As we’ve already said, it’s not a matter of “if” but a matter of “when” Red Dead Redemption 2 will come out on the PC. And according to the European retailer, MediaMarkt, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be released on the PC sometime in 2019.
MediaMarkt is Europe’s largest retailer of consumer electronics so this could be a valid source. However, and as with all such leaks, we strongly suggest taking it with a grain of salt. While the game is currently listed for the PC, it does not confirm the existence of a PC version.
Moreover, MediaMarkt has listed the game for a December 31, 2019, release. Now obviously this is a placeholder however we are not certain whether the game will come out before or after that date. Yes, MediaMarkt hints at a 2019 release however this can be considered – at least for now – a rumour and nothing more.
Now this isn’t something new as Rockstar did the exact same thing with Grand Theft Auto V. As such, and unless Rockstar’s withholds the PC version for a possible next-gen remake, we should hear more about Red Dead Redemption 2 PC in mid-2019… hopefully.
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Sufficient time then to allow the console crowd to effectively beta test it for us in preparation for the real deal release of the game on PC. Just like they did for us with GTA V.
Rockstar is still going to cater to the console crowd first but they should know that they will probably make several hundred million dollars in revenue by porting it to PC eventually. From a business standpoint it’s gotten to the point where it’s stupid to just keep their games on consoles. Not to mention the gamers that will double dip on console first and again later on PC. Who in the world would pass up hundreds of millions of dollars just to please the console gamers?
” Not to mention the gamers that will double dip on console first and again later on PC. ”
brainless customers that encourage Rockstar practices
It probably will. On steam alone, GTA V sold around 12 mln copies and steam version can be only purchased on steam. You can assume total PC sales are around 30 mln total. This is kind of money you can’t simply overlook as a publisher, especially with insane profits from shark cards.
All distribution of GTA V on pc apart from steam are RGSC only copies of the game. This means not only boxed version but keys from third-party retailers such as a humble store or green man gaming are RGSC keys. With the majority of distribution being outside Valve platform is easy to assume rest of GTA V sales are at least on the same level as steam with additional 5 mln as a margin of error since steam spy isn’t as accurate as before.
PC sales of GTA V should be around 20-25% of total sales including last gen consoles.
More like analyze.
I see what you did there 😉
Anyway, even if you consider steam sales alone, there still enough profit to justify PC version.
VGcharts. Considered GTA sold over 100mln copies on all platform, according to slightly outdated data on the website and adding 10% as a margin of error you end with between 25-30mln. But it doesn’t matter since even if my calculations are incorrect(there are definitely imprecise), steam sales alone are enough to justify pc version.
It was 10 million on Steam early last year. Now its probably over 15 million on Steam alone. The retail and key sites sell Rockstar Social Club versions. So if sales are distributed 50/50 that 30 million figure is very plausible.
still shouldn’t be anywhere close to 30mil. regardless even 10mil alone should be enough reason for rockstar to release it on PC and they will.
And why is that?
Third party sellers that offer GTA V often have the game a lot cheaper than on Steam, so it makes sense to assume that RSC keys at least double the amount of Steam activations.
Again, why? Ever since the game was released on PC anyone could get RSC keys on any site other than Steam usually at half price, if not even cheaper.
“The retail and key sites sell Rockstar Social Club versions.”
Yup thats where i got mine.
I wouldn’t doubt that it has sold 30 million copies on PC. According to Wikipedia it has sold 95 million copies on all 3 platforms making it the 3rd best selling game of all time. Only Minecraft and Tetris sold more. If the Wiki is correct that’s a staggering amount of money Rockstar made from GTA V. No doubt there will be a GTA VI.
Frankly I’m a bit surprised that it came out for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The 360 was 8 years old at the time and the PS3 was 7 years old. I wonder if the game ran poorly on those consoles or Rockstar scaled back the settings?
Well define “well”. I remember getting 25-30fps. This isn’t wellin my book but could be considered “well” for old hardware
Got to maximise that revenue stream with every opportunity……
It ran ok. I had it for both PS3 and PS4. PS4 was a big improvement.
