rockstar games parent company taketwo interactive has admitted red dead redemption 2 continues to sell better than the publisher thought it wouldas part of its q3 2023 quarterly earnings presentation taketwo interactive has revealed that the cowboy game has now sold 50 million copies in total bringing the entire series to 70 million in sales a more recent win has been steam with red dead redemption 2 reportedly ranking as the topselling game for the quarter and third for 2022 we were pleased with the performance of red dead redemption 2 which outpaced our expectations driven by successful holiday promotions and events taketwo ceo strauss zelnick saysas we previously reported red dead redemption 2 has seen consistent new concurrent player peaks on steam in the latter half of 2022 a big ol sale was the reason for that initially but then it just kept on happeninga large part of its sustainability is the strong community that has formed around the game heck remember that one red dead redemption 2 fan with nearly 6000 hours on stadia while that bodes well for the games health its also a community that feels somewhat starved of content just this time last year red dead online players launched a revival campaign hoping to catch rockstars eye with one player going as far as to lay out a fiveyear planthe fact red dead redemption 2 is doing better than taketwo would expect makes for pleasant reading though it may offer little comfort to longterm fans unless its actioned upon with a more vibrant update cadence with more meaningful content here are some great games like red dead redemption 2 to storm the old west with