It’s almost official : Red Dead Online is dead. It’s not really a surprise as it was very clear that Rockstar Games let RDRO without real new content or events, but they confirmed it saying clearly that no major update with new content will be released.
The Rockstar Games confirmation
In a press conference, Rockstar said that GTA Online was their priority in term of multiplayer experience and that Red Dead Online was totally not on the table of discussion. We can think that all this is like a test for GTA VI, and that RDRO permit them to experience some things in the early lifetime of the game, but is now about to die as they closed their test period.
Fans were manifesting online, wearing black suits and regrouping in the game like to celebrate the end of the online. In term of numbers, the average number of players connected to Red Dead Online was 2 000 before this announcement, when it is 85 000 on GTA Online, almost 10 years after the release of the game. We understand why it’s not their priority, but maybe that if Rockstar managed it more, people would have stayed on the game…
Let’s hope the online of RDR3 will be improved and not a secondary project. Tell us what kind of improvements you would like to see for this 3rd game