A Red Dead Redemption PC port was proudly 'announced' on the store page for the PS4 version, of all places
This morning, several of the fine writers on PC Gamer (including myself) were staring at a store page description for Red Dead Redemption on the PlayStation website—trying to figure out just why we were looking at a proud, chest-puffed announcement of a PC port for Red Dead Redemption—a game that hasn't seen a PC release since its debut back in 2010—because, well, it was on the store page for the PlayStation 4.
It's been taken down now, but I luckily had the wherewithal to snap my own screenshot—mind, we were only looking at the dang thing because of quick-draw observers like the prolific, eagle-eyed industry tweeter Wario64. Still, unless we were experiencing a collective hallucination, I can absolutely confirm the store page read the following:
«Experience the epic western adventures that defined a generation—now on PC for the first time ever.» The not-announcement then goes on to describe the port as having both Red Dead Redemption's baseline 2010 game, as well as the Undead Nightmare expansion.
«Featuring the complete single-player experiences of both games, including bonus content from the Game of the Year Edition, Red Dead Redemption features all of the 2023 console version upgrades plus PC specific enhancements including support for increased resolutions and framerates, multiple displays, and other accessories, plus spatial surround sound.»
The one exception to this glut of features is an absence of multiplayer content—which is a shame, but in-keeping with the lack of online support for the PS4 version, released last year.
The «announcement» itself is a real head-scratcher. If a PC port is in the works, why would the wires be crossed so badly its announcement copy was dumped on the PlayStation store page? Rockstar's owned by Take-Two Interactive, not Sony, so if the studio wanted to stay tight-lipped about the announcement, I'm not sure why it's sending press releases off to its mates. There's also the hilarious alternative that this is something Sony drafted
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