There's been lots of talk about how Xbox handles backwards compatibility since yesterday's Red Dead Redemption announcement, and now videos are starting to trickle out comparing the new Nintendo Switch version to the 2010 classic running on Xbox hardware.
Up above you can see how the Xbox Series X handles the enhanced Xbox 360 version - running in full 4K at 30 frames per-second. We must say that up against Switch this Xbox version holds up well, and you can really tell how that higher resolution helps with overall clarity.
There are definitely some changes packed into the new Switch port though. Colour saturation looks cranked up, and some of the foliage looks different in certain scenes. We think both versions look pretty good even if they're limited to 30FPS - we'd have loved to see 60FPS somewhere!
For now, PS4/PS5 footage hasn't been released, but we'd expect that to look pretty close to these two versions also. The big bonus for us on Xbox is that we don't have to fork out $50 for the new version of Red Dead Redemption. Winner!
How do you think these two versions of RDR compare? Let the duel commence in the comments section below.
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@BeerIsAwesome Ditto
Anyone who buys this om switch or ps5 seriously needs there head looking at
The Switch version actually looks decent, in comparison.
@BeerIsAwesome Switch version looks nicer than the 360 one running on an Xbox 360 (as it should). There is a comparison video on Gamexplain.
Some shots look better on Switch, it looks more vibrant but I think the resolution difference is clearest in the shot of John and the dancing guy where the Series X version looks miles better
@ralphdibny maybe if its 20 but 50 what a ripoff
The X looks higher definition while in most scenes the Switch has better lighting. Better as in brighter where the X version looks too dark in many scenes.
Overall this comparison looks like many comparisons where one version has segments that looks set darker than I would ever play a game. The results then is that the supposedly newer or better version often does not look better than the older or inferior version it is compared to.
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Looks like the resmaster is a demaster.
@Dan1283 Switch has portability going for it at least. But only on sale, no chance at full price.
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@Dan1283 Unfortunately, there will be a lot of people picking this up as there a whole generation of gamers that wasn’t born when this release. One of my friends is 19, and he was 6 when this released originally.
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@Dan1283 Nah. I'd love to have a portable version of this.
@Dan1283 I bought it on both, what does that say about me? Haha, jk. I don't have either one of those systems, but I do own the original Xbox 360 game.
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