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Andy Edser

'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 06: (L-R) Eli Roth and Randy Pitchford attend the after party for the "Borderlands" Los Angeles Fan Event at Dave & Buster's on August 06, 2024 in Hollywood, California.

Borderlands 4 is here, and Borderlands 4 is very demanding. This we know, after a launch last week mired in optimisation complaints, stuttering woes, and crashes. In response, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has been busy batting off critique regarding the game's performance on his X account over the weekend—although his comments don't appear to have gone down as well as he might have hoped.

"Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers. Just as Borderlands 4 cannot run on a PlayStation 4, it cannot be expected to run on too-old PC hardware," he posted on Saturday. "This is not a game made to run on 10-year-old PCs… if you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed."

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