Things did not get better for Rockstar Games' classic title from there, as
Red Dead Redemption dropped 25.2% of its active PS5 and PS4 player count by the next week, and a further 22.4% of its players the following week. The week after, the game fell out of the top 200 most-played PS5 and PS4 games entirely, meaning
Red Dead Redemption's active player had dropped at least 54.04% just three weeks after launch.
However, as of this week [ending Monday, October 9, 2023], it seems
Red Dead Redemption's active player count across PS5 and PS4 is back on the rise, with the game
regaining at least 16.12% of its launch player count. The game has also returned to the top 200
PlayStation Chart, and has even bounced back with 6.5% more players than it had at the end of its third week on sale.
The rise in players correlates with the release of the recent PS5 patch for the game on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Despite only seeing a release natively on PS4,
Rockstar issued a patch for the title that would give players the option to toggle on a 60fps mode when playing the game on PS5.
The new patch helped address one of the biggest criticisms of the game — that despite being ported to the modern consoles,
Red Dead Redemption was still locked to 30fps, even on the powerful PS5. News that the game was now in some way enhanced for Sony's latest console must have struck a chord with PS5 players, helping Rockstar's title to recover some of the interest it had lost in weeks prior.
