Rumor alert, everyone. It appears that Rockstar Games may finally release the first Red Dead Redemption game on the PC platform. According to dataminer Tez2, Rockstar has updated its launcher site file with the following information.
It looks like Rockstar is gearing up to release #RDR1 on PC. pic.twitter.com/2xMmpFIdCk
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) May 13, 2024
In August 2023, Rockstar announced a “remaster” of RDR for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. So, if I had to guess, I’d say that the game will come out on PC this Summer, one year after its console release.
Now the reason I quoted the word remaster was because this felt more like a re-release than a proper remaster. In short, don’t expect any major visual enhancements or improvements.
Now I know that a lot of PC gamers have been asking for a native PC version of Red Dead Redemption. With a native PC port, modders will be able to overhaul it. So, in a way, this is good news.
However, the fact that Rockstar treats PC gamers as second-class citizens does not sit well with me. Let’s also not forget that GTA6 will be skipping the PC at launch. Yes yes, we all know that GTA 6 will, eventually, hit the PC after its console release. Still, as I said, I’m not OK with the way Rockstar and Take-Two have been treating PC gamers.
Ironically, PC gamers have been experiencing RDR on PC via emulation all this time. In July 2023, we shared a video showing a modern-day PC running RDR the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia, with up to 300fps. Not only that but the Nintendo Switch emulators can run Red Dead Redemption smoothly.
Another interesting thing here is that if RDR sells well on PC, it may reinforce Rockstar’s and Take-Two’s PC strategy. Put yourselves into Take-Two’s position. Why should you release your next Rockstar game on both consoles and PC and cannibalize your sales? After all, you can release your game on PC one year after its console release. And it will still sell like crazy.
My guess is that Take-Two and Rockstar will announce the game for PC this or next month. And, as always, we’ll be sure to keep you posted.
Stay tuned for more!
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Yep, once they ported RDR to PS4 (e.g. an x86 console), it was inevitable it would come to PC. Rockstar has mostly delayed their PC releases since at least the PS2 era, though sometimes only by a matter of weeks like Max Payne 3. But ya, of course they want a bunch of dummies buying the PS4 version for $50 then double dipping on a PC version a year later.
Max payne 3 was the only game which was delayed for 1 week only, the reason is probably becoz max payne 3 was always a PC game first and most of its fan base are PC gamers. Max payne 1 was sold very well on PC.
I think it might release on May 18th or May 21st marking its 14th anniversary.
Was I the only person who thought this game was dull as toast?
It seems there are a few toast lovers here.
will this be a “definitive edition” screw up or a super drm mess?
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I kinda feel like gta v and skyrim being able to hit people for multiple generations was a one time thing because of how dated those platforms were and how backwards compatability was not an option at that specific time. Today, there wouldnt be a plausible reason to keep console players segregated as they were and the consoles are even more so closer to PCs than they were then. Especially when you consider Xbox Smart Delivery giving you the copy of the game on your whole microsoft account regardless of the platform you choose to play it on and sony almost fully embracing backwards compatability in ways that it couldnt previously.
My patience has rewarded me finally. Never bothered with emulators for this one. I wanted to experience it on PC and mod the heck out of it. And don’t be salty on gta 6. As much I wanted it to be in the 80s, but R* didn’t, at least we can whack the dark matters with rocket launchers hilariously unlike any other games Hahahaha!
“However, the fact that Rockstar treats PC gamers as second-class citizens does not sit well with me.”
> Proceeds to make a post about it under the flinsiest pretext.
lol f*ck off. I don’t even care anymore.
Nah, I want Red Dead Revolver! This one is kinda lame.
If you think RDR2 got boring fast, the first one is a bore fest from start to the finish.
Played RDR1, is a good game, but not even 1% as good as RDR2. Also shorter. RDR2 is basically a simulator, you can feel the world, live in it, the immersion is ridiculously good.
It’s a being on a leash and watch cutscenes simulator in its campaign.
All of the fancy technology used for the open world is wasted because the director just wanted to make a pretentious movie.
