After announcing the release of Red Dead Redemption, including its Undead Nightmare expansion, on PS4 and Switch, the $50 pricing and the non-remastered state was divisive among the fanbase. During a Take-Two earnings call following the announcement, IGN asked CEO Strauss Zelnick for clarifications about the pricing choice. “That's just what we believe is the commercially accurate price for it,” Zelnick replied.

IGN followed by asking if Undead Nightmare was the reason for its $50 price, to which Zelnick said that the expansion “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.”

While he was vague about a potential PC release, the CEO had the following to say for the choice of a port over a remaster:

"It depends on the vision that the creative teams have for a title, and in the absence of having a powerful vision, for something that we would do with a title, we might bring it in its original form, we've done that, and in certain instances we might remaster or remake, so it really depends on the title and how the label feels about it, the platform, and what we think the opportunity is for consumers."

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[Payne]

Gotta hand it to them, hard to top the fuck-up that GTA trilogy was, but here they are lol.

Jailbroken ps5 can play ps4 disks at 60 fps with fan-made patches for free, whats their excuse to not have at least 60 fps.
Xbox 360 emulator on PC can run RDR above 60 fps ffs.

EDIT : Metroid prime remaster was done masterfully, almost looks like remake at certain points, and THAT was 40$ when it released. but 50$ for straight ports with no enhancements whatsoever?

what's worse is that they'll charge extra 10$ down the line for ps5 60fps mode, mark my words (unless community riots so hard they don't have chance to get to that point)

 

[AkiraKurusu]

It's overpriced crap like this that makes downloading XCIs (for the Switch, anyway) feel justifiable.

Instead of paying US$50 (or your equivalent regional pricing), just use DuckDuckGo to find an XCI for it and use that - if you've got a launch-model Switch or modchipped Switch, or using emulator. As for PS4...maybe wait for a sale - and why PS4 anyway? That's old-school now.

 

[JeepX87]

Take Two, you are fucking LIAR!!!

 

[codezer0]

This situation has basically proved, why Backwards compatibility is a valuable asset to the people. Of course the Sony fanboys will defend this, as would the Rockstar fanboys... they'll find a way.

 

[Xzi]

Copy of RDR for PS3 entitles you to emulate whichever port runs best, 'logically accurate' says Xzi Industries CEO.

 

[leon315]

because there's a lot of terrible ports, from that same era, that run considerably worse than they did on the hardware from the time, especially from companies that care more about money than the end experience, like rockstar does nowadays


i think it's been confirmed that it'll have a 30fps cap across the board lol

what?! then who will buy that trash? Only new kids who grew up never played the game would. Really shame this trash has 30fps cap.

 

[tabzer]

This situation has basically proved, why Backwards compatibility is a valuable asset to the people. Of course the Sony fanboys will defend this, as would the Rockstar fanboys... they'll find a way.

I've never seen a single person be happy about removing backwards compatibility. The execs and the customers live in two different realities. They knew that they could resell their old games at a higher price by removing it. I also don't like the idea of paying to "stream" games though, lol. It's all about controlling access and corralling the herd.

Copy of RDR for PS3 entitles you to emulate whichever port runs best, 'logically accurate' says Xzi Industries CEO.

I'd pay a subscription fee to be protected by your stand-by lawyers.

 

[Xzi]

I'd pay a subscription fee to be protected by your stand-by lawyers.

Of course you would. As a subsidiary of Art Vandelay Inc., we provide very high-quality lawyerin' and legalin' services here at Xzi Industries. We also validate parking.

 

[tabzer]

Of course you would. As a subsidiary of Art Vandelay Inc., we provide very high-quality lawyerin' and legalin' services here at Xzi Industries. We also validate parking.

How many billions is too much for you?

 

[Xzi]

How many billions is too much for you?

The only form of payment we take is a single (one) banana stand. We don't provide change, so please weigh it properly before shipping it to our accountants.

 

[ChibiMofo]

$50??? That has gotta be a joke surely. You can find a used copy of the 360 version with the DLC for £18 on various sites

Your comment has to be a joke. How are you going to run the 360 version on a PS4 or Switch? Did those consoles ship with a free 360 or something? YOU may have several dozen consoles in your mother's basement. The vast majority of Switch owners do not.

