Yet! They do this shit all the fucking time. They will stagger their releases and double dip people. This isn't to say people should pay 50 bucks for a fucking barely touched up game but the pc port thing is probably going to happen in a year or 2.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RDR is a new low though. It's a game from 2010, originally on the Xbox 360 and ps3. Being released on switch at full price with no enhancements.

[–] ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh its fucking stupid but honestly after the whole GTA trilogy thing, would you really want them to touch it up? They have proven they are terrible at it but yeah it being full price is insane.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That touching up got outsourced to a tiny company that had never done anything but mobile games. There were like a dozen people working on that, and what was just a touch up of one game became the trilogy with only like 3 months notice. So as shitty as the end product was, Rockstar fucked them.

[–] ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely, Rockstar fucked them but I would imagine they are doing the same deal with RDR. They have Double Eleven doing this rerelease.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Damn. As much as I love and recommend RDR to people who haven't played it, this is inexcusable. The original release was buggy af too. A full remake with quality of life improvements is what should've happened.

I just wanted to make sure people weren't shitting on the people who worked their asses off thanklessly. Yeah, it sucked, but I can't blame them. Rockstar is making greedy decisions because they're too comfortable that we'll eat whatever bullshit they throw our way.

[–] Balthazar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A new low? Ever heard of Skyrim? I guess it is a new low for rockstar, but Bethesda's been doing this successfully for far, far too long.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

"See that mountain over there? You can go there now playing on your refrigerator screen! Stay tuned for more exciting updates as we port Skyrim to that old beeper you still have in your junk drawer for some reason."

[–] Resistentialism@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm kind of glad I have a definitely unmodded switch.

Also, definitely glad there totally isn't an emulator that has the letters r p c s 3 in the name.

I do not condone piracy. Only use these tools if you have legally bought the game when it first came out.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do not condone piracy

I don't exactly condone it either, I enthusiastically embrace and encourage it. It is always morally correct to refuse to reward unethical and predatory businesses practices.

Support the ones doing it the right way, though.

(I know that part of your comment might be as sarcastic as the rest, but fuck it, might as well spell it out for the cheap seats 🤷)

[–] Resistentialism@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I was worried some may not get the sarcasm. And I thought it'd be best to stay safe from getting it removed from mods who don't like it.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if I borrowed it from a friend? I'm not paying full price.

[–] Resistentialism@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Borrowing is absolutely fine.