RDR1 is the best spaghetti western game we have, while overall RDR2 is a better game than RDR1, the overall environment and atmosphere of west in RDR1 is unbeatable. RDR1 feels more western than RDR2 idk it just me or anyone else feels that way, also i like the music in RDR1 more than RDR2 and not to mention the undead nightmare was a lot of fun.
I think Red Dead Revolver needs a remaster because that game was too good to be missed out by anyone .
Meh game
Rather having it natively than dealing with emulators…i’ll pirate it gladly.
Most gamers already played this by now. It’s going to be interesting again thanks to mods.
Can’t wait. It’s asnine that R*never bothered releasing it on PC until now.
Rockstar claimed it wouldn’t be worth the effort to port it to PC back in 2010 because they didn’t think they would make enough money on it. That was a long time ago when consoles were king. Things are very different now and the Publishers see it as a bad idea financially to not port those old console exclusives to generate a lot of revenue.
This rumor comes up every couple years… in fact, it was only last September it came around again and everyone was 1000% positive we were getting a PC Port of Red Dead Redemption. I hate to burst people’s bubbles, but it’s not gonna happen. Rockstar said back in 2010 the code was too much of a mess to release on PC, and they’ve stuck to their guns on that for the last 13 years.
It just won’t happen, and I am bummed, I LOVED that game. I owned a Game Store when that came out, had my YouTube video Red Dead Demonic Horse go viral and have Rockstar contact me directly to fix the bug. That game is very special to me personally… but a PC port just isn’t going to happen, as much as I even wish it would.
“Rockstar said back in 2010 the code was too much of a mess to release on PC”
That was almost 15 years ago now, and before they did a (almost) complete port of the game to PS4 and switch.
I won’t believe it until I see it either but I think this is probably pretty concrete evidence, Tez2 is know for bulletproof leaks and these strings are directly pulled from their launcher.
I’d be more than happy to be wrong. But man, we’ve all gone through this so many times with “bulletproof leaks”. I just don’t buy it, but this industry is so screwed up anything is possible. If something like Voodoo Vince can get a remaster out of nowhere, we can get a Red Dead PC port.
Rockstar themselves never officially said that the code was too much of a mess to release on PC.
Yeah it’s just a myth for people to cope with. No different than Alan Wake devs saying the game was meant to be played on a couch, so no PC port. Both stories are bs, but Rockstar story was more believable to their fanboys.
Except Rockstar never officially said themselves that the code was a mess or something, if they released it for POS platform like PS3 than they can do it for PC as well, the main reason is that red dead redemption was developed by Rockstar San diego and Rockstar san Diego never released any game for PC except midnight club II, now these studios have been merged, i forgot the exact statement they gave but it was something like commercial viability in vague terms, then finally they said hope PC gamers will enjoy upcoming L.A. noire and max payne 3 and we can finally put the rumors to rest that we have abandoned the PC platform.
So yeah, it’s always about money, even slam dunk games like these where not “commercially viable” because it would profit millions and not billions. But let’s keep rewarding these POS with more sales, why not?
“Except Rockstar never officially said themselves that the code was a mess or something”
That’s why i said it was a “myth”.
If they just didn’t touched the game ever again i would believe you, but they just recently ported RDR for PS4 and Switch, so i don’t think this old story about messy code has any value, it was always a bs excuse kind of like devs of Alan Wake saying it was a game to be played on a couch, it have even less value nowadays with the recent ports.
Unfortunately this will probably be missing multiplayer, but maybe that’s for the best…
Too little too late, game is perfectly playable through emulators on any mid range PC.
Except it takes a lot of horsepower to run it in 1440p and no proper mouse and keyboard support. Yeah its too late but the game wasn’t even playable on emulators until the release of Xenia Canary a year or so ago.
