Weeks after Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford advised that Borderlands 4 may very well be priced at $80, 2K has confirmed that will not be the case. The upcoming looter shooter, nevertheless, will not price the long-breached $60 normal both. The usual version of Borderlands 4 shall be priced at $70 — the brand new normal pricing for triple-A titles on current-generation consoles. The sport is now obtainable to pre-order throughout PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X.

Borderlands Confirms Pricing, Editions

2K introduced pricing and pre-order data for Borderlands 4 Monday, detailing all obtainable editions. The writer additionally confirmed that the sport’s post-launch content material would come with story missions and new vault hunters, new map areas and extra.

Borderlands 4 shall be obtainable in Customary, Deluxe and Tremendous Deluxe editions throughout all platforms, priced at $69.99, $99.99 and $129.99, respectively. In India, the three editions are priced at Rs. 3,999, Rs. 5,699 and Rs. 7,499, respectively, on PC (by way of Steam and Epic Games Store). On consoles, the sport prices Rs. 4,999, Rs. 7,499 and Rs. 9,799, respectively.

The Customary Version comes with the bottom sport, whereas the Deluxe Version contains the Bounty Pack Bundle, consisting of 4 post-launch DLC packs, 4 Vault Playing cards with distinctive challenges and rewards, new gear and weapons, 4 new automobiles, Vault Hunter cosmetics and Firehawk’s Fury weapon pores and skin. Every DLC pack options distinct areas, new missions and distinctive bosses, 2K confirmed.

The Tremendous Deluxe Version contains all advantages from the Deluxe Version and the Vault Hunter Pack, which options two new Story Packs, every with a brand new Vault Hunter, story, and facet missions; two new map areas; new gear and weapons; extra Vault Hunter cosmetics; and new ECHO-4 cosmetics. The version additionally options the Ornate Order Pack with 4 further Vault Hunter Skins, 4 Vault Hunter Heads and 4 Vault Hunter Our bodies.

Borderlands 4 $80 Value Controversy

Final month, Pitchford drew criticism over his response to a consumer on X (previously Twitter) commenting on Borderlands 4’s potential pricing. The Gearbox CEO had mentioned he did not have a say on the sport’s pricing and claimed {that a} “actual fan” would pay $80 for a sport.

Pitchford later apologised for his comment on X, saying, “no one likes being taken with no consideration and it was not my intent.”

At a Borderlands 4 panel in Could, he additional clarified his stance on the sport’s pricing. When requested what the sport would price, he mentioned he did not know. “It is an attention-grabbing time, proper? On one stage, we have a aggressive market the place individuals who make these selections (about sport pricing) need to promote as many items as attainable they usually need to watch out about people who find themselves value delicate,” Pitchford mentioned.

“So, there are some people who do not need to see costs go up, even those deciding what the costs are. There are other people accepting the fact that sport budgets are rising and there is tariffs for the retail packaging — it is getting gnarly on the market.”

Pitchford confirmed that Borderlands 4 had greater than twice the event funds of Borderlands 3.

On Monday, following the Borderlands 4 pre-order and pricing announcement, Pitchford exclaimed there was no price increase for Borderlands 4 — an incorrect assertion, contemplating Borderlands 3 was priced at $60. “The large information: No value enhance for Borderlands 4! Customary Version launches not at $80, however at $69.99! They’re displaying you, so please present them,” he mentioned.

The discourse on sport pricing sparked a number of years in the past when triple-A releases on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X breached the $60 normal to relaxation at $70. Extra not too long ago, the bar was raised additional when Nintendo introduced that Mario Kart World, the first-party launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2, would price $80.

Final month, Microsoft announced it will elevate the costs of Xbox consoles and confirmed that costs for a few of its first-party video games would go up from $70 to $80 this vacation season. At Xbox Games Showcase on June 8, the corporate introduced that The Outer Worlds 2, its upcoming triple-A primary-party RPG, would price $80.

Borderlands 4 will launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X on September 12, with a Change 2 model arriving later this yr.