Red Dead Redemption's Estimated File Size Revealed On The Switch eShop

I don't care about losing out on the multiplayer, I'm waiting to see if they messed it up like the GTA release.

The fact that 11.4GB is considered small these days is a joke that I cannot top.

Well... I'll wait for the (Digital Foundry's) review and physical version, then.

I figured it'd be around that size. That's around the size of the Xbox 360 version with all the DLC

@HotGoomba From someone who lives in a small town with limited internet choices, I concur. At my max speed (25mb down/1.5mb up) that’ll take me about 3-4 hours to download.

Recently just got a 1TB card and loaded it up, took almost all week.

Edit - Still, it’s half the size of Witcher 3, Doom 2016/Eternal, LA Noire, and nearly half the size of MHR: Sunbreak, Kakarot, and MUA3 with DLC….. any other monster sized titles I’m forgetting (monster for Switch that is)?

I guess it's just the Xbox 360 version with all the DLC included. Still going to buy it though as I no longer had access to the Xbox platform anymore.

@HotGoomba Not sure why. This has been the norm for a little over a decade now. The only joke is how behind network infrastructure is for a lot of places.

@HotGoomba It is small, relatively speaking of course.

The file size does confuse me a little bit just because it's about 2 GB higher than the game plus Undead Nightmare is on Xbox and you'd think with it not really being upressed and the lack of the multiplayer stuff it'd be lower if anything.

@BenAV that’s gotta be the biggest file on Switch I’ve seen by at least 10gb for one single game (including dlc).

@Dm9982 I think the biggest is NBA 2K23, it's like 55 GB or something.

@Dm9982 NBA2K always runs more than 40GB. The latest is 53. It's ridiculous and a huge turnoff.

Eh, not too bad. Very close to buying it digitally if it performs well.

@Cashews @Lizuka Yeah that’s just ridiculous for the switch…. Compared to late 360/PS3 or early Ps4/XB1….. smh.

I mean even Witcher is like 28-30gb on Switch, and 60ish on Series X. Doom 2016 or Eternal, I forget which, is like 24-25gb on Switch, and it’s Series X counterpart is about 70-80gb.

That is absolutely bonkers that NBA 2K is that large at all, but especially on a system that has 1080p max texture Res…. Wonder what it’s Pc/SX/PS5 equal is…. 150-200gb??

The size is fine. What's even more important is how bad the port is. And if it somehow ends up being a good port, when can we get a discount. I'm not paying that ridiculous 50 eur price

@dojmin Honestly I feel like it'll probably be a perfectly fine port. LA Noire's solid and the big issues with the GTA ports (which really by now are pretty much functional in their own right, even if still not exactly great) are that they were having a not very good developer do remasters of three already not very good mobile ports without enough time or budget to give them proper care and for every format imaginable on top of new features. Just porting a singular 360 game and its DLC that mostly shares assets with the main game without any real edits to the content it'll probably run fine.

As for a sale, Rockstar games usually don't take long. Probably a Black Friday sale or something.

70 bucks here in aus, that's brutal. Bought it on series x for 20 bucks....

Well, half the size of RE Revelations 2. I'll be waiting for a sale with RDR, I recently tried the game again on my PS3 as I own it digitally, but not feeling the need to rush to buy it at the release price on Switch. Also the GTA trilogy still has so many unfixed issues on Switch, will definitely be waiting for a tech review.

IMO one of the best open-world games of all time, that I've been meaning to replay but couldn't on either handheld (Deck or Switch), so I'm happy to pick it up... when it's on a 50%+ sale.

But I'm sure some people will pay full-price for this, and that's why it's launching for this much.

Anyone else find this one more fun than RDR2? I take fun arcade-y action over slow cinematic any day of the week.

that way lower that a expected for the port of the game, i expected something like 15/20GB as a file size

The Nintendo Worth buy game because first time since release the red dead redemption 2 and dead

Not bad, but I'm still waiting on the physical release. Discounted. And that's IF it isn't a technical mess.

Pretty modest for an open-worlder, especially with more linear games on Switch occasionally eating up twice as much.

@HotGoomba Jedi Survivor is 150GB on PS5 and most games are around the 80GB-100GB range nowadays so yeah that is small.

I'll wait for reviews first after dealing with the terrible performance of the GTA Trilogy on Switch at launch.

If the game looks and runs well, it'll be a day 1 physical purchase. If not, I'll wait for a sale.

I have the 360 version on my Series X. So I'll wait for a discount before I pick up a PS4 copy for my PS5.

