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Fans noticed a small change going on for Red Dead Redemption 2.
GameRoll made this tweet over the weekend:
Rockstar Games has weirdly changed the RDR2 store description on Steam.
I’m beginning to become extremely optimistic that we’re gonna see a newly enhanced version of RDR2 for potentially both consoles and PC soon. HYPE.
Subsequently, BeskInfinity made this follow-up tweet:
Caught by @videotechuk_ RDR2 on the Epic Games Store also has description changes brought today
With new mentions of RDO as well.
THIS is all getting very interesting for what’s potentially coming.
What’s In Steam And Epic Game Store Now?
Red Dead Redemption 2 has the same description on Steam and Epic Game Store. It goes like this:
America, 1899. Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
Winner of over 175 Game of the Year Awards and recipient of over 250 perfect scores, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of honor and loyalty at the dawn of the modern age.
Red Dead Redemption 2 also includes Red Dead Online — the multiplayer experience set in the living world of Red Dead Redemption 2 — ride solo or form a posse; run moonshine; battle lawmen, outlaw gangs, ferocious wild animals, and much more as you forge your own path on the American frontier.
The main difference is that the description originally had this sentence at the start:
Includes Red Dead Redemption 2: Story Mode and Red Dead Online.
So What’s The Big Deal?
The speculation with this description change is that Rockstar made a newer version of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2.
TREVOR4REAL shared a rumor that these ports of the game were going to be announced last August. That did not end up actually happening. Still, there are still fans who believe that these ports are real.
Does It All Add Up?
If we’re honest about it, this description change does not even hint at anything about making an upgraded version of the game, even for PC only.
The description could have been changed because Rockstar is shifting focus away from Red Dead Online. Maybe Rockstar will separate Red Dead Redemption 2 from Red Dead Online.
However, that could have more to do with Take-Two planning to sell Red Dead Redemption 2’s single player campaign cheaper on its own.
If Take-Two found that most Red Dead Redemption 2 players don’t go on to play Red Dead Online, they could cater the game to offline players.
It is possible this is only one part of a bigger picture, but it doesn’t prove anything on its own.
