Why Borderlands 4 is ‘Mixed’ on Steam at launch

One of 2025’s most-anticipated new games, Gearbox Software’s latest co-op looter shooter Borderlands 4, has finally launched in many regions on Windows PC, with further arrivals on the platform and on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2 consoles soon to come once the game’s launch times all come to pass.

But while the new title is off to a strong start in terms of player count — as I write this, it’s on the cusp of breaking past 200K concurrent players on the Steam charts according…