Borderlands 4 system requirements too high for 50% of Steam users, according to hardware survey

With a requirement for an 8-core CPU at a minimum, plenty of Steam users are going to be left out by Borderlands 4's system requirements.

[Tacoboto]

So it's roughly equivalent to Doom The Dark Ages (which has one tier higher CPU minimum but one tier lower GPU minimum)

But it looks like how it does. Getting this game day one is certainly gonna be a choice regardless of price.

[OtterX]

True fans will buy it though! (regardless of whether it actually runs or not ;P )

[anast]

True fans will spend hundreds to upgrade just to play the game.

[DivineHand125]

So the minimum is a system that is comparable to the PS5 and Series X, while the recommended specs require a high end PC containing an RTX 3080 or better. I understand making the best game you can possibly make, but we don't have access to PC GPUs like we did in the past. The game will have an uphill battle.

[ZycoFox]

Those requirements are actually pretty tame, if anything it just shows that at least half of Steam users don't want to keep their PC up to date every few years.

There's probably a bunch of Steam accounts using bare basic office type computers like Dell Optiplex, which is fine for low end gaming and office work.

There are some much better mid range options on GPUs at the moment regarding pricing, which has been long overdue.

High end options have been expensive for a little while now though.

[DivineHand125]

An old dell optiplex is not playing this game in an enjoyable way. The game requires a GPU with 8Gb vram at a minimum. This is basically a PC with an rtx xx70 series or higher.

[gold_drake]

ill wait half a year to a year before i get it.

im a fan, but i know the games are ... riddled with bugs and glitches whenever they launch

[drivxr]

Doom the dark ages also listed 8 core minimum but it actually runs very well on 6 core CPUs

A quick Google and you'll see that it runs on a 6 core CPU from 2019

Borderlands 4 will be no different

[Alos88]

How were the specs for 3? I don't remember them being this demanding.

[Extermin8or3_]

Wasn't 3 a ps4 title though? Whereas this is a current gen only one.

[badboyz09]

my nephew work at costco😁

[jznrpg]

On N4G everyone has highest end rigs so they are fine.

[neutralgamer1992]

Maybe it will be as great as BL2 but if it's closer to BL3 I will wait for a complete edition. Now a days buying games day 1 is the worst experience because day one buyers are providing feedback for developers to actually release patches and updates

[PRIMORDUS]

I can run it, I'm above the recommended specs, but not sure if I want to play it.

[yeastori]

True fans will build a better PC for it though -Randy Pitchfork probably

[RhinoGamer88]

RANDY!!!

[babadivad]

Borderlands 3 soured me on the franchise.

[Extermin8or3_]

It's simple really and always has been, you play on pc expect to need more expensive higher end hardware otherwise you might aswell get a console....

[BlackDoomAx]

PC players that have outdated hardware, just buy a new one.