The Swap 2 model of the Gearbox shooter was unexpectedly delayed final September, per week earlier than its deliberate launch date, with Take-Two confirming it had “paused” improvement on the sport earlier this 12 months.
With all pre-orders for the sport canceled, it regarded like its launch might need been known as off outright. Nevertheless, chatting with Recreation File in a brand new interview, Take-Two exec Zelnick offered recent hope Borderlands 4 might but be launched for Swap 2.
In keeping with the CEO, the pause on Borderlands is legitimately a pause, which he stated was with a view to enable developer Gearbox to concentrate on enhancing the PC model, which has suffered from efficiency points since launch.
“We’ve been addressing these challenges, and we wish to ensure that we’ve absolutely addressed Borderlands 4 from a shopper’s perspective earlier than we carry it to extra platforms,” he stated, including that the postponement wasn’t a technical subject across the sport working on Swap 2. “It’s doable,” he stated.
Take-Two supported the Nintendo Swap 2 console at launch with variations of Civilization VII and later NBA 2K, PGA 2K, and WWE 2K. Nevertheless, Zelnick advised Recreation File that the writer’s focus stays on the opposite two console platforms.
“We wish to be wherever the buyer is, and we’ve supported Swap 2,” he stated. “You may inform from what we’re doing and what we’re not doing that our major console platforms stay Sony and Microsoft.”
Borderlands 4 launched for PS5, Xbox Sequence consoles, and PC final September and reportedly offered as much as 5 million copies. Quickly after launch, Take-Two known as its gross sales “softer” than anticipated, partly as a result of efficiency points on PC.
