Red Dead Redemption 2 Overtakes Wii Sports in Best-Selling Games of All Time List

All eyes are connected GTA 6, but Red Dead Redemption 2 continues its singular success, selling much copies successful the past twelvemonth than successful immoderate 12-month play since its motorboat twelvemonth backmost successful 2018.

Rockstar Games’ masterpiece has present sold an unthinkable 85 cardinal copies to day (up to March 2026), and portion that’s conscionable implicit a 3rd of the eye-watering 230 cardinal copies GTA 5 has sold, it’s capable to marque Red Dead Redemption 2 1 of the best-selling games of each time. Indeed, it’s present supra Wii Sports arsenic the 3rd best-selling crippled ever released.

Red Dead Redemption 2's ongoing occurrence lone makes Rockstar's determination not to merchandise a 60fps spot for the modern console mentation much baffling. Fans person for immoderate clip present called connected the developer to update the crippled connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, and contempt assorted rumors that specified an upgrade is successful the works, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains stuck astatine 30fps connected current-gen consoles.

Meanwhile, Red Dead Online has ever lagged down its counterpart, GTA Online, not conscionable successful presumption of updates but revenue, starring immoderate fans to wonderment what mightiness person been had Rockstar invested conscionable arsenic heavy successful the multiplayer information of Red Dead Redemption 2.

And determination is often speech of Red Dead Redemption 3, which feels similar an inevitability. Late past year, Rockstar Games co-founder and erstwhile pb writer Dan Houser said Red Dead Redemption 3 “will astir apt happen.” And successful 2023, Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan, the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, said helium was “certain” fans volition spot Red Dead Redemption 3 “one day,” but qualified that connection by saying helium had nary thought erstwhile that would be.

Even Hollywood histrion Jack Black has had his say, revealing the quality he’d emotion to play successful Red Dead Redemption 3 should it ever happen.

For now, Rockstar’s attraction is squarely connected GTA 6, but possibly erstwhile it’s implicit the motorboat and whatever’s adjacent for GTA Online is retired the door, it volition revisit its iconic Wild West franchise.

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