Video: Red Dead Redemption Graphics Comparison (Switch & Xbox Series X)

From the first look it's not bad but if they can give Switch owners Demo to try that might help the reviews and how Switch owner view the game. But also fit on cart not half cart and rest Digital that isn't the nice. Looks more brighter but also some blurring and hope they can improve this for the next Switch. Some downgraded graphics doesn't do this game any service as well.

The game looks noticeably better in certain spots and oddly darker in others. Overall I like the new saturation of the Switch version better. Considering it’s 360 era it should also run fine too. Likely capped at 30fps as was the norm of gaming back then.

@SwitchForce There shouldn’t be any download with the physical version as the eshop listing has it pegged at 11.5gb

Where's the Xenoblade Chronicles X port!

The Switch version actually looks pretty nice. But might as well wait for reviews and see how it turns out. I can play this on Series X so even though portability is great, I don't have many reasons to get this. Especially at full price.

the lighting in the switch version is better but not the resolution..

Can't wait...........

............... for a sale......

.....so I'll play on Xbox.

Ignore the noise for a moment - We’re getting Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare on the Switch.

Sorry but that is quite the accomplishment. It’s not as ambitious as Witcher 3 in terms of complexity and scope but damn, people forget that Red Dead Redemption PUSHED the 360 to the limit. It’s arguably one of the best looking AAA games (Halo 4 takes the crown) and the game holds up really well.

I for one will get a physical copy at some point. I went back and beat Undead Nightmare earlier this year on original hardware (360) and had a blast.

As long as it holds 30 fps, it’s a win. If we get worse performance than 360… then we are in trouble.

I understand a vocal group may be boycotting the game and they are free to express their discontent, which is valid. However, I see the situation a little bit differently and I am glad Rock* are bringing back an older game. Even if it’s at a price I don’t particularly agree with.

Got game for under 20 bucks on series x so I'll stick with that.
Maybe next year if it's on sale, will buy for switch

@Hwatt Well said. Yeah the price isn’t the best, but it’s arguably worth it even 13 years later as it’s a good game, that was well thought out with a lot of content.

I always compare games to other entertainment media…. I could go to the theater for $20 and enjoy a movie for 2-3 hours…. I could do that twice, or buy one $40-50 game and have 10+ hours of entertainment. I could get 4-5 books to read maybe more depending on choice…. That might be around the same amount of hourly content, but I can’t effect change in the story or world where I likely can on a game.

So yeah, even tho the price isn’t ideal, $30 woulda been spot on I think, it’s still a worthy game. I mean how many of us double or triple dipped on Witcher 3 or Skyrim for at/near launch price each time? 😂

Can certainly see the difference but I think it looks quite good. I'm hoping the port is good but still kind of undecided if I want to go for it at launch or wait for a sale, doesn't really help I already have both the main game and Undead Nightmare on Xbox anyway.

Looks like someone figured out how to use reshade on Switch!

Never understood the Red Dead Redemption hype. Maybe I finally will, on Switch.

Still a hard pass. The game will sell well and Rockstar will learn nothing. If it gets some solid reviews, I will absolutely pick it up during an inevitable deep discount sometime in the future

@Lightsiyd I never got it, either, until I played RDR2 and totally loved it. I scoffed at the franchise for years because I'm not a Western fan, but the story and characters pulled me in. Never played RDR 1, though, but I hear good things

@SwitchForce even if the game fits on the cart, if there are any updates you’d still be downloading most of the game to your Micro SD. Then you’d be better off waiting for a potential reprint.

@sleepinglion Same here. Not a fan of the Western look AT ALL!! I don't get why people go so crazy over photorealistic looks in particular. As my art teacher, Paul West would say, "I understand it, but I don't understand it."
Played Elden Ring on PS5 and I couldn't get why my brother was so attracted to the boring visuals. Even when the scenery should be interesting, the colors are too dull

@sleepinglion On the flip side I loved RDR (one of the few big games I 100%) but RDR2 was unbearable to me. Such a step backwards.

Looks great. Can't wait to get it when the price drops!

I’ll pick it up physical. Thank goodness they didn’t GTA Trilogy this game.

@theModestMouse An interesting take. I wonder how my own thoughts on 2 will change after I've played 1

As a fan of open-world games, westerns, and zombie movies, this port is right up my alley, price be danged.

