It’s been 13 years since we first met John Marston, yet it feels like only yesterday we were speaking about him. Or maybe it was yesterday…? The news about theRed Dead Redemptionport, specifically its price, is causing a stir online.
See the trailer for the RDR Nintendo Switch release now!
Its current price is only ten dollars less than when it was originally released in 2010. What is more, the backward compatible versions onXboxare much cheaper.
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Set at $49.99, the cost feels like a steep price tag for an old game. However, while fans may think it unfair, according to aninterviewwith IGN, Take-Two Interactive’s CEO believes it’s a fair price.
“That’s just what we believe is the commercially accurate price for it,” CEO Strauss Zelnick said. Zelnick then continued to talk ofUndead Nightmare’s inclusion in the port, which they said “was a great standalone game in its own right when it was originally released, so we feel like it’s a great bundle for the first time, and certainly a great value for consumers.”
Granted, this is a bundle rather than a single game. But when you take into account thatRed Dead Redemptionhas been available on the Xbox Series for a while now it seems less than fair. Add to that the fact that the new port won’t include multiplayer, or be available on PC, and for many fans it feels like a lacklustre deal.
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It’s become a sore point for a lot of gamers, especially due to the sheer volume of rumours about a remaster that have circulated for years now. So much so thatRDRfans are review bombingthe game ahead of its release next week on 17 August 2023.
These upset fans are imploring gamers to avoid the port at all costs with such ferocity that the announcement trailer for theRDRport has 110K dislikes. To make matters even worse, at least for fans, arecent fan-made remake screenshothas left us with the pain of knowing what could have been if Rockstar Games had gone a different route.
But until the port officially releases, and the sales stats pour in, it’s anyone’s guess as to how well this “commercially accurate” priced game will do. Though, let’s be honest, it seems doubtful that fans will pay the suggested price when there’s other means of obtaining the game, especially if you’re on Xbox.
Red Dead Redemptionwill be available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 on 17 August 2023.
Topics:Red Dead Redemption,Rockstar Games
