
Red Dead Redemption 2 Ships Over 23 Million Units Worldwide - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2019 / 2,698 ViewsTake-Two Interactive in their financial report for the third quarter of the 2019 fiscal year announced it has shipped over 23 million units of Red Dead Redemption 2 worldwide. This figure is up from 17 million units shipped in early November.
Read the report for Rockstar Games below:
Launched Red Dead Redemption 2 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Told across the deepest and most expansive Rockstar Games’ world to date, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the label’s first game built from the ground up for the current console generation.
The title received outstanding reviews, with numerous influential critics awarding Red Dead Redemption 2 a perfect score, and the title also received multiple game of the year awards. Red Dead Redemption 2 has also been a massive commercial success and has set numerous records, including the biggest opening weekend in retail sell-through across all entertainment releases (over $725 million), and the second biggest launch (three days) in retail sell-through across all entertainment releases (next to Grand Theft Auto V).
According to The NPD Group, based on combined physical and digital sales in the U.S., Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best-selling video game of 2018. To date, Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold-in more than 23 million units worldwide.
Red Dead Redemption 2 released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide on October 26, 2018.
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