@ballistic90 it’s not a grove street games “remake” that was modified from the phone port. It’s a straight port from console with some very minimal QoL improvements.

Anyway this should fit in the entire cartridge. Don’t really care about no multiplayer. I never touched GTA V’s multiplayer.

@Arawn93 I understand that it's not the same circumstances, but Take Two and Rockstar both signed off on that terrible remaster, so I'm going to need to see some reviews for it first

@BenAV @Dm9982
And Hatsune Miku shouldn't even be 39GB in the first place.

DLC bundle 1 is 2.8GB, bundle 2 is 2.3GB, and bundle 3 is 19.9GB(!!!). Despite each bundle being about the same amount of content.

Bundle 3 was filled with junk just so the size would be 39GB in total, because 39 can be pronounced 'Miku' in Japanese.

Damn people really are willing to drop 50 bucks on a game that came out 13 years ago when you can buy it for less than half of that on an Xbox or a physical for even less at a local game store. Y'all are the reason game companies don't put any effort in anymore

@Deepdoop thats dumb to blame all gamers on how some game devs are being lazy and rushing out poorly optimized games and besides most of us wanted to see this game get properly remastered and not release as is along with a reasonable price.

@Cashews

Ooh boy take a look at the PS5 version sometime lol.

It’ll drive you insane. It’s around 200 gigs now. I don’t play it but my buddy is a crackhead on it.

@citizenerased

I was cracked out on RDR1. It RRODed my last 360 before I traded my replacement for a PS3.

I didn’t care for RDR 2. It didn’t have that organic story growth that RDR 1 had. I fell off half way through it.

@Deepdoop fun fact: not everyone has an Xbox and wants to buy one for a single game. You can’t blame the consumers for just wanting to play a game on what they have

@Deepdoop I get the logic behind that, but it’s def flawed. Remove all other versions of the game, as that’s some Nintendo owners - not everyone owns multiple systems, so they may not have access to the cheaper versions.

Not to mention 13 years is a long time, some of the original players may be parents now and have difficulty playing mature games on a big tv, so having the game portable and on a personal screen may make more sense.

Now back to all versions being out. Just because they exist doesn’t mean a dev team didn’t put effort into making this happen. They got paid money to do an 8+ hour a day job to make the game run on Switch, just like the original devs did when making it run on 360 and PS3.

The game was well worth the retail price 13 years ago, as it was a lot of fun, even without the multiplayer. Like many other games, Doom/Witcher/Skyrim, it’s worth the double dip to have it portable.

I have a Series X, I have RDR2 on it that I haven’t been able to play much, and due to limited internet connection remote play isnt a feasible option. So if I want a portable personal way to play this, it’s either pony up $50, or pony up 600+ and get a Steam Deck or Asus Ally.

If RDR2 didn’t exist, and RDR1 was just releasing on all platforms today no one would bat an eye at the $50 price tag, and the only reason games ever get reduced in value is because the retail outlets want to clear inventory, not because the game is lesser in quality/value. Heck, even Nintendo titles don’t drop price over their lifetime anymore, and the best deals you find are MAYBE $40 on a $50-60 retail release during a rare eshop sale, or at Walmart or Amazon because they’re trying to clear warehouse space.

Edit - I should also mention, that last I checked on Series X, OG and 360 titles are not available to remote play anyways, only XB1 and Series X titles. As I tried to remote Fallout 3 and it told me emulated titles were not available for remote options. So even if one has the internet capable of it, remote personal screens aren’t an option on RDR1 through Xbox.

@OrtadragoonX ooof that is awful. I stopped playing the game because it was so jank compared to the other consoles. I may pick it up on the series X but tbh I dont want to invest the time to learn it. Shame because the real NBA is my jam.

Couple of bits of non-spoilery advice for anyone planning to play this for the first time.

1. Even though you can play Undead Nightmare first if you want to, don't. It takes place VERY late into the story (as in like directly before the ending) and will spoil significant aspects of it, especially if you beat it.

2. Money isn't really something you need to grind for in the game anyway, not a crazy amount of uses for it, but if you are desperate for it, early in there's a mission where you need to play Liar's Dice against a guy who's awful at it and puts up tons of money every time. Just keep playing past when you have to and you can milk that guy for all the money you'll ever need.

idk why , at least GTA trilogy didnt sounds that bad , is pretty fun and playable doesnt sounds so bad like what everyone talking i also have playing PS2 , and PS3 ver. Im very excited about Red dead redemption Port on nintendo switch. Hey at least is real port
unlike KH and REremake. Ya the price expensive then wait for sale and get it.

