Fans who have been waiting patiently for over a year were ecstatic when it was finally announced that Red Dead Redemption 2 was finally coming to PC. They were, I image, a little less enthusiastic when the port released with a lot of issues. While it’s far from unplayable by any stretch of the imagination, there’s been several issues from buggy menus to crashes. It also launched along side the new Rockstar Games Launcher, and it seems that too wasn’t ready for primetime, though they are working on it.

In the span of just a few days, the launcher has seen several updates, mostly targeting crashes. This newest one, update v1.0.11.170, targets an issue which would give the error message “The Rockstar Games Services are unavailable and offline play could not be verified” when trying to launch Red Dead Redemption 2, even if you were connected to the internet.

Thankfully, they seem to be working on improving the launcher at a speedy pace, and the game is available on other storefronts, such as the Epic Games Store and Steam next month. Either way, the game has already sold enough and is continuing to sell, so I doubt it will stop many people in the end from getting the game.

There’s a certain subset of PC players who are waiting in dread for the next big title to be announced as an Epic Games Store exclusive with the granddaddy of them all being the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2. The good news is that doesn’t seem likely at this point. The bad news is it doesn’t seem likely as it’s very possible it’ll be exclusive to a brand new (sort of) launcher that was just announced: Rockstar Games Launcher.

Technically speaking, the “new” launcher is actually the previous one they called the Social Club. But it seems they’ve put most of their PC library on there now. If you download now you’ll also get a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for a limited time.

While Grand Theft Auto V was also released on Steam, with the rebranding and stronger push as a full launcher and storefront, don’t be too surprised if Red Dead Redemption 2 ends up being an exclusive there, if at least for a limited time frame. But hey, all of Rockstar’s other games are still available on other launchers at least, for now.