The "Actual File Size" Of Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition On Switch Has Been Revealed

That was crazy what was on the box is it going to be corrected down the line also I'm going to take an assumption that the box was going based on Old packaging for possibly other consoles versions with a copy and paste but it's nice that it's a more manageable size are we still going to have to download the DLC with the physical cartridge though?

Holy. Crap. That's a big download.

@TheBoilerman It’s almost nothin compared to Call of Duty file sizes 💀

So is it a complete physical?

Amazing what Gearbox could do that Konami couldn't with the Metal Garbage Scam Collection.

I'd like to get into this and 2 but the tone turns me off big time.

It's a huge file compression. Early gameplay videos have shown it runs pretty well too.

4.5 of those gb is an audio language pack (for non-English voices), so if you don't need those the size is only 18.9 gb.

“We had to submit a file size at packaging time but kept working to optimize it.”

Crunch and munch?

FYI it’s actually even a little less then that if you don’t download the language packs. BL3 running good with base + game dlc barely in the 20 range is Switcher 3 levels of good Switch port optimization.

Is there a full physical release for this? I'm actually interested but would prefer to save that space.

I have Borderlands collection on the Switch and was trying to play the first one but couldn't pass the first boss (😅), so I gave up and now I'm reluctant to get the third one to complete the collection.

@cyberboycoolen yup, 18.9GB. But it looks like only 3.1GB is on the gamecard. 5.3GB is the update day one and dlc is 10.4GB without the languages pack.

I'm so tired of people complaining about companies not supporting switch and when a company goes out of their way to do an impossible port they don't support them.

Mine is downloading now and my cousin and I play together online. These are great games for co-op!

Holy cow the DLC takes more space then the actual game!

@5th313ment Where did you get this from?
I never buy digital games, only care for physical ones. Would love to support this game not only cause I really enjoyed it but also because they made a great port, having said that I am not buying it unless its includes at least the base game. Honestly if the game only takes 19gb I dont understand how they didnt go for a bigger cart considering the price.
The truth is thats just cheap from their side and I will not support that.

@CurryPowderKeg79 this should get you started, good YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/KiFiZ5LZK0k?feature=shared

@Dhuuth 32GB carts are really expensive, not even Nintendo uses them. So if a game's over 16GB, it'll almost always be a smaller cart with a download.

@Grumblevolcano They are charging 60€ for this game, they could have easily used the 32gb cart.
Look at what they did with the Witcher 3, not only 32gb cart but an awsome physical release for the same price.
When it comes to this release they cheaped out and theres no denying it, hell whats in the cart is less than 4gb apparently.

@tourjeff
Similar story for me. Picked the collection up on a steep discount, finished the first one and thought it was OK, got about halfway through the second one before binning it off.
In 2 I just found the weapons were really annoying. They were trying to make each brand of gun unique but I just found they were all crap in a slightly different way. It got to the point where I just couldn't find anything I liked so I stopped playing.

I was going to get this on cartridge but I won't get at all now
The Base game is 8.5 GB and they did not even put all of that bit on cartridge what a waste of time😢

@Mirage-5x5 Same here, will not buy it unless it includes the base game at least.
I cant belive they cheaped out like this, what a wasted oportunity specially considering the 60€ price.

@LikelySatan 2 is genuinely worth it and you're missing out. The story and dialogue isn't bad and great at times.

3 is hated because 1: randy pitchfork spiraled down hill during the development of 3, 2: none of the new characters are likeable (you can already tell from trailers and such what the villains are about..they're very cringey) old characters are very out of character from what was established with 1 and 2, the framerate on launch made it near unplayable, and the dialogue in general sucked... humor just never lands and few of the likeable character returned while not living up to their potential.

2 was just so well done, maybe some of the DLCs are filler nonsense but that's kinda the point... tiny tina DLC for 2 was so good and successful that they attempted to make a full game off of it instead of DLC for 3.

Guys are you all absolutely crazy !? This is a T2 game ! OF COURSE it wouldn't all be on the cart !! 😂 Crazy to think there would ever be any possibility it could have been !

So the rumor is that the game will only support up to 2 players…

swtichup already posted on yotube a performance review they lowered a lot the visual borderlands 1-2 like , but still ok because of art style, frame rate is uncapped running from 42 to 50-60 with no v-syncr most of the time just middle game can go under 28-30 in some situations wiht lot of staff going on , it has gyro .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFiZ5LZK0k

@jco83 How is it crazy when the games is 23.5gb? Even the official twitter account confirmed this.
Hell apparently without languages its weighs less than 19gb.
This could have easily fit in a 32gb cart just like The Witcher 3.

@Dhuuth
is it crazy because we are talking of 2k games, do you really think they are gonna do that? they want to maximase profits so only few GB on th chart rest to donwload they will always do that even with the next switch will be the same

@WeLiveInASociety How big are CoD downloads? I'm most of the times pre-traumatized when having to download the recent Final Fantasy games on my PC.

@Dhuuth I have the game and that's the breakdown in the file manager on switch. Also then don't complain when big companies make an effort to do impossible ports. We need to show support for devs who put in the time for switch and considering they have all the borderlands games on switch, gearbox and 2k have!

Also, as a side note borderlands 2 is actually bigger than 3 with all the dlc and everything.

@5th313ment As I mentioned I am not buying digital games, not now and I probably never will. I understand if you got what you expected and are happy with your purchase but me as someone who collects physical versions of games see no point what so ever in buying it.
I was really excited for this game but this is a deal breaker, had they charge physical versions more I wouldnt have complained.

@5th313ment One more thing, I have always supported Borderlands games hell I bought the first game on release and again for the switch, bought B2 3 times and I have already bought B3 for PC.

