Microsoft wants 'Red Dead Redemption' on Xbox One, too

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You aren't alone in your desire to play Rockstar Games' old West epic Read Dead Redemption on your Xbox One -- Microsoft's director of program management Mike Ybarra wants to play it again, too. "I would love to see Red Dead," he said of making the Xbox 360 game backwards-compatible. In a recent interview, Ybarra revealed that it's a personal favorite and that he's played hundreds of hours of the dusty 2010 open world game. Behind Call of Duty: Black Ops II, it's number two on the list of fan-requested titles for the just launched Xbox One backwards compatibility feature.

But Ybarra isn't in control of what gets approved and what doesn't. Think about it this way: It's one of his favorite games, and given Ybarra's position within Microsoft, even he can't get this to happen. According to Ybarra, there's some engineering work that has to be done on a per-game basis, but the real reason for the holdup is something different: Red Dead Redemption's publisher. "Call Rockstar," he said. "The biggest hurdle is getting the publishers to approve a title."

After the gaffes surrounding the Xbox One's debut, Microsoft has put a huge emphasis on fans voicing their opinions to help shape the console. The company encourages its fans to have a say in a voting process for features -- backwards compatibility itself was a deafening fan request. "If fans want those games, they should ask the publishers."

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Joyful-Posted:

Red redemption was a good game I'm sure a lot of players would love to see that game again

DNTPosted:

Never wasn't really a fan of this game.

But its great seeing it in Next GEN

JoeyNapPosted:

This would be great for Microsoft to land this more sales more customers more money

vLunaPosted:

I remember playing this game a lot, good to see it might be coming back.

MajPosted:

Was never really a big fan of RDD but was kinda fun, Good too see Microsoft bringing different kind's of games back

xXswtXxPosted:

Larph
Robbed Instead of making it apart of the backwards compatibility range why not remaster it, so they can upgrade the graphics.


Red dead is a great game, but I'd rather have the sequel or gta 6 haha.



Read Dead was kind've a sequel to Read Dead Revolver. I remember me and my friends used to lan that shit to oblivion!

SkyPosted:

OMG i would love to see it coming back !!! i loved that game back in the day !!!

LarphPosted:

Robbed Instead of making it apart of the backwards compatibility range why not remaster it, so they can upgrade the graphics.


Red dead is a great game, but I'd rather have the sequel or gta 6 haha.

ExtaticPosted:

Robbed Instead of making it apart of the backwards compatibility range why not remaster it, so they can upgrade the graphics.


That would be such a good idea . They should do this

MickersPosted:

Never really played it so not too fussed.