Alright let’s dive into this Red Dead Online cross platform mess. Wanted to find out for sure ’cause my buddy Jeff plays on Xbox and I’m stuck here on PC, and honestly? It got frustrating.
First thing I did was fire up Red Dead Online on my PC. Jeff was already online messing around in Valentine. Hopped into the player list – couldn’t see his name anywhere. Tried joining his session through the Rockstar Social Club overlay thing. Nope. Error message popped up, basically saying we weren’t on compatible platforms. Sighed real loud right then.
Decided to dig deeper. Opened a browser and started searching like mad. Typed in “Red Dead Online cross platform 2025” and “can PC play with PS5 RDO”. Found tons of old forum posts, mostly folks complaining it wasn’t possible. Kept hitting dead ends. Remembered seeing some news whispers about next-gen updates recently.
Got onto the official Rockstar Support site. Searched for “cross platform” and “Red Dead Online”. Found their straight-up answer: “Red Dead Online does not support cross-platform play at this time. Players on different platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, PC) cannot interact in the same session.” Clear as mud, right? Felt kinda defeated reading that.
Then my eye caught something weird near the bottom of the support page. Stuff about “Online Migration”. That rang a bell! Remembered articles whispering about a possible next-gen version popping up soon, kinda like what happened with GTA Online. Made me pause. Hmm. Maybe?
Dove back into the latest news headlines I could find. Sure enough, found a few reports dated just this week talking about leaks spotted on the Rockstar support site. Something about entries for “Red Dead Online (PS5/XSX)” or whatever that new Playstation box is called. Made my ears perk up.
Scrolled further. One article mentioned the Online Migration feature they added for GTA V’s next-gen jump – that let folks move characters between console generations. The leak suggested Rockstar might be putting similar tech in place for RDO. Could that mean… cross platform soon?
Got kinda excited. Saw other pieces mentioning the actor who plays John Marston hinting hard at some big announcement related to Red Dead Online. Fans are screaming for that sweet 60fps update. Put two and two together in my head. If they’re doing a proper PS5/Xbox Series update, seems like the perfect time to finally flip the switch on crossplay! Otherwise, what’s the point?
So here’s the scoop right now, July 2025:
- Rockstar Support says NO. Officially, you still can’t play Red Dead Online across different platforms. PC with Xbox? PC with PlayStation? PS with Xbox? All blocked. Me and Jeff are still separated.
- BUT… leaks and whispers are getting LOUD. All signs point heavily towards a significant next-gen update being in the works.
- Hope is NOT dead. An update like that is the absolute best chance we’ve had in years for crossplay to finally arrive. Feels like it has to happen if they’re revamping things again.
My gut feeling after digging through all this? Rockstar’s working on it behind the scenes. Probably getting the tech ready for the update. Support hasn’t updated their official stance yet ’cause they haven’t announced anything. It’s frustrating as heck right this second, Jeff is still laughing at me over text instead of playing with me, but I’d bet money we finally get cross platform play with the next-gen refresh. Just gotta keep our fingers crossed and hope they don’t forget about us PC folks!