@Araquanid I have 2 on PC and Switch. I have tried to get into it many, many times. I think the shooting feels bad. It's definitely not worst of the worst, but it was slow and plodding. The 'tude wasn't nearly as banal and cringe as 3 seems (I doubt I will play that one), but it still got old pretty fast.
2 is not the kind of game that would see me missing out, but I appreciate recommending it.

@Dhuuth I agree, I would love if physical games were still a thing but that is done. I still buy all my games physical, if the full game is on the cart (why bother otherwise). But I think physical is done after this gen. I think Nintendo will hold onto it for one more gen and then even they will dump it. But I think most switch 2 games will be the same of tiny bit of game on the cart, etc. What are you going to do, stop playing games?

@5th313ment I know and it sucks.
Lately I find myself replaying old games so its not that dramatic, besides there are already enough physical games foe me to try jajaja.

Can anyone confirm how many people can play online together at once? I've heard its only 2 which would be lame.

@m0i Well, for example, the full game size for CoD Warzone 2 is just uh… y’know… about 115 GB.

So they can't use a 32gb card yet still charge 50usd for the game? I take a 60 or maybe 70 if they get the DLC on cart first.

Looks a lot more playable than the Vita version of BL2 I suffered through

Bl3 on pc is about ten times that. Pretty insane.

@5th313ment
They’ve made money hand over fist off these games several times over. They can spring for a larger size cart to put the complete game on.Especially charging the same price as it was on previous hardware. 26gb here and 15gb there on supposed physical releases add up and even with a TB memory card it eats it up fast. Physical forever!

@GameOtaku - It's not about losing money on the cartridge. This is a out losing money on the second hand market.

This is intentional to open up opportunities to resell the game, in another collection down the road, with no real concern of the older game being "just 5 bucks," since there will likely be not supporting the older system when that time comes, essentially mass-killing off their "physical" releases remotely.

Even the discs, massive in their size, are not being utilized on the new systems. Because that future proofs their repeated investment to the game.

Like DRM, just not as blatant.

@GameOtaku I agree, physical forever but it must have taken a crack team to port bl3 to switch. Just look at other games like Pokemon which barely runs and has almost n64 graphics at times. Bl3 was 4times the size they shrunk it down and got it running well on the switch. Props where props are due. I'm having a blast with it. I only own switch but it's a ton of fun.

@Chalkfire
Only two and is not lame if the console cannot cope they already reduced everything i read on a review on youtube they changed a lot of texture and even geometry of rocks ecc everything possible to maintain the framerate

@GameOtaku The same game on all others platforms is much lower in price, they could have easily used a 32gb cart and fit all inseeing how they charge the Switch tax.
Or at least use the 16gb one and put the base game but they didnt.
The truth is they cheaped out and I am not buying it.

@WeLiveInASociety Great, same thing as FF then, the last 2 entries are between 100 and 105GB

I'm not happy at the guy who said it needed 60+ GB, as I went through my storage cleaning out a bunch of games to make space, to then find out it wasn't needed, lol I already had like 30GB free.

@Dhuuth
I’m not buying it either if they are going to be cheap. Same with the Batman collection and metal gear as well. If they are going to be scummy I’ll not support them.

@GameOtaku Same here, got so happy about all these announcements only to be let down by all 3 of them.
Was even planning on buying 2 copies of each game cause amI like collecting games but instead I am skipping them.
Only release I am now excited for is Red Dead so all left is to wait a bit more.

So, whatever happened to the fact that nintendo said, like a year after the switch released, that they were working on game cards that were capable of 64gb? Was that just a lie by nintendo so they could put it off until the switch 2?

@Araquanid I just played about two hours of the Presequel and am really enjoying it. I hope these games finally click with me. I was wondering last night why the 'tude in the early games bother me when I love the ridiculous tone of idiotic, edgy 90s games. Thanks. Exciting.

@CaptHowdy84 what I am curious about is all of the claims that the Switch's successor will be graphically on par w XBONE/PS4 games. Those would have to be some big cartridges.

@CaptHowdy84 : I don't think Nintendo had ever made such claims formally.

To date, the highest game card size for a physical release is 32GB, and even 6 years into its lifespan, the number of releases that utilise cartridges that size is ludicrously small.

Publishers are merely being stingy at this point, and Nintendo should NEVER have allowed this practice to take place (even at the risk of alienating third parties; it seems less commercially disadvantageous to screw over customers instead).

There were news stories that nintendo had delayed making those cartridges available to non game developers 2019. That's 4 years passed without any further discussion on it. That is "withholding" technology so that it can keep selling the cheaper product so they can raise their stock again once prior product stops selling

@LikelySatan yeah, it's insane as they could literally put those new microSD cards (with the faster speeds and extra pins) in a Switch cart and they could have 256GB sizes for like $5! You could easily go up to 512GB for $10. Plus it would still be super fast. But knowing Nintendo they'll use some crazy format that is expensive as heck. Also Nintendo needs to use a reliable wifi chip this time as the AC chip in the switch is garbage. I have 1.4Gbps down and 400Mbps up yet on my switch I get like 22Mbps down?!

I have less than 30GB on my 1TB microSD and I'm so happy SanDisk just released a 1.5TB microSD (fastest speeds) for only $150! So I have one on order now. The speed ratings are Class 10, U1, and A1 app performance, with read speeds up to 150MB/s and write speeds up to 100MB/s. Micron was the only game in town for 1.5TB microSDs and they were selling for $500 each!

@5th313ment I vastly prefer portables and carts, so I hope the Switch successor is kind of just a more powerful Switch.
I'm wondering if the Super Switch will put the diminishing returns of graphical fidelity in harsh light, regarding current gen consoles? Like in a way that results in XBOX and Sony making their own Switch ripoffs, or something similar.