Red Dead Redemption 2 Breaks Records During Opening Weekend

Written by Brandon Hofer on October 31, 2018

News: Rockstar’s newest adventure set in the wild west is off to a hot start and not likely to slow down anytime soon.

Rockstar has revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 achieved the biggest opening weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) in the history of entertainment. With over $725 million in worldwide retail sell-through during its first three days, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the second-highest grossing entertainment launch of all time next to Rockstar Games’ previously released title, Grand Theft Auto V, which achieved over $1 billion in retail sell-through in three days.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) also confirmed that Red Dead Redemption 2 set new records on the PlayStation Network for highest ever pre-orders, highest day one sales and highest sales for the first three days in market.

The list of initial benchmarks that Red Dead Redemption 2 has hit so far include:

Biggest opening weekend in retail sell-through across all entertainment releases;

Second biggest launch (three days) in retail sell-through across all entertainment releases;

Biggest entertainment launch of 2018;

Most pre-ordered full game ever on PlayStation Network;

Biggest day one full game sales ever on PlayStation Network;

Biggest first three days full game sales ever on PlayStation Network.

Rockstar Games has partnered with SIE to bring PlayStation 4 players first access to earn select online content in Red Dead Online that is planned to release this November. Rockstar and Sony also have a marketing agreement for Red Dead Redemption 2 which would be why they haven’t released any stats on the Xbox One version, despite the best version being on the Xbox One X, according to Digital Foundry and Eurogamer.

An epic tale of honor and loyalty set in the dying days of the outlaw age, Red Dead Redemption 2 follows Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. Following a botched robbery in the western town of Blackwater, the gang is forced to flee and, with federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, leaving Arthur to make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.

Told across the deepest and most expansive Rockstar world to date, Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar’s first game built from the ground up for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and seamlessly blends gameplay and storytelling in a completely new way to deliver the experience of living as an outlaw in a notorious gang.

Have you picked up Red Dead Redemption 2 yet? If not, do you plan on doing so?