Nintendo gamers may never get the chance to play Gearbox Software's latest game, Borderlands 4, on the Nintendo Switch 2.

We made the difficult decision to pause development,' Take-Two Interactive said, confirming that Borderlands 4's handheld version has been shelved.

Take-Two Interactive revealed it is pausing development on its Nintendo Switch 2 edition of “Borderlands 4” in its latest quarterly earnings results Tuesday. The title’s Switch 2 release was removed from Take-Two’s chart of upcoming games (where it was previously listed as having a “TBA” release date),

The handheld gaming market has become much more competitive since the first Nintendo Switch released, so a few devices now outperform Nintendo's new console.

Nintendo's latest financial results are notably silent on the sales performance of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which has not appeared on the company's list of million copy-selling games for either Switch 1 or Switch 2.

Sales figures for the first-person game weren't mentioned in Nintendo's latest financial report.

Well, Game File journalist Stephen Totilo has now reached out to Nintendo and got an official confirmation from a representative that the "combined sales" of the two titles have surpassed the one million mark. Here's the message relayed on social media:

Take-Two has revealed that development on Borderlands 4's Switch 2 port has been delayed indefinitely, so the game may never see the light of day on Nintendo's new machine.