After nearly seven years of waiting, console players might finally be getting what they’ve been desperately asking for since 2018.
For those unfamiliar with the technical side of gaming, here’s what this means: While PC players have been galloping through the Wild West at smooth 60 frames per second or higher, console players have been stuck at 30FPS since the game launched.
The excitement started when fans noticed something unusual happening on the game’s Steam store page. For the first time in over five years, Rockstar Games quietly changed the description of Red Dead Redemption 2. The old description, which bragged about winning “over 175 Game of the Year Awards,” has been replaced with a simplified summary focusing on the story of Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang.
This might seem like a small detail, but these kinds of changes often signal something bigger is coming. Like, you know, the long-rumored re-release of the 2018 title.
What makes this particularly interesting is the timing. As pointed out by several industry insiders, Rockstar has been releasing enhanced versions of their older games every year since 2021, like clockwork. They’ve upgraded Grand Theft Auto V, remastered the original Red Dead Redemption, and repackaged the PS2-era mainline GTA titles, and now 2025’s slot remains mysteriously empty.
It doesn’t take an expert to connect the dots and see that the sights point to Red Dead Redemption 2 finally getting more love aside from the surprisingly substantial update it received earlier this year.
The evidence has been building for months. Back in July, Reddit detectives spotted changes on Rockstar’s support website that seemed to accidentally reveal the existence of a remastered version. The support page added options for “online migration”, which is the kind of feature you only add when you’re planning to release an upgraded version.
This news feels long overdue. Other major games from that era, like The Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn, received their next-generation upgrades years ago. Red Dead Redemption 2, despite being one of the most successful games ever made and one of Dan Houser’s personal favorites, has been conspicuously left behind.
The potential upgrade would likely bring the game to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S with that coveted 60FPS performance, enhanced visuals, and possibly even new features. Some are even suggesting it might come to Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2, though that remains to be seen.
After seven long years, console cowboys might finally ride into the sunset at a glorious 60 frames per second.
