When Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which takes place in between the first two games and features Borderlands 2‘s Handsome Jack, was announced, there was some surprise among gamers. Many were expecting a new Borderlands game for the new generation of consoles, but the game was only announced for and is being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. However, this doesn’t mean that a PS4 and Xbox One version of the game is out of the realm of possibilities.
2K Australia’s Tony Lawrence told GameReactor: “All the Borderlands 2 players are playing on those consoles. That’s the choice they’ve got. So we want to reward those guys. If fans say ‘hey, we’d really like this on a next-gen console’, well, we’ll think about that, but right now we’re concentrating on the consoles we know.”
Gearbox’s Borderlands franchise director Matt Armstrong added: “The vast majority of our fans still have their Xbox 360 [or PS3]. The other thing is it’s the middle game in a trilogy. Moving it on to next-gen and requiring people to buy new hardware to play the middle entry in a trilogy feels a little disingenuous and we sort of want to respect that.”
This wouldn’t be the first game to get a next gen remake as it has already happened for games like Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, and GTA V.
Additionally, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel also received a video of the E3 gameplay demo accompanied by commentary from 2K Australia Producer Joel Eschler and Gearbox Associate Producer James Lopez. You can check out the video below.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel will be launching on October 14 in North America and on October 17 in Europe. Will you be getting it? Let us know in the comments.
