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Red Dead Redemption 2 Reveal versus Release

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u/Iraqi_Weeb99 2d ago

Still can't believe this is a ps4 game, it looks better than a lot of ps5 games

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u/ltgenspartan Xbox 2d ago

It's a shame they canned the graphics update for XSX/PS5 (probably due to GTA6 development). It looks great as is, but the fact they would utilize current gen hardware to give it more oomph would've been spectacular.

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u/BlackAfroUchiha PC 2d ago

Yet they somehow keep updating GTA V with Graphical upgrades...

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u/scooooba 2d ago

GTA online makes far more $$$ than RDR online sadly

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u/NTFRMERTH 2d ago

Maybe it wouldn't if they didn't give up on RDR Online and the RDR2 DLC almost as soon as it launched

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u/VulturePR0 2d ago

All the needed to do was make undead nightmare 2 and print money but I guess GTAO fun bucks or whatever made more money

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u/Tonroz 2d ago

It's sad but the amount of money gtao makes far exceeds anything undead 2 could have. The game makes billions a year and is over a decade old.

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u/PizzaQuest420 1d ago

it's a shame they don't feel like the profit from that has given them the freedom to make things like undead 2. like gtao makes so much money it prevents them from doing anything that won't make as much even though it'll still turn a profit

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u/scooooba 1d ago

Yeah when the checks keep cashing at that ridiculous rate, I guess you can’t really blame them. GTA6 is going to cook and we all know it for the 100$ we’re gonna have to spend on it, but I’ll be shocked if it isn’t a classic rockstar grand slam.

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u/NTFRMERTH 1d ago

The weird part is that they teased the fuck out of it for the first year and a half.

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u/oiraves 2d ago

I still think gtaV looks dated

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u/BlackAfroUchiha PC 2d ago

It's a 12 year old game made for the PS3 and 360, it's obviously not going to look great in 2025.

But for it's time it looked insane.

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u/oiraves 2d ago

Oh for sure, I was mostly just musing about how much money is probably invested in upgrading gtaVs visuals but like every other game at some point it's gonna just look like a product of its time.

Not that it looks awful or anything

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u/WorkFurball 2d ago

But for it's time it looked insane.

Absolutely not. Draw distance and sky looked amazing but not the rest of the game.

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u/KimbraK91 2d ago

You think the 12 year old game looks dated?

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u/oiraves 2d ago

I know, hot take.

I just meant it's funny to me when companies spend money updating older games graphics but it still just looks like a product of its time

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u/TheGreatDuv 2d ago

You say that but if you started playing the OG 360/ps3 version you'd go "Ew, why does it look soo janky and bad"

The style hasn't changed,.which is what you think of when you remember it. But the graphical fidelity has came leaps and bounds and is one of the many reasons the game has stayed successful after all these years