Rumor: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Versions of Red Dead Redemption 2 Cancelled - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2022 / 3,428 Views
Rockstar insider Tez2 reported last week Rockstar Games had plans to release remasters of Grand Theft Auto IV and the original Red Dead Redemption. However, following the poor reception Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition they were cancelled.
It now looks like Rockstar also had plans to release a next-generation version of Red Dead Redemption 2 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The insider has now claimed on the GTA Forums the next-generation version of the game and an Enhanced Rockstar Editor have been cancelled or halted.
Rockstar in a recent update said they will focus less on Red Dead Online and will no longer release major-themed content updates for the online portion in Red Dead Redemption 2. It will still get monthly updates that will have new content, build on the current modes, and new Telegram Missions.
The developer has been shifting its development resources over the last few years towards the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
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They ought to just send out a 60fps patch to existing customers then. A “remaster” only 4 years after release was a shameful money grab anyway
This article is somewhat poorly written - the remaster project was for Red Dead Redemption 1, as in the PS3/Xbox 360 release. Then, separate from that, Rockstar supposedly also had free next-gen update patches in the works for Red Dead Redemption 2. Think of those as more like the PS5/XSX update for Cyberpunk 2077; nothing drastically different, just taking more advantage of the new-gen hardware.
I’m assuming the port of RDR2 would have been free, like most next-gen upgrades have been for owners of the last-gen version.
I feel this is a creative mistake, unless it was going to be another low effort project like the remaster trilogy. In either case, I am getting more and more of a feeling that Rockstar is on the wrong path.
The remaster trilogy wasn't low effort, it was actually way too much effort put into a project with limited time and ressources
I hope they're just rumors. I haven't bought RDR2 cause I'm waiting for an enhanced port to the PS5.
Clearly GTA Online needs the resources.
I only see mention of Red Dead Online being scaled down in that article.
"following the poor reception Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition they were cancelled."
No, "following the poor effort..."
This thing shipped 44 million units. How....how is that not enough to warrant more with it?
BS. If there is one thing we know about Rockstar is that they're going to milk the shit out of every modern game they make.
Huge shame! At least dey going full production on gta6
RDR community has been done dirty by R over the years, from the lacking content updates and now to this.
R's basically made this fake dream where every game they make has to print out money on the same level as GTA V and be MP focused, or it has to die and it's somehow a failure in their eyes...
Kinda glad I stopped bothering with them tbh, because it seems that anything I'd buy that isn't GTA, is just gonna live a short life and get treated poorly by them.
For yrs people were pining for a RDR1 remaster/remake and for yrs people wanted some semblance of Undead Nightmare in RDR2 online, and none of that's happened.
There was never ps5/series versions planned, more fake news.
