{"id":9598,"date":"2026-05-21T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=9598"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:34:50","slug":"red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Dead Redemption 2 Overtakes Wii Sports in Best-Selling Games of All Time List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All eyes are on GTA 6, but Red Dead Redemption 2 continues its remarkable success, selling more copies in the last year than in any 12-month period since its launch year back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar Games\u2019 masterpiece has now sold an incredible 85 million copies to date (up to March 2026), and while that\u2019s just over a third of the eye-watering 230 million copies GTA 5 has sold, it\u2019s enough to make Red Dead Redemption 2 one of the best-selling games of all time. Indeed, it\u2019s now above Wii Sports as the third best-selling game ever released.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Red Dead Redemption 2&#8217;s ongoing success only makes Rockstar&#8217;s decision not to release a 60fps patch for the modern console version more baffling. Fans have for some time now called on the developer to update the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, and despite various rumors that such an upgrade is in the works, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains stuck at 30fps on current-gen consoles.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Every IGN Rockstar Game Review Ever<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Meanwhile, Red Dead Online has always lagged behind its counterpart, GTA Online, not just in terms of updates but revenue, leading some fans to wonder what might have been had Rockstar invested just as heavily in the multiplayer portion of Red Dead Redemption 2.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And there is often talk of Red Dead Redemption 3, which feels like an inevitability. Late last year, Rockstar Games co-founder and former lead writer Dan Houser said Red Dead Redemption 3 \u201cwill probably happen.\u201d And in 2023, Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan, the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, said he was \u201ccertain\u201d fans will see Red Dead Redemption 3 \u201cone day,\u201d but qualified that statement by saying he had no idea when that would be.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Even Hollywood actor Jack Black has had his say, revealing the character he\u2019d love to play in Red Dead Redemption 3 should it ever happen.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For now, Rockstar\u2019s attention is squarely on GTA 6, but maybe once it\u2019s over the launch and whatever\u2019s next for GTA Online is out the door, it will revisit its iconic Wild West franchise.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-dead-redemption-2-overtakes-wii-sports-in-best-selling-games-of-all-time-list.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-9598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9600,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598\/revisions\/9600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}