Unlike GTA Online, Red Dead Online doesn’t regularly receive big content updates. A situation which frustrates the fans to the highest point.
It doesn’t have to be good to be an absolute fan of Red Dead Online. Within the community, frustration is gaining more and more ground, Kotaku reports in an article published on January 9. In question: the lack of content made available by Rockstar Games. The last big update was in July 2021 and players are naturally starting to find the time long.
Therefore, the most frequent started sharing a hashtag with the name #SaveRedDeadOnline which is, literally, Save Red Dead Online. ” It’s been two years without any sense on Rockstar’s part. They don’t care, support and love for Red dead 2 are gone. It’s all forr GTA V now, what a disappointing turnaround », Explains for example the journalist Ben T., specialist of the studio, in a tweet posted on January 6. Lobbying has even reached platforms like TikTok, where users share the hashtag, sometimes with originality.
Red Dead Online suffers from GTA Online performance
The fact is that Red Dead Online must deal with internal competition from GTA Online, which has maintained large audience figures since its launch in… 2013. Just look at the statistics provided by SteamCharts to see the gap: a peak at over 150,000 players for GTA V in the last 24 hours, when Red Dead Redemption 2 brings together a little less than 40,000. This popularity is also verified on Twitch: nearly 60,000 spectators for GTA V, against a little less than 5,000 for Red Dead Redemption 2.
The balance of power is therefore unbalanced, which prompts Rockstar Games to focus its efforts on GTA V. As a bonus, the flagship title continues to sell like hot cakes despite its age. The company regularly offers new products to the community, which makes them feel good and fosters a lasting virtuous circle. This strategy cannibalizes Red Dead Online, which mechanically brings in less money.
This isn’t the first time gamers have grumbled about the lack of penalizing content. Red Dead Online. In July 2020, some dressed up as clowns in protest. ” As we are all clowns hoping for an update, it makes sense that we would dress up in the game as well. », Estimated at the time a moderator of a Discord group. Rockstar Games obviously did not understand the lesson.
Ben T. hopes that #SaveRedDeadOnline will finally create an awareness for Rockstar : ” I am delighted to see that the #SaveRedDeadOnline campaign is echoed in media like Forbes, Eurogamer, Screen Rant and others. He believes that this media coverage should prompt the developer to react. ” I sincerely hope that they will make the right decisions and come to us He admits.