Take-Two CEO says Borderlands 4 performance 'has not affected our plans at all' as Year 2 roadmap stays unannounced

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is standing firmly behind Borderlands 4, telling IGN that the game's commercial performance has had zero impact on 2K and Gearbox's plans to keep supporting it. The statement comes as parts of the Borderlands community grow anxious about what, if anything, comes after year one wraps up.

Asked directly whether Borderlands 4's sales figures had changed long-term support plans, Zelnick was blunt: "Performance has not affected our plans at all. We have another Borderlands content pack coming. We continue to support the title. We've had plenty of incremental releases of content. So no, we're totally supporting it. We're thrilled with the performance, and thrilled with the reviews and the scores." The next concrete content drop is Story Pack 2, arriving in early September alongside Bounty Pack 5 and the Version 1.10 update. That pack introduces Loveless the Hacker as the newest playable Vault Hunter. Beyond that, Gearbox has not announced a Year 2 roadmap, leaving players in the dark about what 2026 and beyond actually holds — and how much it'll cost.

Borderlands 4 has had a rough first year by most measures. The game launched in September to over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam but has since settled into four-digit peak concurrents — a steep drop. PC performance issues triggered significant backlash, and Zelnick himself previously acknowledged the game saw "a little bit of softness" in sales because of those technical problems, though he expressed confidence the numbers would recover. CEO Randy Pitchford drew further attention by sparring with critics on social media. The Nintendo Switch 2 version was quietly cancelled, with Take-Two citing a focus on improving the game on existing platforms. Story Pack 1, which added playable character C4SH, didn't meaningfully move the Steam concurrent needle, so the pressure is on Loveless the Hacker to do better.

Whether Zelnick's confidence translates into a full Year 2 content slate — or just a few more packs before Gearbox pivots to whatever comes next — remains the open question. The community is watching Story Pack 2's reception closely, and a formal roadmap announcement would go a long way toward settling the uncertainty around the game's future.