Da Borderlands schon in einigen Versandhäusern und Geschäften erhältlich war, erhielten in den letzten Tagen bereits einige Spieler ihre Borderlands PC-Version. Aufgrund der Onlinefreischaltung, die ausgeführt werden muss, um das Spiel zu spielen, entstanden in der Community einige Umstimmigkeiten, da die Aktivierungs-Server noch nicht erreichbar sind. Alle Besitzer der PC-Version wollten verständlicherweise jetzt spielen und nicht erst am offiziellen Releasedatum.
Die Community Managerin von 2K Games "Elizabeth" sagte dazu vor kurzem folgendes:
"Hey guys,
Yesterday we learned that a fraction of the PC copies of Borderlands were accidentally sold to consumers in some countries but that gamers could not activate their copies yet. Since we learned of this problem, we have been looking into the issue to find the best possible solution for everyone.
I'm going to be completely honest with you guys right now. It is not possible for us to move the planned release date of the game forward. We could not possibly get the games into stores worldwide and out for digital distribution any earlier than planned. Less than 1% of all copies were sold, and if we unlocked the game today, illegal versions would most likely appear on torrents by the evening. I am sure all of you want our PC launch to be as successful as possible, and we simply won't be able to manage that any earlier than already planned.
I want to apologize for those of you who have gotten the game ahead of our release date, and ask for your patience and understanding. The game will be ready in the US and Canada at midnight eastern standard time on Monday, October 26th, and internationally by Friday, October 30th.