Gearbox confirmed today that Borderlands 4 will cost $70 for the standard edition, and also revealed post-launch plans.
Despite the pricing confusion and comments, a verdict was reached. Gearbox confirmed today that Borderlands 4 will cost $70 for the standard edition, and also revealed post-launch plans. It also confirmed a $130 Super Deluxe Edition, which includes bonus items and DLC, and a $150 Collector’s Edition, which does not include the game itself. The developer also announced that there will be free and paid DLC post-launch. The clarification came highly due to last month’s backlash of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s comments made on X, in response to a fan asking about the price.
As far as what comes with each version of Borderlands 4, the $69.99 base edition just comes with the game. Moving to the $100 edition gives players the base game along with several extra skins as well as the Bounty Pack Bundle. That bundle includes four separate post-launch DLC Packs, which will also be available for separate purchase for owners of the base version. Here is a full, detailed list of what is included in the higher-priced versions:
Borderlands 4 Deluxe Edition
- Full base game
- Pre-Order Bonus: Gilded Glory Pack
- 1 Vault Hunter Skin
- 1 Weapon Skin
- 1 ECHO-4 Drone Skin
- Firehawk’s Fury Weapon Skin
- Bounty Pack Bundle
- 4 unique areas, featuring new missions and unique bosses
- 4 Vault Cards with unique challenges and rewards
- New gear and weapons
- New Vault Hunter cosmetics
- 4 New vehicles with new cosmetics
Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition
- Full base game
- Pre-Order Bonus: Gilded Glory Pack*
- 1 Vault Hunter Skin
- 1 Weapon Skin
- 1 ECHO-4 Drone Skin
- Firehawk’s Fury Weapon Skin
- Bounty Pack Bundle**
- 4 unique areas, featuring new missions and unique bosses
- 4 Vault Cards with unique challenges and rewards
- New gear and weapons
- New Vault Hunter cosmetics
- 4 New vehicles with new cosmetics
- Ornate Order Pack
- 4 Vault Hunter Skins
- 4 Vault Hunter Heads
- 4 Vault Hunter Bodies
- Vault Hunter Pack
- 2 new playable Vault Hunters
- 2 new Story Packs, featuring all new story and side missions
- 2 new map regions
- New gear and weapons
- New Vault Hunter cosmetics
- New ECHO-4 cosmetics
Gearbox released a simple roadmap for post-launch content. While the standard edition does not come with any post-launch content, as shown so far, the Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition do. Here is a breakdown of what each edition’s bundles includes:
Deluxe Edition
- Bounty Pack Bundle
- 4 unique areas, featuring new missions and unique bosses.
- 4 Vault Cards with unique challenges and rewards.
- New gear and weapons.
- New Vault Hunter cosmetics.
- 4 New vehicles with new cosmetics
Super Deluxe Edition
The Super Deluxe Edition includes the Bounty Pack Bundle and an additional Bundle.
- Vault Hunter Pack
- 2 new playable Vault Hunters.
- 2 new Story Packs, featuring all-new story and side missions.
- 2 new map regions.
- New gear and weapons.
- New Vault Hunter cosmetics
- New ECHO-4 cosmetics
Gearbox did not reveal precisely how Vault Cards will work, but did state that they function similarly to how they worked in Borderlands 3, meaning you can expect more loot and XP for challenges. Additionally, there will be free updates post-launch, even if you don’t purchase an upgraded edition. The cost of the post-launch bundles remain unclear.
Last month, Pitchford responded to a fan begging not to price Borderlands 4 at the premium $80 dollar price tag, the new high-end price point adopted by Nintendo and Microsoft. Pitchford wrote on X: “If you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen. My local game store had Starflight for Sega Genesis for $80 in 1991 when I was just out of high school working minimum wage at an ice cream parlor in Pismo Beach, and I found a way to make it happen.”
Pitchford’s comments generally came off as mean towards the fan, but he attempted to triage the situation by explaining the importance of properly pricing games like Borderlands 4. He went on to explain that the increased costs of game development and manufacturing are creating an issue where price increases have to be considered. “The truth is, I don’t know what the price is going to be,” he wrote on X. “I do know that we will be opening pre-orders soon, and that will be when the price is set.”
Pitchford continued to salvage what he originally meant in his response to say that Gearbox aims to make sure the game feels like value for money, regardless of the price. This means that if Borderlands 4 ended up costing $80, it is important for the player to feel like it was money well spent. The latest news about the game was that its release date moved up from its original September 23 date to September 12.
Borderlands 4 will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year, as well as the previously announced PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions.
