Summary
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is the seventh best-selling game worldwide, with 64 million copies sold, outselling iconic titles like Pokemon and Overwatch.
- Despite its success, fans are upset over the neglect of Red Dead Online and the lack of updates.
- While the game could have benefited from additional content, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains a classic with stunning details and storytelling.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has experienced a major accomplishment, selling enough copies to become the seventh-most sold game in the entire world. The Red Dead Redemption 2 achievement is an impressive one, and may make fans wonder about what the future holds for the franchise.
While Rockstar Games has put most of its focus in Grand Theft Auto recently, Red Dead Redemption 2 is arguably a masterpiece of a game. The hidden details in RDR 2 continue to surprise players, and the game's massive, sprawling world is still stunning new fans all the time. It may not come as a surprise, then, to learn that Red Dead Redemption 2 is a major sales success for the developer.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 is approaching 64 million copies sold, which makes it the seventh-best selling game in the entire world. For comparison, some of the major hitters the title has outsold include Pokemon Red and Blue, Overwatch, mega Switch hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and The Witcher 3. The game has even outperformed the original Super Mario Bros., cementing its position in gaming history.
While 64 million copies sold is nothing to scoff at, there's still a long way for Red Dead Redemption 2 to go before it could even breach the top 5 best-selling games. Mario Kart 8 and its Deluxe version are in 6th place with 70 million units sold, PUBG is ahead of it with 75 million, and Wii Sports comes in fourth with nearly 83 million copies. The top three titles are Minecraft with a whopping 300 million copies, GTA 5 in second place with 200 million, and EA's version of Tetris with 100 million.
The Neglected Rockstar Game
While Red Dead Redemption 2 deserves its incredible sales record, the realization that it has performed so well yet largely been neglected has fans upset. Red Dead Online's development has been largely abandoned, with only minor patches and updates coming to the title despite the much older GTA Online still receiving regular updates. Players have also complained about Red Dead Redemption 2's bugs going unfixed, while others have lamented what expansions or DLC for the game could have done to add additional story. To be fair, GTA 5 also didn't receive any story expansions in the single player game, but that's a sore spot among its community as well, fueling further scorn.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a classic that's sold extremely well. One can imagine if the title had received content updates and expansion that it would have performed even better. Still, the title is an incredible adventure for anyone who enjoys open world games, old west themes, or those who simply love a good story.
Red Dead Redemption 2
- Released
- October 26, 2018
WHERE TO PLAY
America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
