Red Dead Redemption Not Coming to PC Any Time Soon

[GonzoGamer]

Their horrible pc port of GTA4 has really robbed this announcement of its thunder. I'm a long-time player of the series on the pc, and I've given up waiting for a patch to fix the mess they made with the GTA4 port. If they are unable to get that one right, then there is little hope that they can make a decent port of RDR.

So, meh, no loss really.

It isn't. You're not missing much, trust me.

I'm sure it will end up on the pc and the shame of it is that it should be better there (like San Andreas). The also said gta4 would not come to the pc and a lot of people were saying Episodes from Liberty City would Never be on PC.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Looks like RockStar is running away from money & success! D:

and pirates.

Good point, but I have to wonder if they would make profit if they ported it to PC, despite people cracking it. They could always offer certain benefits to legit game owners via a online kind of interface. IIRC someone has tried that though, and people did not like it.

Heh, a friend of mine downloaded a dodgy version of GTA III, way back in the day. It worked perfectly, as long as you avoided pressing one of the keys, which would crash the game. Unfortunately, that key was the 'shoot' key...

 

[TxMxRonin]

I was listening to Lazlow on the Opie and Anthony Show (Sirius 197, XM 202. Weekdays 6-11am EST) and he said, possibly jokingly, that it's pretty much better to release a game on consoles first then port to the PC because you have a better chance making your money back with console gamers than PC gamers. Basically saying that piracy REALLY questions having a simultaneous PC release or a PC release in-general.

 

[Pandora92]

It is a shame that PC only gamers can't get hold of this, not soon anyway.

But on the other hand, is it good that they don't do a quickfire PC port that's crappy? No idea what the PC GTA4 was like. Feel free to educate me.

In a word? Crappy.

The main reason it was delayed was for sales and marketing reasons to boost console sales (not quite sure how that works but apparently it does), not because they were taking a long time to port it properly, and when it finally was ported it was a horribly optimized CPU hog that barely utilized the GPU at all.

 

[deth2munkies]

"Well fuck you too, Rockstar."

I'm just waiting for the console to finally die.

 

[Asehujiko]

Looks like RockStar is running away from money & success! D:

and pirates.

Except that console games typically get cracked and put online about a month ahead of time and the only reason the publishers don't whine about them is because the collective heads of their consumer sheep would explode from the realization that their platform isn't any better then the rest.

 

[The Austin]

MWAHAHAHH!

One more for console gaming!

 

[Treblaine]

Just as long as it arrives in the end.

Me thinks they are keeping the kiboosh on any PC version talks for as long as possible to maximise the number of console sales. I mean if they tak about a PC version this soon could cause many to hold back from buying a PS3 or 360 version.

Though I suspect once the market is saturated with pre-owned console copies then piracy is the least of their concern so nobody can be worried about a PC release.

 

[Pandora92]

MWAHAHAHH!

One more for console gaming!

I know you're trolling but I was REALLY struggling not to write a rant in reply to that, I ended up writing it and deleting it like 3 times after changing my mind about starting a pointless argument, oh well.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

After GTAIV's PC port? They'd have a reason not to port Red Dead Redemption.

 

[Calhoun347]

It has to be coming. All of their early promotional stuff said that it would be on PC. Which means they must have done SOME development on that level. And would they really scrap it in the middle of it's development like that?

Nope. It's coming, I believe. Rockstar's just mean to us.

 

[The Austin]

MWAHAHAHH!

One more for console gaming!

I know you're trolling but I was REALLY struggling not to write a rant in reply to that, I ended up writing it and deleting it like 3 times after changing my mind about starting a pointless argument, oh well.

Awww.... Come on now..... You know I was only kidding.

[sub]I'm just sick of PC gamers acting like superior beings is all.[/sub]

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

MWAHAHAHH!

One more for console gaming!

I know you're trolling but I was REALLY struggling not to write a rant in reply to that, I ended up writing it and deleting it like 3 times after changing my mind about starting a pointless argument, oh well.

Awww.... Come on now..... You know I was only kidding.

[sub]I'm just sick of PC gamers acting like superior beings is all.[/sub]

The feeling is mutual, but I think that was still a little flame-baiting... (hehehe.. baiting.)

 

[Acalla]

Looks like RockStar is running away from money & success! D:

and pirates.

Except that console games typically get cracked and put online about a month ahead of time and the only reason the publishers don't whine about them is because the collective heads of their consumer sheep would explode from the realization that their platform isn't any better then the rest.

But not a lot of people utilize those cracked copies. You have to mod your console to do it and that means you might be kicked off of Xbox Live (if 360), basically bricking your machine. I'm not saying its not there, just you have to jump through more hoops to get there.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Ehh...
Probably not worth it anyway...
Oh, I have no doubt the game itself would be fun, but as my PC copy of GTAIV proves... Rockstar might as well call all of its PC ported games "The Adventures of Captain Crashes-A-Lot" because that's exactly what the game did... every... five... seconds.

 

[TxMxRonin]

Basically here is what Lazlow had to say on the matter [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jbp7u-DIlY].

 

[Lacsapix]

Mabey rockstar figured out that gta was the most (ilegal) downloaded game for the Pc of all time.

 

[Bear in a Tuxedo]

It is a shame that PC only gamers can't get hold of this, not soon anyway.

But on the other hand, is it good that they don't do a quickfire PC port that's crappy? No idea what the PC GTA4 was like. Feel free to educate me.

In a word? Crappy.

The main reason it was delayed was for sales and marketing reasons to boost console sales (not quite sure how that works but apparently it does) , not because they were taking a long time to port it properly, and when it finally was ported it was a horribly optimized CPU hog that barely utilized the GPU at all.

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I'm sure I'll get impatient and get it for the ps3 well before a pc version sees the light of day.

 

[The Austin]

MWAHAHAHH!

One more for console gaming!

I know you're trolling but I was REALLY struggling not to write a rant in reply to that, I ended up writing it and deleting it like 3 times after changing my mind about starting a pointless argument, oh well.

Awww.... Come on now..... You know I was only kidding.

[sub]I'm just sick of PC gamers acting like superior beings is all.[/sub]

The feeling is mutual, but I think that was still a little flame-baiting... (hehehe.. baiting.)

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone.
It honestly was just me joking around.

RDR is a really good game, and I do hope that you guys get your hands on it soon.