In total, more than 43 million people have seen Arthur Morgan’s adventure on screen. Red Dead Redemption 2 has risen to the top of the best-sellers list for video games. When Red Dead Redemption 2 was announced to have sold more than 17 million copies, it joined the top 50 best-selling games of all time in less than two weeks. Red Dead Redemption 2 is no doubt responsible for the first game’s inclusion on the list, which has been slowly gaining in popularity since then. There is a significant community of modders that have taken to Red Dead Redemption 2 because it was released on PC rather than on PS4.
In addition, many people believe that Arthur Morgan is a more fascinating protagonist than John Marston in this novel. Rockstar has created one of the finest games ever using these features, as well as a huge, open environment, an engaging plot, and an almost limitless number of ways to play. The legend of Red Dead Redemption 2 has grown as swiftly as the game’s popularity. It has been nominated for over 100 awards since its release in October of last year, and it has won almost a fifth of those awards.
At the 2018 Game Awards, it was nominated for and won four awards, including Game of the Year and Best Narrative. If it weren’t for God of War’s release in the same year, it probably would have won more accolades. However, Red Dead Redemption 2 now holds a top-10 position on the all-time best-selling list, which God of War does not have. Take-Two Interactive (Rockstar’s parent business) issued a quarterly report stating that Red Dead Redemption 2 had sold over 43 million units.
This surpasses the likes of The Last of Us, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Witcher 3, & The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in terms of popularity and critical praise. The game’s popularity is expected to soar in the next years, perhaps even months. The game has sold almost 4.5 million copies since November 2021, which is all it needs to move up one position to number 10.
When Grand Theft Auto V’s sales surpassed five million, the margin between it and Minecraft was narrowed to only a few million. Five of Rockstar’s top 50 titles have sold more than 278.5 million copies. Red Dead Redemption 2 remains the best-selling game of the last four years, ranking sixth on the list among the 50 most popular games of all time. From both an industry and a community viewpoint, it’s amazing to see how quickly games have risen to the top 50. In the past 50 years of video gaming, half of the titles on the list have been released.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has a greater chance than ever before to sell millions of copies as the gaming market expands to include more and more players. Although the 238 and 160 million copies sold by Minecraft and GTA V, respectively, appear insurmountable at the moment, it’s impossible to predict what kinds of sales figures will become the industry norm in the near future.