Listen, we all want Red Dead Redemption 2 to come to Switch. That's a given. It's one of the year's biggest games and has gotten rave reviews all over the world, so we'd be silly to even suggest we're not jealous of our PS4, Xbox One and PC-owning chums who all have the chance to explore the Wild West and do some rootin' and tootin' in the comfort of their living rooms.
However, we're also realists, and we know that getting such a massive and technically demanding action adventure onto a portable console would be a near-impossible task; we're not saying it couldn't happen ever, but the sacrifices required would surely impact the experience to a dramatic degree.
Someone should probably tell Target Australia that, as the company has listed Rockstar's cowboy epic for release on – you guessed it – Nintendo Switch. On page 12 of its latest catalogue, Target lists Red Dead 2 as being available on PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
You can see the page below, and we've used our Blade Runner-level tech to zoom in and give more detail.
Now, before we go calling Target silly billies, it's quite possible that this is just a simple mistake, and the Switch banner graphic was added to the box art purely by accident. NBA 2K19 – which is shown above Red Dead 2 – is not listed as being available on Switch when we know that it is, so perhaps the designer who put this catalogue together got the two games mixed up? Whatever the reason, we imagine that the company is currently getting inundated by requests for the game on Switch, so whoever proofed this particular section of the catalogue might get a stern telling-off.
(Either that or it's a cunning ploy to get as many eyes as possible on Target's wares. If so, we fell for it.)
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[source target.com.au]
Comments 63
One can but dream though... Hey where's my hat?!?
The Switch can't handle all that HORSEpower.
Switch Pro exclusive maybe
Maybe it will be a Switch Pro exclusive?
@gaby_gabito damn you beat me for 4 seconds!
Judging on recent times I am surprised this is not referred to as a 'rumour'.
Well we actually don't know if its not coming to switch im pretty sure they are not that dumb to advertise something like that if they really didn't know the game was coming to the switch
Oh Nintendo Life, give us the reviews instead
Best part? The juxtaposition of pics where RDR2 is "on Switch" and FIFA 19... isn't.
'Available soon on 5 cartridges'
Just like others have pontificated, probably coming to the switch pro... thing.
Having loaded it up for the first time on my XB1X last night I’m pretty certain this isn’t coming to the Switch 😂
Where’s the Baba is You review?
Maybe the Switch Pro really will bring out the big guns?
@Audigore0733 happens frequently. Legitimate stores throw stuff up there all the time. Sometimes true and sometimes not. Various retailers have been putting up a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster for 5 years now and hasn't come to fruition for example. Highly doubt it's coming to the switch and if so there will need to be some substantial downgrading
I thought red dead wasn’t on pc yet.
I’d gladly replay the first on Switch.
I’m on Chapter 7 of RDR2’s story mode now, about 170 hours in. Great freaking game, you never run out of things to do.
I’d actually prefer the first PS3 game, I found the second one hard work, technically amazing, but just not fun
If they said the first one is coming remastered, the rumor would be more believable and therefore more exciting.
They could port it to the Switch if they wanted too if the platform sells then they make a version that will work on it
If they do port it, it would be massively downgraded compared to the original versions. Most likely just a mistake by a retailer than a rumour of any substance.
Obvious mistake. Would be nice but nah...
@Rodan2000 2 to me was a better game in terms of how it was put together and written. But the first one is just more fun and doesn't take itself as seriously
game looks nice and has good characters but the gameplay is a hindrance in almost every aspect of actually PLAYING the thing. it's good but no masterpiece in terms of it being a GAME
Pssst. It's not available on PC. It will be eventually but they haven't even confirmed it.
@gaby_gabito
it'd be hard to get it to run on the pro even. the xbx has issues with it even at 1080/30fps.
PC is where this one will shine. Just like GTAV.
It's cool everyone, don't forget that April 1st is right around the corner.
"so we'd be silly to even suggest we're not jealous of our PS4, Xbox One and PC-owning chums who all have the chance to explore the Wild West"
I hear millions of PC owners crying after reading this part !
Nintendolife you have no heart 😂
The "slide show, muddy" edition 😉
PC is where this game will shine. Same as Assassin Creed Odessey. Stop playing on PS4 and started a new game on PC. Best decision ever.
@gaby_gabito Won't happen, it would piss off millions of people, they won't make the new 3ds exclusive games mistake again.
is this the impossible game that we would never expect that was rumored? (not shocking to say the least, if this was the game that was rumored.)
ha-ha-ha. Very funny
Please dont post articles on ridiculous rounding errors or mislabeling of platforms in ads
No, they do not think Red Dead is coming to Switch, and neither does anyone else. It's a platform labeling error.
