Red Dead Redemption 2 – when could we expect a sequel? (Rockstar Games)
The Friday letters page discusses the difficulty indie video games have in getting noticed, as a reader is unimpressed by Nintendo’s Alarmo.
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Estimated time of arrival
With the belated release of Red Dead Redemption 1 on PC, and rumours of a current gen console version, it got me wondering when we can expect to see a third game. Rockstar sis clearly still invested in the series so I don’t doubt it’s coming, but it’s hard to make any predictions because you can’t really measure the gap between GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, given GTA was on so many different formats.
But if we take from the PlayStation 4 version to Red Dead Redemption 2 that’s four years. Adjust for the extra length of time it takes to make games now and you’re probably looking at at least six years. The question is whether they’ve already started making it, but if they haven’t, and they don’t properly start till after GTA 6, we might not be looking at Red Dead Redemption 3 until around 2031.
That seems an incredible amount of time. I don’t even want to think about how old I’d be at that point. I don’t see AI helping without just doing talented people out of their jobs, but something has to be done about how long games take now. Especially if it’s only going to get worst next gen.
Focus
Under the radar
Thanks for posting my message about Arco but, just as a follow-up but I was surprised you hadn’t heard of it as it did get a 9 in Edge and 4/5 in Eurogamer recently and has generated positive reviews from the (too few) publications/sites that have spent time with it.
But it seems to have gone massively under the radar and I think the devs have said it’s performed terribly. It has real artistic vision so hopefully some further coverage from yourselves will give it a much-deserved boost.
I’m not connected to the game in any way just feel sad for the devs that a game with this level of passion and originality can be buried by more generic titles!
Chris D
GC: The great problem for games in general, and indie titles in particular, is discoverability. We discussed it in some detail with indie publisher No More Robots last year. Indie developers can’t afford marketing and we – and we’re sure every other website – get sent dozens of press releases every day about new indie games. It is impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff without some kind of external recommendation, which means plenty of great games slip through the net all the time.
Making the list
I got selected for the mysterious Nintendo playtest thing. No idea what it’ll be other than the website recommends playing on TV and using a wired connection.
Perhaps it’s some sort of cloud-based gaming, but the …read more
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