While Red Dead Redemption’s announcement for the Switch and PlayStation 4 comes as a pleasant surprise for some, unsurprisingly not everyone is overjoyed about this announcement.
After the troubled Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy release, it seems the latest reveal of what appears to be a relatively simple port of John Marston’s original adventure (which is apparently “a new conversion” according to Rockstar) may have pushed some within this community to their breaking point – with many fans of the company now essentially calling for a boycott.
You can see many angry and frustrated threads on social media, the Red Dead Redemption subreddit, and in other corners of the internet where fans are calling it a “lazy port” and taking aim at Rockstar with language we won’t repeat here. The one thread treading at the top of the same subreddit at the moment is titled “Do not buy Red Dead Redemption” – with over 7k upvotes.
As you can see, it’s highlighting the premium price and how this particular version of the game actually comes with less content and seemingly has no performance or graphical enhancements.
There are many other comments from other users here and elsewhere reiterating why fellow Rockstar and Red Dead fans shouldn’t buy this upcoming version of the game. Others aren’t happy that this version isn’t directly done by Rockstar – a bit like the GTA Trilogy. This time around, UK developer Double Eleven Studios is handling development – a team founded by former Rockstar Leeds’ programmers and a support team that’s previously worked on games like Minecraft Dungeons.
We’ve already run a poll here on Nintendo Life about purchasing the game on Switch, and it seems a lot of users will be waiting for a sale or potentially even giving it a miss altogether. It’s also worth noting, no official performance and graphics details have been shared by Rockstar about Red Dead for Switch and PS4 at this point in time, but there are already videos out there showing side-by-side comparisons.
While Red Dead Redemption’s announcement for the Switch and PlayStation 4 comes as a pleasant surprise for some, unsurprisingly not everyone is overjoyed about this announcement.
After the troubled Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy release, it seems the latest reveal of what appears to be a relatively simple port of John Marston’s original adventure (which is apparently “a new conversion” according to Rockstar) may have pushed some within this community to their breaking point – with many fans of the company now essentially calling for a boycott.
You can see many angry and frustrated threads on social media, the Red Dead Redemption subreddit, and in other corners of the internet where fans are calling it a “lazy port” and taking aim at Rockstar with language we won’t repeat here. The one thread treading at the top of the same subreddit at the moment is titled “Do not buy Red Dead Redemption” – with over 7k upvotes.
As you can see, it’s highlighting the premium price and how this particular version of the game actually comes with less content and seemingly has no performance or graphical enhancements.
There are many other comments from other users here and elsewhere reiterating why fellow Rockstar and Red Dead fans shouldn’t buy this upcoming version of the game. Others aren’t happy that this version isn’t directly done by Rockstar – a bit like the GTA Trilogy. This time around, UK developer Double Eleven Studios is handling development – a team founded by former Rockstar Leeds’ programmers and a support team that’s previously worked on games like Minecraft Dungeons.
We’ve already run a poll here on Nintendo Life about purchasing the game on Switch, and it seems a lot of users will be waiting for a sale or potentially even giving it a miss altogether. It’s also worth noting, no official performance and graphics details have been shared by Rockstar about Red Dead for Switch and PS4 at this point in time, but there are already videos out there showing side-by-side comparisons.
