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Red Dead Redemption's PC Port Is $50, But Here's How To Get It For Less

$50 gets you the base game and the Undead Nightmare expansion together in a bundle.

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Some 14+ years after it was released in May 2010, Red Dead Redemption is coming to PC this October. Preorders for the acclaimed Western opened today, revealing the game's price point: $50.

Red Dead Redemption launches on October 29 and can be pre-purchased now on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Rockstar's own PC store. It's $50 across all three digital storefronts. However, you can get the Epic Games Store version for $42.49 with promo code OCT15 at Green Man Gaming.

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Red Dead Redemption for PC includes the base game and the Undead Nightmare expansion, which challenges players to fight against zombies in the wild West. The package also comes with bonus content from Red Dead Redemption's Game of the Year Edition.

Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption tells the story of the cowboy John Marston as he sets out to seek revenge in 1911. Marston is tracking down members of the Van der Linde gang, and unfortunately for him, it's a long, difficult, and painful journey.

The game earned rave reviews upon launch in May 2010 for PS3 and Xbox 360. A sequel, Red Dead Redemption II, came out in 2018 for PS4 and Xbox One, followed by a PC launch in 2019.

The PC edition of Red Dead Redemption is developed by port studio Double Eleven in collaboration with Rockstar. Fans will no doubt hope the PC launch goes smoother than the rollout of the GTA Trilogy in 2021, which was marred with technical problems.

There will be a number of PC-specific features, including native 4K visuals at up to 144hz, along with support for ultrawide and super ultrawide monitors. The game also includes support for HDR10 and Nvidia DLSS 3.7 and AMD FSR 3.0 upscaling. Nvidia DLSS frame generation is also supported, while players can adjust draw distances and shadow quality settings, among other things.

The minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Red Dead Redemption were posted on Steam. These may be subject to change.

Minimum

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 / AMD FX-9590
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R7 360
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Direct X Compatible

Recommended

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 2070 / AMD RX 5700 XT
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Direct X Compatible
  • Additional Notes: SSD recommended

As for Rockstar Games, the studio is now developing Grand Theft Auto VI, which is set for release in Fall 2025.

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No thanks. I'd rather pay $8 more and not have it on Epic.

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Fucking scumbags

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@bakula: Why?

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A new scam in video game industry. Not releasing a game to a platform at the same time as rest of the platforms and after a decade releasing it almost for full price. My boi rockstar getting poor begging for more money ayy lmao.

This is a game belong to almost 3 video game console generation ago, either way people played it with emulator and whatnot so how you are entitled to sell it that much? SEGA does the same shit with persona games and they actually doing the worst. Releasing ripped version and then selling the full version. Persona 4 is how it should be in Golden version but good thing Royal version of Persona 5 is way worse than ripped version (good thing because thanks for they ripped the game ripped version is way better lol) but they don't release it on PC lol, forcing people to play the game on shitty emulators.

Rockstar should think why people would buy the game when there is already 2nd game at home. Even around the time RDR1 released it was a bad game, it gets so boring pew pew mindless shooter game half way into story mode enough for me to stop playing. At the time there were better cowboy games out there like Gun. Now the game really didn't age well at all and they ask new game price for ancient milk that turned into a cheese a decade ago lol.

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@guitarwarrior66: The video game industry was very very different 14 years ago. PC gaming demanded a much, much lower percentage of market share. Rockstar wasn't alone in not releasing all their games on PC, and none of it was day and date. And no matter what you think, it's a solid game if nothing else comparable to Gun.

But you said it yourself, the video game industry is AN INDUSTRY. Buy it or don't, vote with your wallet. you want a retooled PC port of a game you think sucks for $20? It costs money to make. Time will tell if the port is bunk or not, but the time and money it takes to optimize something like RDR for a new platform dwarfs restoring the Godfather for 4K and re-releasing it on a new blu-ray.

I got bad news for you friend, you've been underpaying for games for a long, long time. And you want to play them or you wouldn't be on video game spot dot com commenting. Get ready to see higher priced games more often and stop complaining. Pay or don't pay, but your complaining only proves you don't understand the buisness. Rockstar has never been great at discounting games even whilst raking in billions, you're right.

