Red Dead Redemption’s Rerelease Shows Fans They Can’t Rely On Take-Two

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It looks like Take-Two aren’t people of their word, given what we know now of the Red Dead Redemption rerelease.

As we reported yesterday, Red Dead Redemption¸ alongside its expansion, Undead Nightmare, are coming to the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The company did not tout them as full remasters or remakes, and the choice of platforms seems to be a heads up on that.

There are no ports coming to the Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, or to Windows. It is possible to play the original Red Dead Redemption on Xbox One and on Xbox Series X|S via Microsoft’s backwards compatibility. That means Xbox players also get the online play that was on the original Xbox 360 release, albeit on the Xbox 360s servers.

Nintendo Switch fans are probably the happiest from this news. This is the first time Red Dead Redemption is arriving to a Nintendo console, and it’s also the first time they are receiving such a game with no compromises, even if that is because it’s an older version. This release seems to compare favorably and similarly to other PS360 games also released on Switch.

Not as elated are the PC and PlayStation gamers. PlayStation fans in particular are not getting a great deal, as this new release won’t make the most of the power of either the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. While PlayStation owners will mostly be unhappy over console wars, PC gamers have yet to get a chance to play the original, even if they have played hours of its sequel.

These ports were handled by Double Eleven, as they confirmed on Twitter yesterday. Double Eleven is a UK based studio, founded by Lee Hutchinson and Matt Shepcar, who were previously the heads of Rockstar Leeds.

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