Among the confirmation of this GTA 6 really has been delayed againwe have news that it belongs to Rockstar Red Dead Redemption 2 it became the fourth best-selling game of all time.
As detailed in the publisher Take-Two investor’s phone call yesterday (November 6), the sequel sold over 79 million copies, making it “the best-selling title of the last seven years in the U.S. in terms of dollar sales” – and boosted sales for the entire series to 106 million.
To give this some context, think about all the hugely successful games that have been released in the last seven years – Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Hogwarts Legacy, Elden’s Ringjust to name a few – as well as everything that has come out in the last few years decades. Apart from Minecraft, GTA5AND Wii Sportswhich sold 350 million, 220 million and 82.9 million copies respectively, Red Dead Redemption 2 outsold everything.
With sales of 79 million, Red Dead 2 ranks just ahead of fourth-place Mario Kart 8, which has an estimated sales of 78.02 million, and PUBG (75 million), Oregon Trail (65 million), Terraria (64 million), The Witcher 3 (60 million), and the original from 1985 Super Mario Bros. (58 million).
You might think that Red Dead Redemption 3 is a dead giveaway. But Rockstar hasn’t announced a sequel yet. Earlier this week, Rockstar Games co-founder and former lead writer Dan Houser said he would feel better it’s melancholy to learn that development on Red Dead Redemption 3 took place without him, rather than GTA 6, but he admits that the game will “probably happen.” As head writer, Houser has written almost every Rockstar game, but left the company over five years agoHouser recently confirmed this to IGN GTA 6 will not have a self-developed story or set of charactersbut still expect the game to be great.
“Obviously, letting go of something that I’ve been working on in one way or another for about 20 years and writing about it for the last 10 or 11 that came out, writing all of them, or you know, head writer of all of them, whatever it was… letting go of it is a big change. And it’s kind of sad,” Houser said.
In 2023, Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan, the main playable character of Red Dead Redemption 2, said he was “confident” that fans would see Red Dead Redemption 3 “someday,” but qualified that statement by saying he had no idea when that would happen. Clark also ruled out Arthur Morgan returning to the game if that happened. If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption 2, this may seem like an obvious statement, but there’s always a risk that Rockstar might consider another prequel of sorts.
“I’m sure we’ll see Red Redemption 3 one day,” Clark said. “When that will happen, I have no idea. Don’t count on Arthur’s involvement either. His story has been told, I think.”
In a follow-up interview with IGN, Clark expanded on his thoughts: “Yes, it really was brought up! Even though I thought it was obvious. What about you? And it’s not like I have any inside information, but of course there will be another Red Dead. Over 60 million copies have been sold!”
He continued: “Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, said it himself. He said that GTA and Red Dead are the top brands of Rockstar Games and that they will return to them in the future. So there is no doubt that there will be another Red Dead. But will Arthur Morgan be involved? Honestly, I highly doubt it. And I think it will be a long time before we see even a hint of something new related to Red Dead. I have no idea how it will play out, but I wouldn’t bet on it, that Arthur would be part of it.
Today, Red Dead Redemption 2 is widely considered one of the greatest video games of all time. We also thought it was a masterpiece IGN review returning 10/10. “Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game of scarce quality; a meticulously crafted open-world ode to the era of outlaws,” we wrote.
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