Summary
Red Dead Redemption 2has experienced a major accomplishment, selling enough copies to become the seventh-most sold game in the entire world. TheRed Dead Redemption 2achievement 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 inGrand Theft Autorecently,Red Dead Redemption 2is arguably a masterpiece of a game. Thehidden details inRDR 2continue 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 thatRed Dead Redemption 2is a major sales success for the developer.
Red Dead Redemption 2is 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 includePokemon Red and Blue,Overwatch, mega Switch hitAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, andThe Witcher 3. The game has even outperformed theoriginalSuper Mario Bros., cementing its position in gaming history.
While 64 million copies sold is nothing to scoff at, there’s still a long way forRed Dead Redemption 2to go before it could even breach the top 5 best-selling games.Mario Kart 8and itsDeluxeversion are in 6th place with 70 million units sold,PUBGis ahead of it with 75 million, andWii Sportscomes in fourth with nearly 83 million copies. The top three titles areMinecraftwith a whopping 300 million copies,GTA 5in second place with 200 million, and EA’s version ofTetriswith 100 million.
The Neglected Rockstar Game
WhileRed Dead Redemption 2deserves 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 olderGTA Onlinestill receiving regular updates. Players have also complained aboutRed 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 5also 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 2is 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 enjoysopen world games, old west themes, or those who simply love a good story.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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.
