Red Dead Redemption 2 may be more divisive than the Berlin wall (Some people including a certain devilishly handsome games reviewer reckon it’s an amazing depower fantasy with a quality that smacks of pure crunchy slave labour whilst other people just don’t get it, man), but there’s one idea that just about everyone can agree on: The original Red Dead Redemption is still one of the best sandboxes ever made.
It’s also a very very exclusive old west adventure, having only released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and made available via backwards compatibility on the Xbox One. PC players have been begging for a port for close to a decade now, but Rockstar Games and parent company Take Two Interactive are too busy counting the wads of GTA Online Monet to listen. Also that’s not a typo, because when you get that rich the only currency you deal in is post-Impressionist art.
So what’s a fan to do? Get the job done yourself, that’s what. The Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project has been running for a good while now, with DamnedDev taking on the mammoth task of translating the wildest of wests to PC. A Herculean labour of love, that job has now hit the breaks as DamnedDev put the brakes on the project. “Please Note Project Halted. Update Video will be made and will explain,” DamnedDev wrote in an update.
I’m not very happy. Please understand for the time being all will be explained.
According to PC Gamer, the project was hogtied by Take Two Interactive’s most legal of lassos as a legal representative demanded that the project be put on ice. “I can’t [say what happened] but you know who had a hand in this halt,” DamnedDev wrote.
I rather not speak more as they warned me to be hush but cmon really people already gonna know if it gets shut down out of no where. Just gonna put it like that if you get the drift or not. But yeah usual corp greed thinks they can bully you.
The fight’s not over yet though. DamnedDev is insisting that by labelling the project as a mod, that work should be allowed to proceed unhindered and without legal censorship:
My case is pretty strong and could win and change their mind. They done shady stuff getting my private info and contacted my family. I’ve been contacting people to spread word. I’m not letting them them bully me and keep my mouth shut. I complied and stopped progress but hopefully I can sort out this.
Does it suck that PC gamers probably won’t see Red Dead Redemption ported over in this lifetime? Absolutely, but that’s the right to disappoint fans with their intellectual property. The entire project revolved around purchasing the original Red Dead Redemption game disc, creating an ISO rip and then using the in-development emulator to play said game, an idea which would have probably led to mass piracy anyway once the raw data began being shared.
That’s a snowball effect right there, and it’s no wonder that Take Two Interactive wanted to stop it before it could transform into an avalanche.
Last Updated: September 10, 2019
G8crasha
September 10, 2019 at 10:52
Well I believe it is shortsighted on their part to not release a PC version. They did it with GTA, so why not with RDR. I personally can’t see the business sense in not doing a PC version. There is no logical reason as to why a PC version of RDR is not a good business decision! I mean if all they care about is money, why not work towards earning more.
Llama In The Rift
September 10, 2019 at 11:12
Back in the day allot of rumors poped up, some confirmed Rockstar did not want to release on PC cause of piracy concerns, others said it was to difficult and a huge hassle to port from PS3/Xbox 360 due to the instability of the architecture on the consoles…but why not now though? D probably right with them only caring about money now and not implementing an monetisation system
G8crasha
September 10, 2019 at 11:12
That’s the point though! If all they care about is money, why not release a PC version of RDR. They’ll make a crap ton more.
Llama In The Rift
September 10, 2019 at 11:31
Cause adding a monetisation system to an old classic would cause a PR nightmare for them, but who knows, this cease and desist might be cause of them already bussy with a port of sorts.
Pofadder
September 10, 2019 at 12:30
Only 10% of GTA V sales are PC. And with it comes the massive headache of cheaters and hackers and mods and Piracy. GTA is much bigger than RDR so PC sales will be much less as well. So is it really worth the head ache? I personally don’t think we will ever see RDR on PC. But I don’t know why PC gamers bitch so much about it. If you really want to play it you can get the game and a second hand console for less than a midrange graphics card. And believe me. It will be worth it. There are many other games you are missing out of as well that will never see a PC.
Mark Treloar
September 10, 2019 at 13:57
So we should have to spend more money than console gamers to get the game. Hardly seems fair.
Pofadder
September 10, 2019 at 14:07
A midrange gaming rig costs a LOT more than a console. PC gamers are loaded!
G8crasha
September 10, 2019 at 15:48
P.S. I have a PS4, but choose to play on PC!
Scott Lee Clayton
September 10, 2019 at 11:50
Ohh well PC guys, back to making spreadsheets!…. ha 😉