Take-Two insists $50 price tag for Red Dead Redemption PS4/Switch port is "commercially...

[midian182]

A hot potato: It's easy to imagine that news of a Red Dead Redemption port would bring plenty of excitement, but not when it's only coming to the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, and especially not when Rockstar is charging $50 for it. But Strauss Zelnick, CEO of parent company Take-Two, thinks that's a fair amount, insisting that $50 for a port of 13-year-old game onto last-gen consoles is "commercially accurate."

It was reported earlier this week that Red Dead Redemption and its standalone zombie expansion pack, Undead Nightmare, will be available in a single package for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch as of August 17.

Red Dead Redemption, the follow-up to Red Dead Revolver, gained critical acclaim upon release. It was originally only available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, though it can also be played on the Xbox One and Xbox Series through backward compatibility, where it can be purchased for $30. There's no official version on the PC, but users can play it using emulators. RDR had also been accessible on PC via the PlayStation Plus streaming service. Sadly, the game was removed from Sony's catalog in 2022 after six years of availability.

More commercially accurate

The price of the upcoming $50 Red Dead Redemption port has been a source of contention for many gamers, especially considering its age, lack of multiplayer, no PC release, and the $30 it costs on the Xbox Store.

When IGN asked Zelnick about the game's price, the CEO said, "That's just what we believe is the commercially accurate price for it." Take-Two's EVP of Finance, Hannah Sage, noted that a big reason for the high price is the inclusion of the Undead Nightmare add-on, which was extremely popular at the time. She called the bundle "certainly great value for consumers." Again, many people might not agree with that statement – you can buy all the DLC, including Undead Nightmare, for the Xbox Store version for $13, bringing the total to $43. It also offers multiplayer and several enhancements.

IGN also asked about the possibility of a PC port, but Zelnick said game release announcements were left up to developers.

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[m4a4]

Just another cheap cash grab. And they believe their audience to be all bark and no bite (sadly)...

 

[yukka]

Does seem expensive for a port of an old game with no enhancements to differentiate from the 360 version. I’m sure I bought it on sale on Xbox store too. At least half price so $15 or less.

 

[Neatfeatguy]

Bleh. That's all I have to say about the game itself and the cost they want for it.

 

[kira setsu]

Just another cheap cash grab. And they believe their audience to be all bark and no bite (sadly)...

their audience IS all bark and no bite.

gamers have proven time and time and time again that they will just go along with whatever nonsense gaming companies decide to do.

preorders, microtransactions etc etc, they dont keep pushing and expanding these practices out of malice, they do it because gamers keep buying it/going along with it and in so many cases agreeing with it.

gamer - "noooo, $70 is too much for a game!"
pub - no problem, how about we charge 60 and bolt on a battlepass for $15?
gamer - that works!

I bet this release to switch will still make decent money and prove my point once again.

 

[Burty117]

RDR had also been accessible on PC via the PlayStation Plus streaming service. Sadly, the game was removed from Sony's catalog in 2022 after six years of availability.

Ah, good to see the whole streaming dream is alive and well. Really sells me on the service when games just get removed, years later when you want to play them, you just can't.

 

[3volv3d]

Well its all about early adopters.
Remember those posts simply saying First!...
Mr nothing to say but thanks for participating.
Them people are those test subject suckers.
And they are who the high price is aimed at.
No one should be in a rush for a port. Even
A remaster. Upgraded graphics. 6 months and its half price so why jump?
Really there is no incentive to. But there are some muppets who have too much cash to care or have to because their autism says so.

 

[pcnthuziast]

Commercially accurate? Dafuq does that even mean. lol
Corporate speak for we charged as much as we could because the average consumer is a slave and stupid af.

 

[yukka]

Can’t wait to see the reviews that report it’s buggy and not as good as the Xbox version. Nah that won’t happen..