Borderlands 4 gets a delay on Switch 2, with no new date
In a social post to the official Borderlands account, it has been announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of the game has been delayed, with digital pre-orders being cancelled and refunds being issued.
This is the full statement for the delay:
Greetings, Vault Hunters - We need to share that the release of Borderlands 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 is being delayed. We do not take this decision lightly, but are committed to ensuring we deliver the best possible experience to our fans, and the game needs additional development and polish time to do that. Our hope is to also better align this release with the addition of cross saves, which we are working on and recognize is very important. We will update you all on the new release timing once we’ve fully adjusted our plans.
In accordance with Nintendo’s policy, all digital pre-orders to date will be cancelled. Customers can initiate that process themselves now, or it will happen automatically starting on Friday, Sept. 26. For questions about the Nintendo eShop, contact https://bit.ly/4niZo7h. For physical pre-orders, please reach out to the corresponding retailer.
We greatly appreciate the feedback, support and patience of our fans and community. It’s truly what keeps us going.
Delays are never a good thing for gamers, but given the constant issues being reported by players on other platforms, the team at Gearbox and Panic Button, who are doing the Switch 2 port, likely decided to delay the Switch 2 version, instead of adding to the bad press. Given that, apart from some screens below, we have not actually seen anything on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, a delay is likely the right call.
You may have noticed that in the message above, it was also revealed that cross-saves would be coming to the game, there is no timeline for that either.
