{"id":30749,"date":"2025-07-23T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/30749\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:04:10","slug":"borderlands-4-on-switch-2-will-mostly-run-at-30fps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/30749\/","title":{"rendered":"Borderlands 4 On Switch 2 Will &#8220;Mostly&#8221; Run At 30fps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Borderlands 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/998f43677d1c9\/borderlands-4.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/borderlands-4.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Borderlands 4\"\/><\/a>Image: 2K<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/borderlands-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Borderlands 4<\/a> locked in a release date for the Switch 2 earlier today, with Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford confirming it will be arriving on 3rd October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/borderlands\/borderlands-4-boss-confirms-there-will-be-a-download-even-for-physical-copies-on-switch-2-which-will-mostly-run-at-30-fps-with-some-dips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview with GamesRadar+<\/a>, Pitchford has shared some additional details about the upcoming Nintendo release. Firstly, the game will run at &#8220;mostly around 30fps&#8221;, with some supposed dips during more intense moments.<\/p>\n<p>This reportedly follows previous comments from Pitchford about how the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/borderlands-4-is-targeting-60-fps-gearbox-ceo-addresses-balance-concerns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new entry was aiming for 60fps on consoles<\/a> \u2013 with the final decision about the frame rate in the Switch 2 version apparently based on the developer not wanting to &#8220;cut anything&#8221;, including cross-play support.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Pitchford: &#8220;It was important to us to not cut anything and to support cross play with other platforms. So, no. It&#8217;ll be mostly around 30 fps, with some dips in some intense moments, heavy combat or if hosting a multiplayer game in handheld mode, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, it&#8217;s also been confirmed the Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 will require a download &#8220;even for physical copies&#8221; of the game \u2013 so expect a Game-Key Card release.<\/p>\n<p>And as for the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/borderlands_3_ultimate_edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Borderlands 3<\/a> performance issues on Switch 2, when asked about this, Pitchford noted how this title was obviously not made to run on the Switch 2. Gearbox will supposedly need &#8220;some help&#8221; and &#8220;some time&#8221; to see what it can do with this in the future, but for now, the focus is on Borderlands 4.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be checking out Borderlands 4 when it arrives on the Switch 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/borderlands\/borderlands-4-boss-confirms-there-will-be-a-download-even-for-physical-copies-on-switch-2-which-will-mostly-run-at-30-fps-with-some-dips\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/borderlands\/borderlands-4-boss-confirms-there-will-be-a-download-even-for-physical-copies-on-switch-2-which-will-mostly-run-at-30-fps-with-some-dips\/\" target=\"_blank\">gamesradar.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752821286_219_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: 2K Borderlands 4 locked in a release date for the Switch 2 earlier today, with Gearbox boss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[25845,75,74,7142],"class_list":{"0":"post-30749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-borderlands","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}