It passed 100 mln in august. Now it should be around 103-107 mln.
5 platforms. Don’t forget PS3 / 360.
RDR 2 is made by a different studio than the GTA series. It will not be released for PC. Trust me.
And? Does RDR [insert location name here] want to make money less than RDR [insert location name here]?
Why, are they owned by separate companies? Are the games published by different publishers? What’s changed? What’s different? The engine tech? The CEO? The shareholders? What?
Hell, they’ve even got shark cards lined up and ready to go, so why exactly wouldn’t they want to maximise profits by bringing this to the PC?
if you have to explain likelyhood of rdr2 being on PC to someone, it’s a very safe bet that they can’t comprehend a sentence so you’re just wasting time.
Source: Trust me, dude.
That studio you talking about was san diego made bully, not the pc version the pc version was ported by new england or leeds. San diego made the rage engine, gta iv used a modified rage engine, gta v used the updated rage engine but max payne 3 had the most recent engine made by rockstar vancouver. Then gta v next gen launched with the lastest version of the rage engine.
SOOOOO yeah there will be a pc port at some point.
All 3rd party sites like Green Man Gaming sell only Rockstar keys. And they tend to have better prices than Steam. It probably sold very well that way.
actually the fact it is so many dvds and its so large is why people would buy retail.
I will be playing it in 6 days on my PC though the Xbox One Game Streaming. Suck it Rockstar I won.
Shame on you. It’s partly due to people like you who double dip that Rockstar/Take-Two Interactive are giving PC gamers the shaft again.
First and last time I am doing this. If they pull this crap again for GTA 6 I am done with Rockstar. Enough is enough.
Only then will your soul be redeemed, haha!
Red Dead Redemption 3.
And I will be giving them my money again when it releases on PC.
Nope. Just sick of Rockstars mind games and I hate to beg.
Instead of waiting for it to come to PC I will be done with the game by next month and I will return to playing other games on my PC and my Xbox will go back to being a dust collector just like my PS4 is right now.
You keep being angry at Rockstar for the next 2-3 years until they release it on PC while I will have long moved on to playing other quality PC games.
Its obvious to me you are very upset and besides RDR is not a reskin of GTA but its way way better.
technically you CAN stream it up to 60 FPS…
but even then, the textures will be still pretty crappy
not to mention the input lag from Streaming…
Dude stop, don’t join the dark side.
Retail = R* platform
Digital = Steam + R* (C0ckStar)
Date 31.12.2019 it’s placeholder like in many other things like apps/movies/tv shows 😉
The practice where they bring awesome games to PC? Yeah, I’d hate to support those…
Why assume that everyone is going to buy every version?
I would agree with not double dipping. That only encourages Rockstar to continue staggered releases but if very few buy the game when it releases on PC then they will have no incentive to release on PC at all in the future.
Agreed. A fair compromise, in my opinion at least, will be to buy RDR2 on PC when available at a heavily discounted price from one of the various key vendors. That’s what I did with GTA V.
I won’t hold my breath
anyone who thinks rdr2 won’t be on PC has extremely low iq.
Just like RDR, right? Oh wait…
As I said, I won’t hold my breath, if the game comes out on PC, that’s great, but if not, it’s nothing we haven’t seen before from them, and insulting me doesn’t change that.
if you’re a teenager it’s fine. later on, you’ll grow up and understand why you were stupid but if you’re an adult it means your brain is at its maximum comprehension capacity so if you as an adult really think this game won’t be on PC because the prequel wasn’t, you have a very low iq and you need to compensate for that in your life somehow.
Better be an adult with low IQ than a kid who throws petty insults over someone not sharing the same mindset.
not really, someone who’s that stupid does not belong to anywhere other than labor camps. is it an insult to call someone who’s stupid, stupid?
to prove you something, let’s say for the sake of this conversation i take back my words and i won’t call you stupid and i apologize. let’s hear how you justify why a game wouldn’t be released on a specific platform because its prequel wasn’t. i want to know how you get that idea and what goes through your mind.