Looks better on switch without that blue filter on xbox

@theModestMouse I enjoyed 2 a lot more my second time playing it - replayed both games last year - but I do definitely prefer 1.

I did play the first Red Dead a year or so ago on my PS3, a pretty decent open world game with great atmosphere and writing, I do need to check out the Undead DLC at some point too.

@theModestMouse I felt the same, loved RDR, just didn't click with RDR2

@Hwatt I've never played it and was looking forward to it next week, you're positivity has made me look forward to it even more now, thanks!

@Lightsiyd Crank your saturation. I found it stunning in countless areas.

I think it was just a sunnier day when they recorded the switch footage.

Do we know this is Switch footage and not PS4 footage?

@dew12333
Yeah feels like some shots were taken at different daytimes.

@Dm9982 publishers often use the smallest game cartridge they can when the put out physical versions due to larger size carts costing more.

Great game. Terrible price. Already played it so not bothered about picking it up again, even if it was €10.

@Res462 Yeah and the cheap cart that most use is the 16gb model, the game is listed at 11.5gb, so shouldn’t be an issue

LA Noire is about 26gb and comes in full cart

@Dm9982 LA Noire does not come on the full cartridge; it’s a 16GB cart with another 10GB (or more) download. It says so right on the packaging.

I’m not sure where your statistics came from, but there’s no way 16GB is the standard cart size. The Borderlands collection looks like it’s 8GB, leaving you another 42GB to download. BioShock requires another 32GB download.

While it’s true that this entire game could fit on a cartridge and the others would not, that doesn’t mean they will use a 16GB cartridge. They haven’t announced their plans or pricing yet for the physical version, outside of a mid October release date.

@Dm9982

Honestly, I won’t be buying it at $50 USD but it doesn’t exclude the fact that I want to buy it.

An ideal price would be as cheap as possible of course but they have R&D into converting the game to run on base PS4 and Switch.

I’m sure their core tech team or programmers didn’t just copy / paste code, run it on dev kit, and call it a day.

Besides, I think they learned their lesson from the GTA trilogy. Unless you’re going to commit resources to properly remaster the game (e.g., Metroid Prime) it’s best to ensure the original game runs properly on new hardware. Metroid Prime Remaster retails for $40 USD just as a reminder.

It also takes additional time and effort ($) to also test a game and run through and solve any bugs that may occur on these new platforms.

A fair price seems to be $30 USD all things considered but since this isn’t a Nintendo first party title, I expect the market (demand) to help drive the price down sooner than later. Especially if Switch 2 rumours are true.

Yesn I can spot the difference, because its very obvious in a couple of moments.

Switch version looks good NGL, but there's a couple of moments (interior with the dancing guy ie) when you can see exactly where they made the cuts. And it's big enough to make me wait for an eventual pc port.

@Res462 My bad, I assumed there was no download for LA - I own the digital but my friend got it physical and never mentioned a download.

The collections you mentioned are all understandable as coming part cart and part download, because the biggest carts used so far on Switch are 32gb, and even if Gearbox used that one, you’d still have to download stuff as all 3 Bioshocks or all 3 Borderlands equal over 32gbs.

To date I can’t recall a single game under 16gb coming on cart and download unless the company was indie or being extremely cheap (think capcom did it with like Re0 or re4, download codes in box are ridiculous….)

Witcher being the major exception to the rule, but does prove it’s possible for large games to be complete on one cart. LA Noires case was likely “untested waters”. Rockstar being unsure how well it would sell and reduced costs as much as possible.

That all said, it “SHOULD” come all on one cart if the eshop size is to be believed at 11.5gb. Stranger things have happened and it could come as a download code….

@johnedwin Who would have thought 4K looks better than 1080-720p

I'll end up getting it if it runs decently, even if it's a slight downgrade from the original. Never got to play it since I was primarily a pc gamer.

Still, I find it funny how some people gobbled up the full-priced Gamecube, Wii and Wii-U ports by Nintendo, but this is where they draw the line.

Finally Nintendo Switch is getting a very good game. The Xbox Series X version looks more, more, more better than the Nintendo Switch version. Nintendo Switch 2 needs more, more, more power.

Yihaaaaaah allright. this looks allright

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

@MrHaggi truer