Final yr, everybody form of hated Rockstar’s baffling option to port 2010’s Crimson Useless Redemption to Change and PS4, probably not add something to it, cost $50 for the sport, and proceed RDR’s decade-plus snub of PC avid gamers. We had a quick second of pleasure on seeing that the lauded cowboy sim will lastly launch on Steam October 29, however I’ve had a giant actuality examine on seeing the worth.
It is not precisely a shock that this port is not seeing a worth drop relative to final yr’s PS4/Change launch, nevertheless it nonetheless sucks. It is an assertion of the sport’s worth, that not solely is a Rockstar sport price ready 14 years for, it deserves to be practically the worth of a full-fat, new triple-A launch. Following final yr’s fracas over the worth, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick asserted that the price was “commercially correct,” and even that the bundle of RDR1 with its Undead Nightmare growth was “an amazing worth for customers.”
Zooming out, the going price for a digital obtain PC port of a stone chilly traditional from 2010 seems to be about $20, lower than half of what’s being requested for Crimson Useless Redemption. Bayonetta, Arkham Metropolis, Alpha Protocol, and Mass Impact 2 (as one third of the $60 Legendary Version) are all simply 20 bucks. RDR’s PC model boasts some niceties over the Xbox 360/PS4/Change variations—ultrawide, HDR, DLSS, and excessive refresh assist—however these are frankly the naked minimal I would count on from a a number of console generations-delayed port, the issues we lambasted the Metallic Gear Grasp Assortment for lacking at launch.
Is Crimson Useless Redemption twice as precious as Mass Impact 2 or Bayonetta? I definitely do not need to pay $50 for it. There is no such thing as a scarcity of the way to blow that a lot cash on Steam, and I do not respect being informed {that a} port of a 14 year-old sport that ought to have come to the platform ages in the past (or on the very least a yr in the past) is a “nice worth.” It is a irritating reminder of Rockstar’s imperious stance towards PC forward of the possible yr or extra of additional wait we’ll have after Grand Theft Auto 6 involves consoles.