You almost cut me with that edge man.
so i was right about calling you stupid or do you actually have anything to say?
But take into consideration that RDR1 released in 2010. For anyone around PC gaming at that time I’m sure they remember all of the people posting on the internet that PC gaming was dying. One guy on PC Gamer that worked for Intel made the prediction in 2011 that there wouldn’t even be any CPUs for PC gamers within 5 years.
Several Developers were of the same opinion and Ubisoft was claiming that 95% of PC gamers were pirates anyway.
Things are very different today. The PC platform generates more revenue than Xbox or Playstation individually. PC has been number 1 for several years now. It will be much harder for Rockstar to ignore that much money this time.
REPEAT
RDR was made by san diego, they made the first version of the rage engine. Gta v use an udpated engine. Gta v used an updated version from gta iv, max payne 3 shipped with the latest version until gta v next gen upgraded the engine again.
Remember how much of a mess gta iv pc was? Remember how rdr run like trash on consoles?
rdr 2 is using the latest version of the engine there will be a pc version and faster than gta v. Consoles have same architecture as pc, and the engine is updated to work well on pcs.
I remember that one with a console fanboy on youtube “FINAL FANTASY 15 WILL NEVER COME OUT ON PC”
I explained to the dumb fck that it run on a pc engine that was developed for pcs…nope didnt get it.
Update: Rockstar say it just false rumour…
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Thats the news for tomorrow when you open dsogaming..
What else would they say? They said the same about GTAV last time.
Chances are it probably will come out in 2019, unless there’s a new console release around the corner we don’t know about set for 2019/2020.
No chance for next gen consoles in 2019. I think that Sony and MS release new hardware in 2020+:
late 2019 or early 2020 – Xbox One X “slim” in 7nm (6 TFLOPS) for 300 usd
late 2020 – PS5 for 400 usd
late 2021 – Xbox Next *scarlett” for 500 usd
MS confirmed that they will release two consoles one cheap “slim” and second more powerful as “premium device” . Sony will probably focus only on one console for 400
For once we actually agree on something; next consoles are most likely 2020+ (unfortunately).
True… currently hardware is too expensive
– 7nm process must be cheap and reliable,
– GDDR6 memory must be much cheaper than today (next consoles need at least 16-24 GB)
With today memory prices and “young and risky” 7nm process there are no chance for big “next gen” APU for 400-500 usd. Even in 2020 it will be very risky because mass production must start many months before launch date
And that’s assuming there’s no manufacturing delays from the new die size process. There’s been quite a few delays historically when switching sizes, and even with companies moving away from TSMC in the last few years (they personally had a fair number of issues, for example), that still leaves the question of whether or not the next consoles will face manufacturing delays for one reason or another.
First very expensive 7nm chips will be available at second half of 2019. In late 2020 that 7nm process will be more reliable and much cheaper. So it will be possible to start mass production of 7nm consoles in early 2021 half year before launch at late 2021
GDDR6 memory also will be much cheaper in 2020/2021 so it wont be a big problem to use 24 GB. Current Xbox One X devkits already uses 24 GB of video memory so developers can already start create games with such big textures.
you talked so mutch about how the xobx one x is so powerfull and sh.t and now oh we need new consoles for new games and uh more flip flops ture 4k next gen scarlett 30FPS trashcan
Xbox One X is 6 TFLOPS like GTX 1070. Of course Xbox One X have more and much faster memory thanks to 384-bit interface but still is hardware a little faster than GTX 1070. Its current gen.
From next generation I want at lest 2-3x faster hardware with 15-18 TFLOPS and at least 24 GB GDDR6. It is minimum configuration
With today technology and prices this is not possible. We need cheap reliable 7nm to create 18 TFLOPS GPU and much cheaper memory if we want 24 GB of GDDR6. I believe it will be possible in 2021.
