Red Dead Redemption’s Popularity Seems To Be Causing Problems For The Xbox Store

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We already knew that the long awaited debut of Red Dead Redemption on Xbox One’s backward compatibility was going to be extremely popular and well received– in fact, sales of the game apparently went up before the game officially became available on Xbox One, once Microsoft confirmed its availability on the service.

But it looks like it’s been even more popular than anyone could have estimated, because right now, Inquisitr is reporting that the game’s popularity has caused such a surge in people attempting to access the Xbox Store, that the Xbox Store is having troubles. Seriously. The store pages for the game still seem to be having troubles, so it seems like there are simply too many people trying to get this game on their Xbox One.

Red Dead Redemption‘s availability on the Xbox One has been another feather in the cap for the triumph that is the backwards compatibility initiative on the Xbox One, and it has been one of the most compelling arguments yet for always keeping the feature around, going forward.


Source: GamingBolt

[BeoTeK]

I for one bought it to play on Xbone, and it runs beautifully. The game has also aged really well and still looks fantastic even in today's standards.

[Dohc-WP]

I for one bought it to play on Xbone, and it runs beautifully. The game has also aged really well and still looks fantastic even in today's standards.

remember the majority of the dlc apart from undead nightmare is free on the live store, grabbed it all this past weekend

[BeoTeK]

remember the majority of the dlc apart from undead nightmare is free on the live store, grabbed it all this past weekend

Ooh... thanks for the headsup. I never grabbed Undead Nightmare as it was double the base game price, will get that later.

[FarligOpptreden]

I still have the GOTY for PS3 and only played a couple of minutes... They were a really enjoyable couple of minutes though. Just wish they do a backwards-compatibility of sorts for PS4 so I can finally use the 2 year old console. The PS3 is almost permanently occupied as a Netflix / Plex streaming device by the wife, so I can't actually game on it anymore. My PS4 is next to my desktop PC (that I use as a "Steam box" of sorts) that is permanently hooked up to the TV above the fireplace. Makes for some cozy gaming with a controller on a cold winter evening.