Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption on PC isn't happening, not 'viable'

David Hinkle of Joystiq writes:
We've got bad news for you and your custom-built, Western-themed PC gaming rig (complete with tumbleweed HDD and whiskey-distilling cooling fan). Rockstar has confirmed that Red Dead Redemption is not coming to the PC. In a Q&A on the company's blog, Rockstar explains, "All we can say is that whenever it is viable (technically, developmentally and business-wise) for us to release a game for PC (or any other particular platform) – we will and we usually do; unfortunately, that is just not the case 100% of the time for all platforms."

[yesmynameissumo]

Shame. It's one hell of a game.

[BattleAxe]

I've been holding out all this time too...Oh well.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

Console gaming is big business...

[fluffydelusions]

So why make LA Noire on PC and not RDR?

[Jobesy]

For the same reason some devs make a game for pc but not consoles, it's their choice.

[caboose32]

Yea, I'm pretty sure RDR would have more sales on pc then LA. I use to own it for xbox 360 back when I had one, and I would re-buy the game again for pc.

[Sobari]

Guess I won't be playing it, then. Oh well.

[jriquelme_paraguay]

lazzy....
and they are working on GTA5...

LA Noire its smaller...

[banjadude]

Damn... have it for PS3 (which is great), but really wanted to also get it for PC, to see what the modding community would come up with.

[evrfighter]

Maybe that's what their scared of.

Look what icehancer did. Made them look like chumps

[stu888]

i don't think this icehancer could make anything to the scale and depth of RDR, and the story...

At the end of the day modders are not as good as developers, otherwise they would be in the development team.

end of.

If you haven't completed this game, don't bother sharing your opinion because its worthless.

[stu888]

why mod this game? it's near perfection.

[iamgoatman]

Although it is a great game, it's no where near perfect, and theres a lot a modding community could add to make it even better, just look at GTA4.

[outwar6010]

mods do amazing things more missions would be nice and I've always wanted the ghost rider horse in this game

[banjadude]

When I mean mods, I am referring to minor fixes (like textures and stuff), but I mostly refer to mods that add to the game (like new weapons, new missions, etc).

[TheColbertinator]

Disappointed in Rockstar today.

[Johnny_Cojones]

Not surprised, but a bit disheartened. As unlikely as it was, I was holding out a bit of hope that this would eventually make it's way onto the PC.

Even on consoles, though, it was spectacular.

I'd rather them make a sequel for consoles than a port for PC, any day.

Visuals aren't so important that's it's worth delaying the next installment of the game.

[iamgoatman]

Disappointing.

Oh well, In future I won't be supporting a developer who obviously thinks PC gaming isn't worth their time or effort, apart from the odd cash grab 6 months after it releases on consoles.

[death2smoochie]

This has to do with MONEY and the modding community.
With all the custom Mods happening with GTA4 and how its FREE and how those MODS make the game look better than What Rockstar has did with the game in general.
Honestly this is no surprise

[pr0digyZA]

Well its hard to sell dlc to people who make their own :P

[TheGameFoxJTV]

Not true, the Bethesda games don't have to worry much about that. lol, they still sell the DLC well and most of their games have TONS of mods.

[-MD-]

This game was a massive disappointment anyways.

[josephayal]

We Want GT5! Hurry up RS

[Scribe81]

That sucks, I wanted to pick this up on a Steam sale for $7.50 after it'd been out for a year or two.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

Funny that, this may just be the reasoning behind their decision.

[Scribe81]

Probably. I mean, I know any game on digital distribution sites like Steam get more royalties than from retail releases, but not if a gamer like me waits for the type of deals I mentioned.

I'm a cheap gamer, what can I say. But I don't hog up server space or time since I never play a game early enough when everyone is online, and I don't play it right away when people would demand patches to fix problems. When I'm playing the game, the company is giving me nothing more than the license to play it, no support, no nothing. That's why I see no issue in paying less several years down the line for a game.

[Eyesoftheraven]

This does confirm anything but to never say never.