“still is hardware a little faster than GTX 1070”
The 1070 kick the a r s e of the X…
Forza Horizon 4
Some One X settings
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So with MSAAx8 (instead of X4) and SSAO on ultra (instead of Medium/High), and some other settings higher as well, the 1070 kick the a r s e of the One X on a MS 1st party title…
Even DF already confirmed a locked 30 fps at 4K extreme with a 1070…
I dont know what u smoke but i want some
Speaking of smoking you still havent replied how my gtx 970 do better at 4k max setting in Far Cry 5 than your “insert random terraflop number” xbox one x
Hmmmm?
Still using old GTX 970? I read that card have only 3.5 GB of video memory (4x less than 12 GB used by Xbox One X). So you must play those Far Cry on lowest quality of textures with so little video memory on your GPU. You should upgrade long time ago
let me show you how dumb you are . bend over and enjoy ….
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look . a GTx 970 dooing better then you lots of numbers shaitbox one x
how dose it feel to be so wrong eh ?
NOW LET SEE WHAT HE WILL REPLY
he can :
1 tell lies
2.dont reply
3. bring up some nosese
Yet another wilfully disingenuous pig ignorant comment from you. Pitiful.
Comoon say something
let me show you how dumb you are . bend over and enjoy ….
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look . a GTx 970 dooing better then you lots of numbers shaitbox one x
how dose it feel to be so wrong eh ?
NOW LET SEE WHAT HE WILL REPLY
he can :
1 tell lies
2. tell
lol the 1070 beats it in every game, even Forza Horizon 4 a Direct X 12 game. Stop lying.
Another day, another wilfully disingenuous Xbot comment from Sp4ctr0 Spencer on this PC-exclusive gaming site. Pathetic.
You can put your terraflops in place, where sun is not shining.
So true! Sp4ctr0 Spencer has been posting comments of how desperate he is for the next Xbox less than one year after the last Xbox was launched. Truly pitiful peasantry.
That and if it’s “not true” then we can all objectively call T2’s speech on “PC gaming is important to us” as an utter lie, since their only big release within the next few years is RDR2, so if PC doesn’t get RDR2 within 3 years, then it’s a complete and utter lie that can be called out.
They gotta otherwise dem pc players not sure if pc version is coming wouldnt get the console version. I know i’m not getting the console version. Its pc or nothing.
knowing how much attention these retailers get by “leaking” stuff like this specially from rockstar, i’m 100 percent sure they made this up on purpose.
From VGChartz:
Total GTA V sales = 95 Million
GTA V PS3 Sales = 20.3 Million
GTA V PS4 Sales = 18.46 Million
GTA V Xbox 360 Sales = 15.85 Million
GTA V Xbox One Sales = 8.13 Million
GTA V PC Sales = 32.26 Million
GTA V sold most copies on PC? I doubt it.
According to that, consoles sold over 60 million, so no.
GTA V has a lot of cheaters that get banned and buy another copy of the game…. Its a reason why its always on the Steam Top Sellers list.
i have also a ps4pro but i wont do the mistake i did with ff15,ill wait even 2 years if i have to.
besides i have a huge backlog
As somebody whos from the Netherlands i can tell you Mediamarkt post wrong dates all the time.
My bet is Rockstar will do the same thing as they did with GTAV, they will wait for next gen consoles then release a remaster on both next gen and pc, which will be sometime in 2020.
Sure is going to happen around 2020/2021 with a remastered edition on PS5. But seriously i don’t know all the hype about this game, the 1st one is boring as $h…
Based MediaMarkt, the console boys will be furiously in denial.
Not going to hold my breath
Of course it is. Not sure why anyone believes corporate Mouths of Sauron when a child can easily follow the money. R* made too much freaking money from PC: people using mods, streamers, Double Dippers (Triple if they bought BOTH console gens and pc versions), etc.
Oh but lets not forget how “expensive” games are to make (a massive exaggeration relative to their profits) so these practices are all justified. Funny how this “expensive to make” condition by which we measure price and value with products made is not a concern with other entertainment mediums.
