That’s the sucker’s price. Wait a bit & it will drop.
I’ve been waiting for years. Before RDR2 came out. But you’re absolutely right. Waiting for a couple months and I’m confident we’ll see a real sale. The whole reissue/not remaster game is not playing out the way they’d hoped. Remember the GTA Master collection or whatever the hell they call it?
Considering the stories of the code base being an absolute mess, I can see how there might be a floor in what they can charge due to the labour cost of making it functional on PS4 and Switch. Even if the port is the barest of bones, or even a hot mess.
At least it will make it easier to emulate on Linux 😄
No one is saying that it should be free. The issue is that $50 for a straight port of a 13 year-old game is ridiculous when Sony’s competitor offers free backwards compatibility—and 4K upscaling. Microsoft absorbed their expenses for that as the cost of doing business, and it would be a blip on Rockstar’s balance sheet as well, since they make a perpetual avalanche of money from GTA Online. There’s really no credible justification for a price this high.
Oh yeah, total agreement there. the price is hot garbo. But figured theres some marketing bs covering the real reason its so high. But yea its probably just corporate greed.
Microsoft only did that because their first party output over the last decade was embarrassingly bad.
I’m yet to see a codebase that isn’t considered to be a mess.
Comically Accurate*
Haha I read it as that at first
I’m just wondering where the heck the PC port is. Not going to lie, I would buy it at full price if it were steam deck compatible.
RDR* on PC when? It was launched 19 years ago and still nothing
*RDR = Red Dead REVOLVER
Remaster it on the RDR2 engine and bring it to PC and I’ll happily pay $80 CAD for it.
It’s my all time favourite game and $29 is the max I would pay for a switch port. I guess I will wait for sales.
A remastered Steam edition, however…
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Yeah I will probably wait and see if the price drops as well. I have it on an old PS3 which is OK but the controller isn’t the greatest so having it on a new system would be nice. Just not $50 nice.