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Your comment has to be a joke. How are you going to run the 360 version on a PS4 or Switch? Did those consoles ship with a free 360 or something? YOU may have several dozen consoles in your mother's basement. The vast majority of Switch owners do not.

Especially since the Xbox button layout is rather different to the Nintendo layout, resulting in muscle-memory issues if you suddenly try to switch between the two.
Prompt to press X? Bad luck - it's the left button on Xbox, and top on Nintendo! Being asked to press A to confirm? Ooh, you just exited the menu, because you pressed the right button instead of the bottom one!

 

[pedro702]

$50 to fleece the whales with too much money.

Discount it over time, and everyone pays the price that they are willing.

I mean, you've waited how many years for this?

You can wait longer, or protest buying it.

I doubt they'll lose money over it.

people wanted a remake or at minimum a remaster lol not a straight port, they are not even going for better textures or 60 fps or anything, they just ported the same exact game and removed online multiplayer from it...

 

[tabzer]

people wanted a remake or at minimum a remaster lol not a straight port, they are not even going for better textures or 60 fps or anything, they just ported the same exact game and removed online multiplayer from it...

Maybe they'll do a texture pack dlc.

 

[pedro702]

Maybe they'll do a texture pack dlc.

they already said this is just a port so they wont even bother with that lol they just ported the source code and done lol, they said they had no artistic vision so they just ported it and heck even on ps4 there is no 60 fps or anything, not even ps5 enhanced stuff, its just a straight port, the only improvements on ps4 even is that we hope its rock solid 30 fps and never drops a frame, but that is about it.

 

[tech3475]

I susoect they're intentionally pricing it high for all the mugs and will then discount it in time for the holidays to something mor

It should be priced at $14.99 or max $24.99, but $50? That's ridiculous.

Yet another game that'll be on the Switch which requires to download part of the game, and the other completely useless physical release: Code in a Box.

Who tf actually thought Code in a Box was a good idea? So much about caring about the environment...

They're likely aimed at parents who want to buy cheap games for their kids, at least that's what all the ones we sell where I work are.

I've had to actually start telling people it's a 'code in the box' because people just assumed it was a physical cart release.

 

[YuseiFD]

The difference is that the game is readily available on another contemporary platform. They’re not bringing back an otherwise unavailable game out of the vault, anyone can play it right now.

By your logic, any and every game that ever existed is available on PC through emulation, it depends on your moral compass, which is a stupid thing to call common sense, to whether spend money and buy the ps3 version and emulate it or get the ps3 console, or get an entire xbox series console and buy the 360 game.

They are bringing back a game that is no longer on sale, and yes, it's not a remaster, it's a low effort cashgrab, Nintendo is literally doing the same, there is absolutely no difference.

 

[pedro702]

By your logic, any and every game that ever existed is available on PC through emulation, it depends on your moral compass, which is a stupid thing to call common sense, to whether spend money and buy the ps3 version and emulate it or get the ps3 console, or get an entire xbox series console and buy the 360 game.

They are bringing back a game that is no longer on sale, and yes, it's not a remaster, it's a low effort cashgrab, Nintendo is literally doing the same, there is absolutely no difference.

nintendo added things to every one of their deluxe editions... either more characters, levels and so on.

 

[YuseiFD]

nintendo added things to every one of their deluxe editions... either more characters, levels and so on.

This doesn't justify a 60$ tag, when you can achieve the same thing in a modded WiiU

 

[Foxi4]

By your logic, any and every game that ever existed is available on PC through emulation, it depends on your moral compass, which is a stupid thing to call common sense, to whether spend money and buy the ps3 version and emulate it or get the ps3 console, or get an entire xbox series console and buy the 360 game.

They are bringing back a game that is no longer on sale, and yes, it's not a remaster, it's a low effort cashgrab, Nintendo is literally doing the same, there is absolutely no difference.

The game is actively on sale. You can buy it on Xbox right now, it’s not delisted. It is compatible with current gen systems. They’re just releasing it on other platforms. Your entire rant was kind of pointless, my point stands. Unless it’s updated to 4K 60FPS there’s no point in re-releasing it on Xbox, which is why it was announced for PS4 and Switch only.

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/store/red-dead-redemption/BWKLFHWT7DHC/0001