Are we going to shout from the rooftops every time someone forgets to dot an i or cross a t???
This is not news. This is the type of thing casual redditors post in ignorance thinking they happened upon some "groundbreaking leak", but ut's not even remotely indicative of a leak or actual chance of the game coming. It's an error. Move along.
Red Dead 2 isn't available on PC
This will still look and run terrible on switch pro. Let alone the current switch
Never happening!
@gaby_gabito I really hope NO game will ever be Switch Pro exclusive..
I’d be ok if it was rdr1. There is no reason switch couldn’t run that game just fine. But rdr2 is one of 3 games on my ps4 backlog. Along with re2 and last guardian.
When I read headline I thought I was gonna have to try and sell my copy so I'd buy on the Switch, but I agree with the article. It's way too demanding to run on the Switch. I would take GTA V though. I never played it and I dont feel like playing it on the PS4. On the Switch it would be quite different.
Yeah, Red Dead Redemption the mobile edition maybe.
"(Either that or it's a cunning ploy to get as many eyes as possible on Target's wares. If so, we fell for it.)"
That's... An interesting theory.
"... it's quite possible that this is just a simple mistake, and the Switch banner graphic was added to the box art purely by accident"
Uhm... It's not only "quite possible". You can be 100% sure this is just a simple mistake, and mistakes are done by all of us. Nothing life threatening. Just a little embarrassing, that is all.
It's like that one time Nintendo Life got trolled so hard when they chose to write an article based on a random Twitter user's post, which claimed that Game Freak have put a reference to a "loss" meme in Pkmn LG. When the Twitter information later got revealed to be fake, NL just hid the article from the front page. Ok... That was actually more embarrassing than this. Guess we could say "Oops" about that as well.
Wow NL, you’re really trying hard to turn this into news...
@SmileMan64 Obviously the author doesn't know just how crappy Target is.
I feel so dirty after reading this article. I need shower.
Got that game on PC already so don't need it on Switch unless they can find a dev that is willing to do the port job justice. Can't rely on Panic Button for everything.
And we thought the Witcher 3 port rumors were crazy. RDR2 on Switch is insane. These games would have to be Switch Pro exclusives. With all of these data dribs, I hope they come together as true information. Because, it would imply that the Switch Pro will be on par with PS4 and Xbox One, which is awesome. I would buy it for sure.
‘Listen, we all want Red Dead Redemption 2 to come to Switch. That's a given. It's one of the year's biggest games and has gotten rave reviews all over the world, so we'd be silly to even suggest we're not jealous of our PS4, Xbox One and PC-owning chums who all have the chance to explore the Wild West and do some rootin' and tootin' in the comfort of their living rooms.’
No, no, no, no annnnnd no.
Switch couldn't handle it, and if it could, you're doing it a disservice not playing it on something where it can be beautiful.
Rockstar put all that work into the game, not so it can look like poo on Switch.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will come to the Switch when the game is updated to have competent controls with minimal input lag.
This is either more evidence that points to a switch pro,or an error with the advert.
@LUIGITORNADO,
I doubt Rockstar care all that much as long as the release puts more money into their wallets.
Huh. That seems almost deliberate.
Weird mistake to be making on purpose.
Hell, I want the first RDR on Switch. Let’s not get greedy!
Wow fanboys are out in droves. They talk as if they knew but they don't. Notice how they harp on the Switch not enough power before there wasn't enough games.
@redd214 Well until the New switch comes out they could put the game on switch
@Audigore0733 lol OK bud, hope you arent waiting too long!
@redd214 I have never played RDR and I don't plan on it I just want to see that the switch can be more than everybody thinks it is.
@Audigore0733 I love my switches and their potential as much as anyone but if you had played RDR2 you would see why I'm saying that it just wouldn't work well in its current form.
@redd214 It first has to be demo on the Switch before one can compare xbox/ps4 graphics and game play. Using false equivalence doesn't give a honest comparison.
Amazing how an non-news accidental listing can be turned into news and people start turning that same non-news into a Captain Obvious "the Switch can't run this successfully" debate. You don't say....
@SwitchForce haha OK man, you're right lol
Wait what?!! PC Owning chums - we can't play and most probably won't be able to play Red Dead Redemption 2 (we couldn't play the first one either). So PeeCee owners are in the same boat as Switch owners.
@Mgene15 How would you know it will run terrible: oh wait its just a guess because people think the switch can't do anything when it really can.
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