@Cashews

It’s way too much to learn. I dropped off after 2K13.

And Bulls fan till I die.

@OrtadragoonX I stopped getting NBA 2K games after 19 because they got too big. I think that was the last release that felt reasonable to me, after that they essentially doubled the file size and it only kept increasing. Thing is I have no idea why, because I can hardly tell a difference where it matters when comparing 19 to later releases.

Similar deals as well, I'm a huge Warriors fan but I have my limits and following the latest season simply isn't worth what they're charging and more importantly how much space it occupies. It's at the point where you really need to be dedicated in order to justify having the latest NBA 2K on a console.

@MythTgr I’m hoping the Switch successor has 2+ micro SD card slots. I’ve currently got a filled 1TB, and if the next system increases res beyond 1080p then we’ll be seeing games taking up 10gb minimums, and up to 70-100gb for full retails. Can’t tell ya how fast my Series X 1TB filled…..RDR2 alone is I think 109gb. Glad I’m not an MS Flight Sim fan…. Think all the flight packs visual upgrades on that total over 250gb….

@citizenerased I find it really difficult to compare the two. They are intentionally such different games. Both have their strengths and weaknesses.

If I was asked to pick my favourite, I'd probably say the first one (just!).

@Cashews Yeh & Nintendo Life don't mention it in their NBA2K reviews, like the size doesn't matter & we've got infinite space. Yet for myself it's critical in my buying decision. It's 3 times the size of Tears of the Kingdom & it's just a basketball game LMAO. I guess the term "compression" is a foreign concept to the devs.

@Deepdoop Not everyone has an Xbox or a PS3 ~

@Deepdoop Do you believe everyone has a PS3 or Xbox 360 lying around? Getting a used console and the game would still cost more than just buying this game version (though I'm sure most will wait for a sale) .

@TruthisRare switch tax?

@HotGoomba The first PC I owned had a disk drive with 128MB of storage and 8MB RAM...

Getting it physical on PS4 when the price has dropped. Saving Switch memory for Switch exclusives.

@JohnnyMind Same here. I don’t need it to be 4k per se, just would be extremely nice to have 1080p at 30fps in handheld. I think the perfect set up for a Switch successor would be increasing the power and battery just enough to make that happen on handheld. Then have the extra processing in the dock, much like Alienware has with their Amplifier pods for their Laptops. Then you could have a Pro dock that’s capable of 4k/60fps, or a standard dock that’s just like the normal one. A processing upgrade putting it in line with Steam Deck or Asus Ally, or close to, would allow it to natively play the latest stuff @ 1080p, then boosted with dock.

I do believe Nintendo will probably do something similar to this, as I think there was evidence on the OLED Dock of such plans.

@Switch_Pro : My 286 might have had even less than that. It didn't even have Windows.

I also used to experiment with floppies by trying to squeeze as many games into a 1.44MB disk as possible.

Bloating a game's file size merely to match the title of the game, especially for those PAYING for the damn DLC is so damn contemptible. This makes me especially glad that I've never bought any of the packs.

@JohnnyMind I think there’s a fairly good chance for a dual dock market. A hollowed out one, basically like we have now, then same form as the hollow one but filled with a mid level CPU/GPU combo, or mid entry video card. Nintendo would likely want to target a $350 piece point for the new system and probably $150-200 for an expanded dock. Basically the same cost as Ps5/Series X. But given it being sold separately, I could also see them going to $250-300 for it.

Yeah total cost would be $50-100 more than them, but you’d have a system that could take your games anywhere without the need to remote play or link through Bluetooth.

Everyone's complaining about this but I've been wanting to play RDR on my PS5 and now we can do that, I no longer have to bust out my PS3 to accomplish that. Playing on the go sounds even more cool. Making great games more accessible is a good thing.

@Sisilly_G Mine was a 386. If I remember correctly, right before I "inherited" this PC, it had 4MB RAM which was upgraded to a whopping 8MB to better run Windows 3.1. It came with some DOS games such as Oscar, Genie, which I just found by accident in the command line, I have no idea who installed them or why. I still have this computer, I need to dig it up one day for old time's sake.

@Switch_Pro : I had the demo of Oscar on floppy as well during my 386 days (and the very similar Trolls, presumably by the same developers).

Oscar actually got some (then) new games on the DSi shop back in the day.

I'm also impressed that you still have such an old computer tucked away. All of my old PCs were thrown out/destroyed.