Last month, we got some hints about a possible remaster of the first Red Dead Redemption game on current-gen platforms. And, while Red Dead Redemption Remaster may be real, you should not expect any kind of announcement this weekend.
But let’s take things from the beginning. In July 2023, Rockstar’s new site update added a new reference within the games list. The following is the new logo for Red Dead Redemption, with the game having the “RDR1RSP” codename. The codename appears to be “Red Dead Redemption 1 Remastered Single-Player” or “Red Dead Redemption 1 Remake Single-Player“.
Since this is coming straight from Rockstar’s website, we are confident that a remaster or a remake of Red Dead Redemption is indeed in development.
However, some rumors surfaced, suggesting an announcement before Take-Two’s upcoming financial report. That rumor suggested an August 4-6th announcement. And, as you may have guessed, nothing has happened. So no, don’t expect Take-Two and Rockstar to announce this remaster/remake later this weekend.
This is one of the reasons we didn’t initially report on this leak. At this point, there is nothing significant to discuss or share. Yes, Rockstar’s site hints at this remaster/remake, but until Take-Two officially announces it, there is nothing more to say. And while we’d love to see a legit leak, we’ve been bombarded with numerous fake leaks and rumors. Hell, some captured screenshots from RDR2 and passed them as early screenshots from this remaster/remake.
Now the good news for all PC gamers is that they can already play the original version of Red Dead Redemption via the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia. Xenia currently runs the game incredibly well, especially if you have a high-end PC system.
So there you have it, everyone. I know that some of you wanted us to report on this but as I said, there is nothing important to share at this point. I mean, we don’t even know whether this will be a mere remaster or a full-on remake. Thus, until we have more details to share, we’d suggest taking everything you hear about RDR1RSP with a grain of salt!
UPDATE:
Rockstar has just announced that Red Dead Redemption will re-release on PS4 and Switch. This will be a simple port of the original game, without any enhancements. Curious enough, this re-release will not be coming to PC (though PC gamers will be at least able to use Yuzu or Ryujinx to plat it).
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I remember an interview with a Rockstar Exec back in the day when asked why won’t they port RDR to PC replied that it would be difficult and wouldn’t be worth the investment. Well, PC gaming has come a long, long way in the last 13 years since RDR’s release and PC gaming is the largest revenue producer of the 3 major platforms for a few years now (excluding mobile).
Rockstar must surely know that they will make tens of millions of dollars from the PC gamers on a remaster or remake. They could just walk away from it and leave that money on the table but that would be financial stupidity on their part.
R* is one of the few big developers/publishers left that does staggered releases on PC because they are afraid piracy will eat away a large chuck of their launch revenue. And because people love to double dip.
imo Rockstar mainly does the staggered release to catch the double dippers. They are clever in the way they do this. They will create uncertainty about whether a game like GTA V will be ported to PC or when it will and then gamers buy it on console right away and a lot buy it again on PC for the superior gaming experience.
RDR2 stayed uncracked for 354 days. I don’t think Rockstar is worried about pirates that much.
And why do you think Rockstar invested in a DRM capable of slowing pirates for a year? Because they don’t worry about pirates?
That’s not the revenue generated from single player games. People on PC simply tend to pay more for MTs and cosmetics.
Also, this is probably a complete remake not a remaster.
I’m aware that a huge chunk of PC gaming revenue comes from microtransactions. Revenue dropped sharply for PC gaming in 2022 but it did for console game sales as well and for PC hardware across the board with the exception of Nvidia which went way up because they are locking up the AI hardware market. Uncertainty of how bad the world economy will get is still causing people to not spend so much on non-essentials.
But the bottom line is that money is money and Publishers don’t care how they get it. A RDR remake would generate a huge amount of revenue in game sales and microtransactions for Rockstar. They would be foolish to pass up on cashing in.
The world economy has been recovering since people were all doom and gloom (including rytards on this site, Santiago comes to my mind). Most indices are trading near their all-time high.
Inflation is near the Biden administration’s initial target, unemployment is down, spending is down, and GDPs are seeing growth again.
I don’t even know why we’re talking about the economy, but that part of your comment got my attention.
Regardless, I agree with you. PC is definitely a platform worth investing in, but it’s for the wrong reasons IMO, and it doesn’t benefit us.
Economy is so good, Rating dropped from AAA to AA!
It’s completely irrelevant.
Economy is going indie next.
A remaster is for consoles that can’t run more than 30 fps and higher than 720p, for PC it’s just a port.
Okay
Why did you delete your other dumb reply?
Because you have a low IQ and I’m not in the mood of talking to a wall.
Finally you learned your lesson, after losing to the wall.
Shoo dirty sand n*gger
Shoo u
A PC port would be the same game on xbox360 and PS3 without changing anything other than frame rate and resolution.
Only people on DSOG are stupid enough to think Rockstar is counting on sales of a PS3 game in 2024-26
That was just an excuse. They definitely had a backdoor deal with console makers to keep it exclusive to consoles only
I don’t know about that, PC gaming was not strong enough back then for console makers to throw money at them, if that was the case, it would make more sense for them to deny PC gaming of GTA games.
Only because nobody including rockstar was putting any meaningful efforts in the pc versions. The publishers & developers were more to blame for the whole pc gaming not being strong enough. There are pc games that were still selling millions.
RDR remaster and GTA VI may exist, just don’t expect an announcement or even a single trailer/screenshot in the next 5 years.
Then you’d be impressively dumb. 5 Years? Hilarious.
It’s called sarcasm. Also, GTA 5 was released in what, 2012?
That’s either very bad sarcasm or just dumb. Sorry.
5 Years is nonsense.
Also what has R* really made:
GTA V port? Don’t think it was by them
GTA trilogy ports/remasters? Was made by GSG
RDR port? Double Eleven Studios
So apart from Shark cards and new cars for GTA Online I don’t think R* has done anything worthwhile in the last couple of years.
They moved away from game development to gamer money milking. I still think the worst thing in gaming is gamer themselves, too many fools to take advantage from.
After the GTA “remaster” it’s hard for me to get the least bit excited about this …. Or anything else Rockstar does and says …..
If it’s got the RDR2 graphics/mechanism’s I am down. If it’s just some shoddy remaster then Idgaf
I’ll take RDR2’s graphics, but they can keep the “mechanisms”. The realism simulation aspects of RDR2 were nothing but unnecessary busy work. (Eg oiling guns; brushing horses; so many steps to craft; only being able to call horses in earshot range; etc)
that’s why mods are necessary
I bet it’s a remaster given they’re too busy on GTA 6. And if it’s by R* then its good. If its from some street pc porting company, no thanks
No one was expecting anything this weekend.
Oh no dsogaming is coping again
It was announced yesterday, dumb dumb.
It ended up being a Nintendo switch port………… https://media2.giphy.com/media/NQr9CR7KooV7G/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
lol, for PS4 and Nintendo
$49.99 for a 13 year old game on a 10 year old conslow.
Only Rockstar in 2023
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It just got announced today lol
It’s a remaster. Update your forum
https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51ok43a4521a8o/red-dead-redemption-and-undead-nightmare-coming-to-nintendo-switch-and?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=o_social&utm_campaign=rdr1_announcement_switchps4-20230807
Rockstar really hates PC uh
You know, rockstar actually just gave us a PC version. The yuzu emulator will probably allow us to run the game better than Xenia, and will allow mods. So F you rockstar, we will win.