1440p takes ‘mid range PC” automatically out of the equation.
yeah thats my point, my rtx 3060 keeps dropping below 60fps on xenia canary on 1440p in towns in rdr1, while 1080p is doable, Xbox series S and X are easily running it in resolutions higher than 1080p , we on the other hand had to emulate and use that much more horse power to run it decently. Native port will be able to run easily like MGS 3 master collection. I can run MGS3 master collection in 1440p (mod) easily on even on my old gaming laptop laying around with gtx 980m Gpu and that laptop is literally sleeping while running mgs3 master collection and that same game while running on PCSX2 uses 90% gpu when upscaled to 1080p on that laptop. A native port is god sent at this point.
Can’t wait to p1rate it
As much as i hate Rockstar, this game is the one i always wanted on PC, i will buy it in a heartbeat, even if they don’t update the graphics i just want all PC like settings for resolution and higher quality textures as well. Playing this game with mouse and keyboard will be a joy.
Why not pirate it for PC instead? There are 3 options you could choose right now, and you could pirate it a 4th time depending on how crackable the game is.
why pirate when i can buy it ?
“Another interesting thing here is that if RDR sells well on PC, it may reinforce Rockstar’s and Take-Two’s PC strategy”
Yep, I actually cannot be bothered by that strategy, their released usually quite stable on PC as far as i experience (except for GTA IV). I wish that to be continued, they knew PC is a big market with steady cashflow and didnt mess their PC port as always
They only started making good PC ports starting from Max Payne 3, all of their previous work on PC version was always Garbage, Bully, Gta iii, vice city, san andreas, L.A. noire, literally every one of them required community patches to work properly and to make them up to the PC gamers standards. Gta IV was universally a bad performing game even on the original consoles but on PC with DXVK Gta IV runs like a dream nowadays.
I never tried PC version of Bully (my nephew had a PS2 put at my house back then and Im playing it there ), but in my experience GTA 3, GTA VC and GTA SA run well (despite lacklustre graphic compared to PS2 version) on my 2004 PC with P4 2,4A Ghz, Radeon 9550 256MB and 512 MB DDR RAM on my 1024×768 CRT.
LA Noire though, with my Athlon II X2 4800+ and Radeon HD 6850 1 GB and 2GB DDR 2 RAM, its run well at capped 30fps I believed (im admitted playing th cr*cked version skipping any annoying necessity of logging into RSSC)
Running rockstar games was never an issue, older rockstar games were not graphically good looking to begin with and San andreas PC version has its pros as well like higher resolutions, better draw distance and real time shadows but with post fx quality set to anything other than medium san andreas was a demanding asf game but the port was overall lackluster becoz not only graphical features were missing, some of the physics like helicopter blades rotation, parachute animation among many other things were not working on the original PC release, without silent patch these 3 classic Gta games are meh on PC. L.A. noire though has a fix available these days which allows the game to run above 30fps and it does not also breaks the motion capture facial expression in the game, here is the link to the fix
https://github.com/VaanaCZ/LANVP/releases/
Never heard about San andreas having any kind of real time shadows…
On ps2 san andreas had blobs of shadows, on PC version and the original Xbox version, the trees poles cars npcs everything is casting shadows.
I think im pretty susceptible to that kind of problem and accept the flaws as a part of the quirk of a console port t the time lol… The one I remember fondly regarding to annoying PC port in that era was MGS 2 PC, it needs patches for my Radeon 9550 GPU ( or ATI GPU in general) in order to display the rain in the prologue properly. Probably also due to CRT, that capped 30 FPS in LA Noire not so much problem for me as far as i remember
P.S : just realise your profile pic is Naked Snake a.k.a Big Boss
***Another interesting thing here is that if RDR sells well on PC, it may reinforce Rockstar’s and Take-Two’s PC strategy.***
It totally won’t. Stop being naive.
Oh and it’s C**kstar’s subsiduary startegy, not Take2 in general.
2K Games always released its games day 1 on PC.
***Another interesting thing here is that if RDR sells well on PC, it may reinforce Rockstar’s and Take-Two’s PC strategy.***
It totally won’t. Stop being naive.
Oh and it’s C**kstar’s subsiduary startegy, not Take2 in general.
2K Games always released its games day 1 on PC.