To those waiting for Battleborn to be free-to-play, we got bad news for you. We previously reported that Battleborn will be converted from paid to free-to-play in a couple of months' time. Rumor has it that it will be officially announced by mid-November but may change due to the hearsay that it has already been moved a couple of times.
The information was gathered from a person asking to be anonymous and made contact with Kotaku claiming that the developers had always wanted to make Battleborn free-to-play but 2K Games decided to retail it as a standard $60 game.
Hours after the rumor got out, Randy Pitchford - Gearbox Software CEO, posted a Tweet to deny all the reports about Battleborn going free-to-play, as reported by WeGotThisCovered.com.
I was just told about a reckless story about Battleborn going F2P that is false. There are no plans to convert Battleborn free to play.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) September 29, 2016
We have some unannounced plans to do a trial version of the game that would be free and from which retail can be purchased along with DLC. — Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) September 29, 2016
Free trial plans are not firm yet - months away. Expect great continued support and awesome line up of DLC.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) September 29, 2016
I do not expect we'll have our details sorted or be ready to talk about it until we're well past the DLC - months away at best. — Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) September 29, 2016
Based on sales and player base, the game is not successful, thanks to an already handful hero shooters such as Blizzard's Overwatch rolling out the same month as Battleborn.
When compared to Overwatch, the games seem to have different points and features and number of people also reviewed Battleborn to be pretty good, nonetheless, Overwatch still dominated the market.
While 2K has not denied about the struggles that is currently experienced by the shooter, nothing has also been confirmed as of this writing. It wouldn't be a surprise if the game goes free-to-play since this has already been done with Evolve. It could even turn things around for Battleborn.
The game is currently available for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
