Gearbox Software head Randy Pitchford has set expectations for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4. The game won’t run at a silky smooth 60fps like other versions and will instead run at 30fps. However, he notes that there can be some dips to the frame rate when the action heats up. Talking about the future of the franchise, Pitchford said that he would love to get a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 3 up and running, but the team’s efforts are firmly concentrated on Borderlands 4 at the moment.
“It was important to us to not cut anything and to support cross play with other platforms,” he said in a reply to another fan. “So, no. It’ll be mostly around 30 fps, with some dips in some intense moments heavy combats or if hosting a multiplayer game in handheld mode, etc.”
“Borderlands 3 was not made for Switch 2,” Pitchford said. “I want us to get on that and see what we can do. We need some help and we need some time. Borderlands 4 is everything right now.”
Well, it appears that in most cases the Switch 2 will be CPU-bottlenecked with this generation’s games. Basically, what we’ll have is 1080p/1440p(ish) games upscaled with DLSS or something similar, running at 30 fps. Let’s see what Nintendo does with the tools they already have and the strengths of the console. In any case, games aren’t even performing like they should on more powerful consoles or even super fast GPUs on PC — I think we’re getting close to the tipping point, graphics-wise
As my husband would tell you, it’s more complex than that. It doesn’t just depend on the hardware, but also on the developers in general. Does anyone remember the first PS2 games, which were particularly horrible and inferior to those on the Dreamcast?
I’d also add that Ubisoft isn’t known for suppressing these games, unlike Blizzard, for example.
I like my games just like my women, suppressed.
Just kidding, I don’t even know what that means.
Drink me Randy Pitchford
30 fps is fine as long as it’s stable, I remember Fortnite on the switch was a pretty good way of playing the game when it released, it looked good and with an overall stable framerate, now it’s a mess though Fortnite on og switch is almost unplayable
absolutely true, same with Rocket league (Which is lacking a proper Switch 2 version as we speak), at the beginning they were basic – yet playable-… but they keep getting heavier to run and full of bloat.
If you don’t mind me asking,when did that change? I play on og switch hardware. It ain’t gonna win any beauty contest but the game plays decently enough without too many hiccups.
Have you played Fortnite during chapter 1 dude? It looked really good and had stable 30 fps, during season x of chapter 1 the framerate started to dip a lot, chapter of I recall was aight and then from chapter 3 onwards was never a good experience for me, the maps take ages to load when you drop fps under 10 in some parts etc
hey Ganen, i also used my OG Switch as my main console ( had that and a pc) Both Fortnite and Rocket Leagued performed way better at the beginning, Rocket league did not scale the resolution that much and holded the FPS more consistently at 60. on Fortnite the bank-heist season years ago ran very well, and loades the assets way faster that nowadays. had also Doom, Wolfenstein among other multiplatforms and they were more than decent ports.
Dude, do you remember how good chapter 1 looked? The game was almost ps4 graphics just with 30 fps. Season x started and that game started to dip HARD
Also the menu HOLY CRAP. that menu is internet explorer levels of slow
What a disgrace. Nintendo charging $450 for a system that cant even manage 30fps. 😂😂
Just as Microsoft charging for a system who doesn’t have exclusives or Sony charging for a system who dips to below 1080p sometimes (Forspoken).
It was really nice when we didn’t have those obvious trolls around…
Bait used to be beliavable.
Dang I was hoping this one would perform better considering the little footage that showed it running a bit smoother than 30fps. I wonder if more devs are considering 1080p40 as a target.
Randy Pitchford is trash
I really wish it would run at 60FPS
shitty low quality port for over priced game.