You're still going to need Rockstar's launcher if you buy on Steam, right? Grand Theft Auto V always used Rockstar's launcher too, if I recall correctly.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 PC - Nov 5 (Rockstar Games Launcher, EGS, GMG, Humble and other digital retailers. Coming to Steam in December)
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Paid hand over fist to delay the Steam release for one month.
It's pathetic.
One month exclusivity for EGS is more pathetic than annoying for a game that was already 12 months console exclusive
Yeah I figured this was coming so I didn't bother getting it on PS4. I'll be trying it out sometime in December I guess. I got a lot to play and do in November so it's better this way.
ahhh, I didn't realize they were selling EGS keys. That makes sense.
My guess is they will be selling Rockstar Game Launcher keys, much like how with Ubisoft games, other retailers sell Uplay keys. Could go either way, though.
Plus rdr2 will likely be in the 80 percent tier on day one on steam. GTA5 sold a lot on Steam alone and Steam was the only place you could buy the Steam version.
Yeah I'm guessing it will be like GTA5 where it is a rockstar launcher key
Amazed it even coming to Steam, even less then a month later. I imagine Rockstar didn't care about what Epic offered, they probably just want to use them as a excluisve for a month so people go to their launcher instead in the meantime. It a win win, they get money and get people to try out their new game launcher.
likely Epic paid them to delay the Steam release. Epic sole target is Steam
Hell yes!
Couldn't finish the game on my X due to 30 FPS but I will definitely double dip on PC.
Couldn't finish the game on my X due to 30 FPS but I will definitely double dip on PC.
The retail price for the console version is still $60. GTA V was $60 at PC release and was for many years after. Both get discounted, sure, but T2/R* wait a very long time to drop prices on their products. They put the same value on them that Nintendo does on their products, and have for a while.
You don't see how much higher framerates + mouse/kb +higher FoV+ UltraWide+ mods vastly improves the gameplay???
Then I have indeed missed something. Thank you fellas!
GTAV was also a vastly improved version with tons of new features tho.
That said, yea, it'll absolutely be full price too, with or without improvements.
Yup, this gotta be the most pathetic and bitter money hat to date.
Oh mama this is great news! I will definitely double dip but I am not planning on upgrading my PC until early next year so we shall see how my 4790k & RTX 2060 handles this in December...
preach
was my main reason for holding out. we'll see if i can hit 60 at 4k with my 2080ti.
Nice. Didn't get very far in on PS4 (base) due to technical issues, but definitely in Day 1 on Steam
At least it's only one month exclusive. November is pretty packed anyways
At least it's only one month exclusive. November is pretty packed anyways
Oh i see for RDR but for GTAV you see they added in a first person mode and the rockstar editor version, so atleast that was something added in for the delay plus it was the remastered version of GTAV with 4K textures and shit.
But then again if its $60 on consoles like you said then i guess its fair enough but a lot of games after a year, drop in price quite a bit so thats why i said that it was a legit question.
I figured this would be too expensive for Epic to shell out for, but heh, they managed to pay to delay the Steam release by a month.
Pre-orders are EGS only, but I wonder if Rockstar will be distributing Steam keys to third party resellers at all? I have a feeling they won't.
But hey, I didn't expect it to be available on Steam at all, so might be wrong about this too. I just don't ever expect these rich ass giant companies to do anything in my best interest if it's in any way to their detriment. Releasing the game on Steam is good leverage for getting Epic to give Rockstar some free money while simultaneously drawing people to Rockstar's store with their incentives. I don't know what the benefit would be for them to let third party stores steal customers and devalue the game with their discounts. Rockstar would surely want the price up as high for as long as possible.
Pre-orders are EGS only, but I wonder if Rockstar will be distributing Steam keys to third party resellers at all? I have a feeling they won't.
But hey, I didn't expect it to be available on Steam at all, so might be wrong about this too. I just don't ever expect these rich ass giant companies to do anything in my best interest if it's in any way to their detriment. Releasing the game on Steam is good leverage for getting Epic to give Rockstar some free money while simultaneously drawing people to Rockstar's store with their incentives. I don't know what the benefit would be for them to let third party stores steal customers and devalue the game with their discounts. Rockstar would surely want the price up as high for as long as possible.
