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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[AyanamiRei0]

$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

 

[pedro702]

50$ for a straight port with no improvements ... its fair? ouch lol and people complained about nintendo wiiu ports, atleast they added something unique to each one lol

 

[icantfly]

i paid 40 for tony hawk 1+2 to play a demo on pc, then got it later on switch, if people really want to play the game they'll pay whatever

 

[ZeroFX]

Such a dislikable company, this one.

 

[Bladexdsl]

commercially ripoffurate more like especially when it's going to run like garbage on that tablet!

 

[YuseiFD]

I don't see what's wrong either, Nintendo has been doing this since the dawn of time, it's called nostalgia marketing, where i up the resolution of an ancient game, then sell it as a new experience, knowing full well it's gonna bomb the market even with piracy and emulation around.

 

[duwen]

"commercially accurate" indeed... when you can currently pick up the 360 version for £8 or the PS3 version for £5 in CeX.

 

[Foxi4]

I can go to CEX right now and buy RDR GOTY with Undead Nightmare included for £18/$23, and play it upscaled to 4K - just like this release it has no “visual improvements” either. Rockstar knows this, which is why they’re only releasing it on PS4 and Switch. It’s not “commercially accurate”, £25/$32 would be easier to justify, how much do they expect customers to pay for a cellophane wrapper? It’s not even updated for PS5, so I don’t expect amazing performance. It’s just silly, I’ll grab it pre-owned, thanks.

I don't see what's wrong either, Nintendo has been doing this since the dawn of time, it's called nostalgia marketing, where i up the resolution of an ancient game, then sell it as a new experience, knowing full well it's gonna bomb the market even with piracy and emulation around.

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.

 

[eyeliner]

Protest with thy wallet, comrades!

 

[Noctosphere]

Time to go "yohohoho"mode

 

[DJPlace]

just like Mugen Souls all over again....

 

[huma_dawii]

50$ for a straight port with no improvements ... its fair? ouch lol and people complained about nintendo wiiu ports, atleast they added something unique to each one lol

But this still doesn't justify Nintendo xD

 

[ertre]

That's nice and all that the pricing is "commercially accurate" (read in a nasally high-pitched voice), but I'll still kick the ceo in the nats if I ever get the chance.

 

[LeNoobio]

Some people seriously need to learn to stfu at some point, lmao

 

[leon315]

$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

if ps4 can fully hold 60fps without drops, i believe many people won't mind these 50bucks

 

[Darth Meteos]

emojis are so cute, here's two of them:

 

[MariArch]

Idk how these folks have no shame being so anti consumer. Like you’re just begging for people to pirate all of your stuff

 

[RedColoredStars]

commercially ripoffurate more like especially when it's going to run like garbage on that tablet

Why do you make so many completely thoughtless posts? There's no reason to think a PS3/360 era title will run like garbage on the Switch. Other ports from that era are proof that it should run just fine.

 

[tabzer]

$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.