Having made an impression when it was released in 2018, many console players hope to one day be able to enjoy Red Dead Redemption 2 in excellent conditions on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. A leaked Microsoft document confirms that An edition for next-generation consoles was indeed in development in 2022.
A new version of Red Dead Redemption 2 was planned
It was through an exchange of emails between Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, and Sarah Bond, vice-president of Xbox, that a table mentioning Red Dead Remption 2 was shared. This exchange dated May 16, 2022 indicates that a release of the game for the ninth generation of consoles was planned for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, i.e. the end of 2022. We can also discover that Microsoft would have liked to integrate it into the Xbox Game Pass and expected to pay $5 million per month.
At this point, it’s a safe bet that this version was simply canceled following the migration of a large part of Rockstar to the development of GTA VI, at least that’s what one said in July 2022. leaker.
We will probably never have the end of the story, unless development continues its course and Rockstar ends up revealing this version that fans have been hoping for. In the meantime, you can play Red Dead Redemption 2 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, and of course on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 thanks to backwards compatibility.
