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Red Dead Redemption has shipped 6.9 million units and counting

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 2nd 2010 4:20PM

Red Dead Redemption has been a bonanza for Take-Two, with the company announcing today that more than of 6.9 million units have been shipped to retail. Take-Two stated a couple months back that the title had already become profitable after the western shipped over 5 million units and allegedly recouped six years of development costs.

The breakout hit has been a staple of the NPD and UK sales charts since launch, but it's still got a lot of sales to go before it has the cachet of Grand Theft Auto. And before we stop using that picture above.

Source: Take-Two

Tags: microsoft, playstation, ps3, Red-Dead-Redemption, RockStar, Rockstar-Games, sales, Take-Two, Take-Two-Interactive, xbox

Reader Comments (25)

Its over 9000!

but on a serious note. One of the best single player games in a while. Too bad the multiplayer could not hold the attention that its big brother GTA held up to me. I could play GTA online forever.

@PR0F3TA

I'm a huge GTA IV and RDR fan, but I hate the multiplayer in both and can't understand how people enjoy it.

The concept of multiplayer in these types of games is incredible, but the actual gameplay always seems insanely clunky, unbalanced, random in terms of weapons and unfinished compared to major FPS games like Halo and COD.

I realize GTA and RDR are different games than FPS games, but I just can't help but compare them in terms of multiplayer because of the huge difference.

I just can't bring myself to play GTA or RDR online when I could play the latest COD game.

@JasonA Agreed. I love...LOVE the single-player. Everything from the story to the missions, to the game mechanics. However, my attempts at multiplayer have ended in failure. The system as far as I'm concerned needs some tweaking.

@JubbaTheHutt

cool get to talk about GTA online... first, as for RDR online, it was definitely fun for a couple of weeks, who didn't posse up and do all the gang hideouts even if just for the trophy, i used to grief people online all the time (lol bite me :P ) they seriously blew it with how it didn't matter if u had auto aim on or not. That and how overpowered the High Powered pistol and Springfield Rifle were, i mean you could just be unstoppable with those two alone.

as for GTA online, i only ever do Free Roam exclusively... and when i do i either go killing everyone or team up with them and go base jumping. 2 things suck about GTA online. The stupid stupid airport games, 3/5 games online in GTA are at the airport were they spam the 'copters and then blow them up so no one can have one, the other is auto aim. i hate that shiiiit.

you know what, brb GTA online

@PR0F3TA I thought RDR multiplayer was much better. GTA multiplayer was fun, but there just too many kinks that hadn't been ironed out.

Good job R*. If any game deserves success like this, it's RDR.

I just hope that Max Payne 3, Agent, and LA Noire has the success of RDR but suffer less development problems.

its a good thing too.....that means they may do another Red Dead game....and HOPEFULLY it wont take another 6 years...

My GOTY so far. But there's still some gems coming out. One of the most immersive single player experiences I've played in a long long time and a refreshing breath of fresh air among a sea of space marine shooters, over-the-top racers and pretentious (but good) indy games.

"I'm sorry, mister. I guess I forgot I had an appointment with planet Earth."

I always find it interesting that games that take 6 years or more to develop is a bad thing except when it's Blizzard.

RDR is my favorite game this year by far. I wish all game were this good. R* deserves a payday for this masterpiece.

My GOTY so far, although graphically speaking GOWIII blew everything out of the water.

@DrChristopher GOW III was amazing, but I thought everything was too shiny.

You little beauty!

Now, bring it to the PC, and they will get even more sales.

I had a lot of fun with this game. I think I'm still maybe only

Dayom. I'm planning on getting it when the GotY edition comes out (you know it will).

Epic game, loooooove it

Instead of multiplayer dlc and zombies rockstar should have gave RDR episodes like GTA.

I gave my copy to a friend, because I am the charitable type.

Great game, but next time just scrap the multiplayer side of things and give us more singleplayer, please!

I have to pick this up, was watching it at the FanExpo on sunday. Looks like a fun game.

RDR is an absolutely amazing game. One of the very few video games where the story really grabbed me. Probably also one of the best endings to a video game ever.

I loved ME2, but Red Dead has to be game of the year - even with Halo Reach & Fable 3 still to come.

So, uh, score another one for forum-goers that use sales statistics as a metric for quality?

I'm pretty displeased, but that's because I think the GTA-flu needs to be immunized against. I'm not really a fan of Rockstar or their business practices (see Rockstar wives fiasco -- ie. pretty much the EA spouse fiasco).

6.9million shipped eh?
thats a lot of used games collecting dust on the shelves of your local game store.

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