r/reddeadredemption • u/DONP4CHEE • Aug 08 '23

Official Lmao, good.

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Hope no one buys this.

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u/Dangerous_Counter156 Aug 08 '23

I really want to play the original RDR game. I obviously do not want to buy older consoles and I don’t feel like buying the Xbox Series S or X, so I’m gonna wait for a discount and get it on my switch instead.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

This is what I’ll do most likely. 50 off the bat is daylight robbery but when it eventually goes on sale sub 20, I’ll get it.

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u/IamWatchingAoT Aug 08 '23

It was 20€ 8 years ago when I bought it at a store for my PS3. Anything above 10 bucks for a 13 y/o game is ridiculous.

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u/JamesUpton87 Aug 08 '23 edited Aug 08 '23

These platforms didn't exist 13 years ago, a studio needed to put in the man hours to port the game to these new platforms.

While $50 is a questionable price point can we stop pretending that expecting fanboy charity labor from outside studios is any less ridiculous?

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u/IamWatchingAoT Aug 08 '23

On no Earth does a port of the game cost a fraction of the manpower and hours to make a whole game. If a whole game costs 20 euro more than a decade after its release, there is no conceivable reason for a port to cost more than that.

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u/JamesUpton87 Aug 08 '23

It costs less but still costs to port to entirely different architecture with only a fraction of the sales of the original.

You spend more than that at the pub just to piss away in less than 2 hours. Just wait for a sale if you expect charity work.