Gearbox boss says Borderlands 4 day-one patch 'does a lot' but warns that players should have 'realistic' expectations about performance: 'Older hardware may not provide buttery smooth performance'

Borderlands 4 close-up of the Psycho bandit mask. The character is gesturing toward the view with two fingers, like they're picking a fight, and stands out on a red background. .

Borderlands 4 is now just a few days away—here's the full rundown of global release times—and Randy Pitchford has confirmed, in what should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone, that there will be a day one patch. It "does a lot," the Gearbox boss promised, but it's not going to work miracles, and he said players with low-end PCs should have "realistic expectations" for how the game will run on their rigs.

"The expectation for using a below min-spec machine should be that the game is unplayable," Pitchford said on X in response to a player of a preview build who was struggling with performance.