There's an element of greed there for sure. Sam Houser and sStrauss Zelnick, LOVE money, don't get me wrong. But I think they make pretty incredible games, and so do a lot of people. They charge $50 because they can. If it's a quality port, no harm no foul. I bet it'll sell great. It's a business. Stop expecting altruism. Costs and dev cycles for making (or porting) games on this scale have absolutely ballooned since RDR came out. Even if Rockstar isn't the best example (and don't get me wrong, this game SHOULD be about $30), they're gonna charge what they can get. They have the brand loyalty to do so.

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..Black ops 6 pricing does not look bad after all. LOL

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How to get it for less: let go of the fomo, wait a few weeks for the price to drop and by then, when you get it for $20 or so, there'll also probably be mods that make it even better.

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@esqueejy said:

How to get it for less: let go of the fomo, wait a few weeks for the price to drop and by then, when you get it for $20 or so, there'll also probably be mods that make it even better.

I'll definitely wait for a sale, but I doubt it'll be $20 in a few weeks.

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@esqueejy: Rockstar sends out lawyers to threaten mod creators, aside from it being overpriced.

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@uninspiredcup: Rockstar games all have loads of great mods. This will be no different.

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@joecollin: Your argument here is "in spite of", which isn't a great opening argument.

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@uninspiredcup: not everything has to be an argument. I stated a fact. If you want to argue about it, you can do so by yourself.

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“Thanks for waiting so long. Here’s a $10 discount, since there’s no multiplayer!” We all knew it would be $50, but it’s still laughable. I’ll buy it for $20.

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Enjoy being ripped off.

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@uninspiredcup: If someone's buying it at that price, then they clearly don't feel they're being ripped off.

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@esqueejy: Correct.

They enjoy being ripped off.

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@uninspiredcup: What clearly irritates you non-stop all day, every day:

You are powerless to determine what anyone else thinks about the price they pay (or anything else about it) for the products they purchase.

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@esqueejy: I am powerless you are correct.

I have to sit by and watch predatory companies rip people off on a loop, increasing all the time, for years on end.

Good times.

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@uninspiredcup: Unless it's necessities, then who cares?

FFS people. It's beyond amazing that the gaming community...of all things...has managed to take a top 5 spot on the list of "groups who need to let their sphincters relax a bit".

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LOL! $50 bucks for a port that should have been available near 15 years ago. I'll wait until its $5, no rush... It's not like I've played the game start to finish like 5x :D -_-

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@j3diknightdave: stop bitching then if you've played it that many times.

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@epitaph: LOL! Who the **** hasn't played this game before? If you haven't, You prob were born after 2010! =D

Anyone R* is trying to sell to, regardless of whether they've played the game or not, has a right to "bitch"

Anyone that has bought from R*, has a right to "bitch"

YOU call it "bitching" I call it, as a consumer, that's been buying in to their properties for many of years (prob longer than you've been alive) "voicing my opinion" Which really is all a consumer can do any more, to show companies that WE don't like something.

Cry is free. If that's all that can be done.

R* ultimately won't do anything about it, Because most that have a problem with it, won't go any further than just saying something, and buying it anyways... the many outweigh the few.

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@j3diknightdave: I was 11 years old when rockstar games was founded in 1998. and I pre-ordered RDR1 for xbox 360 long before it came out. so don't presume to tell me how the video game industry works. either way, I find it funny how you're the one attempting to call someone a child when, judging by all of your posts and replies here, you're clearly the child.. PS: don't bother replying because I won't waste my time reading it.

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@epitaph: waaaaa!!! waaaaa!!! I pre-ordered red dead long before it came out, DON'T tell me how the game industry works! *mad face* waaaaa!!! waaaa!!!

Sounds like a child to me brother.

I don't care if you won't read it, the funny thing is that you're a big enough loser to go over a strangers back post.

PS: You sure "wasted" enough time doing that. LOL more than the second it MAY take you to read this.

Stupid kid. :D

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@epitaph: I wrote 3 paragraphs and this sums it up better than I did with ten words lol. Stop bitching and don't buy it.

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@tronrad9000 said:

@epitaph: I wrote 3 paragraphs and this sums it up better than I did with ten words lol. Stop bitching and don't buy it.

And, I can do one even better, for you...

Sit.

=D

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