Take Two/Rockstar made a damn fortune on GTA V. Considering how many people buy games for full price on release and then the shark cards too. I checked and the 95 million units sold is from Take Two’s Financial Report so it’s probably accurate. From what I could find development cost along with marketing they spent around 265 million dollars.
I wish I had bought some Take Two stock back when GTA V was released. It was trading for around $20 a share. It’s now trading for $122 a share. A 610% profit in just 5 years.
more like devs begging the pc for money
im not begging for anything, seems like your the one begging for it
not to be on there but seeing as rockstar cares about money more then a sad lonely persons crusade against pc, youll be jumping off a cliff when its announced!
like FF15 never released oops
Just like FF15, GTAV, Dark Souls, Crash Bandicoot, Devil May Cry, Vanquish, Bayonetta, etc. etc. etc. which also never came to PC.
Oh, and Spyro, since there’s absolutely no rumours what-so-ever about the Spyro remaster trilogy coming to PC…… ;D
and ace combat….. or most xbone exlusives like quantum break, ryse and recore
Lets go again
RDR was made by san diego, they made the first version of the rage engine. Gta v use an udpated engine. Gta v used an updated version from gta iv, max payne 3 shipped with the latest version until gta v next gen upgraded the engine again.
Remember how much of a mess gta iv pc was? Remember how rdr run like trash on consoles?
rdr 2 is using the latest version of the engine there will be a pc version and faster than gta v. Consoles have same architecture as pc, and the engine is updated to work well on pcs.
Keep being your ridiculous, deluded self, it’s not at all pathetic.
It’s funny you think companies are filled with shining integrity for the developers making the games. This is 100% about money. Always has been.
It’s incredible how you people still haven’t blocked this brain damaged kid.
Rockstar :
1.say it just false rumour…
2 release it for all the consoles
3. wait for all the peasants to buy it
4. releas it on pc so peasants get it again + PC sales
5. profit
Hopefully will happen ?
I’ll be possibly buying it at a heavy discount, but seeing how they wanna shove MT’s into RDR2, I don’t think I’ll be investing into it.
The Unofficial news
The Beta Test started on 26.10.2018
The beta test will be only in 30FPS.
The PC release will be after the console BETA TEST
They can shove it right up their bums.
to those who are tempted to buy this game:
do not be tempted my brothers, if you desperately want this game limit the publishers acquisition of revenue
I.E rent it, or buy used if you’re that much of a cuck
i personally wouldn’t play it, because i know that they’ll bomb the game with Marxism and NPC politics
and besides, the last Rockstar game sucked massive balls, and i know this won’t be like RDR
this will be like GTA V, medicore and full of cardboard characters
Should be released on all platforms, Exclusives should be a thing of the past.
If a game is to try and sell a particular platform then it should be on a timer, That platform gets exclusive gaming rights for 6-12 months then after that it gets released on all other platforms.
This way everyone is happy, More profits for game company and gamers on other platforms don’t miss out.
Everything is getting more expensive these days, Gone are the days of just going out and buying a second platform/console for just 1 or 2 exclusive games, That’s now a niche market of many people.
I wil buy it when it comes to pc for sure so that is more revneue for them, Otherwise I’ll just skip the game and move on to something else. Not going to spend several hundred just to go and get another console.
boo .. should come to pc at same time
You behave like desperate and Rockstars knows it.
If it’s anything like GTA V. Where extra 2 years is put into pushing the game and your PC to the limit. Meanwhile making sure any PC can run if you adjust the setting correctly. you know what? I’ll buy it.
– Massive graphical upgrade from old gen console version.
– Extra graphical option exclusive for PC. That can make the game look much more nicer than PS4 or XB1 version.
– making sure the game is so well-optimized even 7 years PC can run it. I mean GT520 can run the damn game. How many games since 2014 can run on that with 30FPS? you can’t even run DOOM on GT520 and that was well-regard as a good port.
ill buy it when its cheap on a deal site.
if you want my humble opinion i found gta iv borring and gta v a bit less borring, i had more fun with ubisoft open world games… i know proposterous right?
The only port ill beg for is sunset overdrive.