Reaction: With GTA 5 Getting A New PC Upgrade, We Hope Red Dead On Xbox Is Next
We NEED it, Rockstar!
- by Ben Kerry
In typically-random Rockstar fashion, the team today announced an upgrade for GTA 5 on PC – bringing the game’s recent Xbox Series X|S enhancements to that version of the game. Glossing over the fact this is free while we had to pay for such upgrades on Xbox (curse you, Rockstar), we’re trying to gleam some positivity from this – maybe the team can finally get around to some Red Dead Redemption upgrades for us?
You see, as much as we love Red Dead, both the first Redemption title and its follow-up Red Dead Redemption 2 are still only 30FPS on modern Xbox consoles. While this 30FPS fate is a reality for both console versions of RDR 2, the first Redemption recently got a 60FPS version on PS5 – and potentially an even smoother port on PC, depending on your hardware. Seriously, we need this on Xbox!
Microsoft’s backwards compatibility program meant that we could enjoy RDR on modern Xbox consoles long before PlayStation players – but we’ve now fallen behind, and that needs to be remedied at some stage. As for Red Dead 2 – Rockstar was apparently working on a version of the prequel for current-gen consoles before it moved onto other things.
Of course, those other things will primarily be pumped into GTA 6, but with today’s announcement for GTA 5 on PC – clearly, the team still has some room in it for enhancing older titles. Rockstar, please prioritise Red Dead Redemption next – replaying those games at 60FPS would be a fantastic experience on Xbox.
Do you agree with us that Red Dead needs some attention on Xbox? Talk to us about all of this down below.
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.
