‘They exist’: Red Dead Redemption 2’s PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 versions are still happening, it’s claimed
A rumoured version of Red Dead Redemption 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 and current-gen consoles is still in the works, it’s been claimed.
Reports of a “remaster” of Red Dead Redemption 2 [219 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/red-dead-redemption-2/”>Red Dead Redemption 2 have swirled for some time. As one of the final major releases on the last generation of consoles, many expected it to migrate to PlayStation 5 [8,177 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/”>PS5 and Xbox [10,269 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/”>Xbox Series in the same way that GTA 5’s Xbox 360 [866 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/x360/”>Xbox 360/ PlayStation 3 [1,049 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps3/”>PS3 release was followed up by a PlayStation 4 [8,480 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps4/”>PS4/ Xbox One [6,988 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/xb1/”>Xbox One port.
However, nothing has materialised. Now, as claimed in response to a post on X, NateTheHate2, who has a record of reporting information about video games before official announcements, said that the much-desired ports of the game “exist.”
“Yes, they exist,” he wrote on X. “I have no update on timing for release.”
Yes, they exist. I have no update on timing for release.
— NateTheHate2 (@NateTheHate2) October 5, 2025
Earlier this year, it was claimed that Rockstar’s cowboy epic was coming to Nintendo Switch 2 [592 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2/”>Nintendo Switch 2 as part of Take-Two’s wider support of Nintendo’s new machine.
Red Dead Redemption 2 was first released for PS4 and Xbox One in October 2018, before making its way to PC [11,530 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/”>PC in November 2019.
Former Rockstar boss Dan Houser [241 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/dan-houser/”>Dan Houser recently said that he thought Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best game he worked on at the studio.
Houser – who, along with his brother Sam, co-founded Rockstar Games [466 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/take-two-interactive/rockstar-games/”>Rockstar Games in 1998 – wrote 12 games in the Grand Theft Auto series, starting with the first game’s expansion spin-off, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, and ending with Grand Theft Auto V [392 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/grand-theft-auto-v/”>Grand Theft Auto 5.
He also wrote Bully, Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, Max Payne 3, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and Red Dead Online, but left Rockstar in 2020 to form a new company, Absurd Ventures.
