Amazon Mexico has added a release date to its product page for Rockstar's upcoming Old West adventure, Red Dead Redemption 2. The site claims the game will be released on 12th July 2018, which pushes it outside of its official launch window of "Spring 2018".
Other Amazon sites don't feature this new date, so whether this is simply a shot in the dark or anything of substance is difficult to say. While we wouldn't want it to, we can certainly see the game being delayed into the summer, but really, it's anyone's guess at this point. Rockstar is playing Red Dead Redemption 2 pretty close to its chest.
Hopefully we'll have concrete information regarding the game's release date soon, and we'll of course let you know as soon as that happens.
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[source thenerdmag.com, via amazon.com.mx]
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That's a Thursday so seems unlikely to me. Do we know when games typically launch in Mexico?
I have been expecting a delay in this for some time but we'll see. I'll almost certainly still pick it up though.
Every publisher will be desperate to know when RDR2 comes out so they can shift their releases round it cos who wants to go up against that.
Are these kind of "leaks" ever accurate? That date seems unlikely imo.
Hope it's sooner but every week that goes by without us hearing anything suggests another delay.
Spring 2018 is more likely, this game is a huge blockbuster, many big ips are released during this time.
I still love how the only way to play the OG Red Dead Redemption on a current gen System... without streaming it is...
On the dreaded Xbox One backwards compatibility
Dun dun DUNNNNNNNNNNNN
@adf86 I bet this is why Sony hasnt announced GoW's release date. Trying to avoid going head to head with Red Dead.
@Derpie1 is PlayStation Now THAT bad? Ppl dog streaming but back last gen Onlive and the like was all ppl could talk about. I havent tried the free trial of PS Now so i cant say personally. Has anyone here used it?
I don't have so much issue with games targeting a 'broad' window - like Q1, Q2 or Spring, Summer for example and then 'slipping' outside of those windows. Obviously we all prefer as close to perfect game on release and therefore I do prefer a 'slip' than a rushed release.
What does annoy me more though is where a specific date is set - like 22/03 or 12/07 and then being delayed - especially if its a 'big; delay - a month or more. Specific dates shouldn't be set until the developer and publisher are 99.9% sure that they can meet that date. Specific dates are almost like a contract between the devs/pubs and their audience. People have been known to book dates off of work to purchase games and have time to spend playing. You can't do that with a 'general' release window.
Of course things can change - even right up to the last minute but if those things are outside the dev/pubs control, that's more acceptable. Of course that doesn't mean to say that actual dates need to be left right up until a game goes gold but they should at least have every confidence that, unless something drastic happens, they are 99.9% certain that date will be met.
Anyhow, now on to RDR2. Whether July foes end up being the actual release window or not, it really doesn't matter to me. The game will be a day 1 purchase anyway. I am not 'upset' or even 'disappointed' that it may not meet the 'Spring 2018' launch window for the reasons I gave above. Obviously I would prefer to play it sooner rather than later - IF it was ready for release but as no fixed date was given, I used that information as a guideline rather than something that felt more set in stone like an actual day.
RDR2 is probably my most anticipated release of 2018 but I haven't started getting overly excited because it hasn't yet fixed a date. Also hasn't exactly shown much either to either hype up or potential spoil its impact when I finally do get my hands on it.
@3Above I think it’s more this
If your internet falters AT ANY POINT
Welp game = sol...
Not everyone has the best internet + it’s a completely separate pay from PS+ (tbh it should be thrown in with it...)
People nowadays kinda don’t care about it...
Xbox all ya gotta do is take the X360 ver Of RDR pop it in & Play! No online connection required... (Does that sound simple to you?) also if you don’t have it you can get buy it digitally.
There’s a reason people want a remaster Of RDR...
I would be ok with that. I need to spend quality time with God of War which likely launches in March.
@Derpie1 its really simple for me: i just switch to HDMI 3 and turn on my PS3.
Still, has anyone actually used PSNow here?
@Bluetrain7 amazon taking pre orders for June
https://www.amazon.com/God-War-Stone-Masons-PlayStation-4/dp/B0792SPV9J/ref=zg_bs_videogames_8?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=CW2GTJP4CHFMZA6Z7DJ6&th=1
This game will be insane, that's for sure! Can't believe in the Spring date...seems too soon but since it's on the website, maybe
@3Above you crazy.stop drinking.I love red dead redemption.but God of war is not afraid of no redemption.Lear is is the best.God of war is the best franchise next to gta.now worries playa word up son
@playstation1995 lolol Drinking? Well it is Friday 😉
What i meant was no one WANTS direct competition. If they can launch a month before they will. Take Horizon for example (my personal GoTY 2017) it wasnt Scared of Zelda and it did just fine but theres no denying that some ppl (including alot of gaming media folks) chose to play Zelda instead and only played Horizon months later. If they could have launched in January instead of the day before The Switch and Zelda came out im sure they would.
@3Above Sony will probably know in advance about it's release since it has the marketing rights.
@adf86 Good point i didnt think about that!
@3Above I’m talking w current gen consoles since people I guess care about that stuff...
Spring or Summer 2018, either release date is good for me .
@3Above
I did the free trial of PlayStation Now. I have great internet so it worked fine for me.
@Derpie1 Let me know when backwards compatibility becomes a system seller. I'd be very interested.
@get2sammyb
Monster Hunter will release on a Friday. It seems some games mix it up with release dates.
July isn’t Spring!!! At this rate we can expect gta 6 in 2022
@SirRealDeal it extends the library... past it’s own games...
Well tbh in the end we dunno sales # cus they won’t say...
Plus Microsoft screwed up in the beginning... but enough so really nothing can really save the Xbox One but Microsoft doesn’t have to care cus as a company they have other ways of making money... Xbox isn’t even thier #1 source of revenue...
I’ll bet it ends up closer to July 2019 than July 2018.
Either way, as long as I get to drive a Delorian away from some Native Americans and eventually have a locomotive push it up to 88mph past the point of no return and across the Clint Eastwood ravine, I’ll be happy.
July or not, im still on the fence with this one. Depends how they do the online for me. If its aimed at maximizing "recurring consumer spending" im passing.
@Chronicus_Pr1me I’d expect Rockstar to focus heavily on the online part of the game post-release just like with GTA Online for GTA V, I wouldn’t be surprised if they named it RDR Online for RDR 2.
But what could they add to the game with constant updates? It’s the Wild West, they can’t exactly add new vehicles, planes, helicopters, boats etc. It could only add new weapons, horses and outfits, that’s honestly all I can think they could add with updates. So with the Shark Cards, I can’t see many people buying them thus making them almost redundant.
Nevertheless the game is bound to have an excellent story and a very rich and detailed world to explore, much as we expect from an open-world Rockstar game. It’s definitely going to be a huge success but I doubt it’s going to sell as well as GTA V.
@Macca my thoughts exactly. Now if they add carriages to upgrade....But I can't see anything other than mounts weapons and clothes for purchase.
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