Rockstar Games recently announced Red Dead Redemption will launch for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on August 17. Since its announcement, several series fans have voiced their displeasure at the port not coming to modern consoles and PC, and its asking price of $49.99. However, Take-Two Interactive CEO and chairman Strauss Zelnick has defended the price. When asked by IGN, Zelnick stated that “that’s just what we believe is the commercially accurate price for it.” He also commented on the fact that the port includes the Undead Nightmare DLC which he believes “was a great standalone game in its own right when it was originally released, so we feel like it’s a great bundle for the first time, and certainly a great value for consumers.”
Details for the upcoming port via Rockstar Games:
Experience the epic Western adventure Red Dead Redemption and its groundbreaking zombie-horror companion, “Undead Nightmare,” as both games come to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 for the very first time in a single package. In a new conversion by Double Eleven Studios, the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions bring the two classic experiences together again for both new players and original fans to enjoy across modern consoles, including backwards compatibility with the PlayStation 5.
One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time with over 170 Game of the Year Awards, Red Dead Redemption tells the story of former outlaw John Marston as he journeys across the sprawling expanses of the American West and Mexico to track down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in a bid to save his family. Relive, or experience for the first time, the events immediately following the epic tale of honor and loyalty in the 2018 blockbuster Red Dead Redemption 2 as Marston hunts down his former friends and outlaws Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and his former gang leader, Dutch van der Linde as the era of the cowboy comes to its end.
Red Dead Redemption on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 also includes “Undead Nightmare,” the hallowed story expansion that reimagines the world of Red Dead Redemption as Marston fights to survive a relentless zombie horde and searches for a cure in a spooky, supernatural twist on the Western genre.
In addition to both classic, single-player experiences, newly supported languages include, for the first time, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Latin American Spanish.
Red Dead Redemption and “Undead Nightmare” will be $49.99 on the Nintendo Switch eShop and PlayStation Store, with physical releases arriving October 13.
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