Publisher Take-Two Doesn't Expect Red Dead Redemption 2 to Equal Grand Theft Auto V

i still think they should release a Remaster of RDR, to get us ready for RDR2

It'll sell for sure and will definitely be a success. It's been given time which is key!

Red Dead Redemption got released with very little fuss ..........yet in time became a gem of a game everyone wanted to play.

That 80m number is insane. According to this chart it's #4 all time, and Wii Sports is barely ahead of it at 82m and that came bundled w/ the Wii which sold 100m. It wasn't bundled in Japan, which must have bought the other 18m Wii.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games

RDR is #46 at 15m. I think it can break that. But 80m is pretty much every PS4 and X1 combined. And we all know there are people, like me, who own both. So even when RDR2:4k releases on PS5 and XboxXX it's not going to get to 80m.

What impresses me most about GTAV 80m is how people still think video games are for kids, and that game is about as non-kid as you can get. Gamer-bros yes, but not kids.

I can't see RDR2 catching or eclipsing GTAv - not even if we do get a new generation of consoles like we did with GTA. I doubt the 'western' setting of RDR would be as 'universal' as GTA. GTA was also helped by the addition of a first person perspective to give gamers a 'new' way to experience the game which then gave them an incentive to buy the next Gen version - unlike most other 'remastered' or multi-gen games that offer the 'same' experience with just better visuals.

I do think that RPG's in general offer more reason to buy a remastered copy. Because of the multiple pathways and sometimes even different missions etc, playing through can be a familiar yet different experience. I do find that remastered, linear games lack that element of not knowing what to expect.

Anyway that's a little off topic... I will be getting RDR2 - or at least I expect I will...

It will definitely sell well.

It doesn't need to, GTA V will probably still be selling...

For me Red Dead Redemption is a much better game than GTAV so I'm very much looking forward to the sequel. Of course it won't match those sales but it'll definitely be making a significant profit anyway

GTA V numbers are crazy. RDR2 is bound to do amazingly well, but I really doubt it'll reach GTA V in terms of sales.

The story mode of RDR2 will probably be miles better than GTAV'S but they'll be hard pressed to gather that many sales from its online portion of the game. The kids love killing online with rocket launchers, fast supercars, tanks and jets, they'll be reaching for their spinners when they get bored of lassoing. Me personally, I'll love it.

@rjejr Unfortunately there are a lot of bad parents out there! I know many kids that are waaaaay too young to be playing that game yet their parents made that purchase for them. Sad.

But now we're off subject. Those sales numbers are almost unbelievable. I'm very excited for RDR2 and I wish we had a date.

"If you are over 17 and you have a new generation console, you have GTA." Well, I am over 17, I have a new generation console and I do not have GTA. (Not for the PS4, anyway. I do have it, but for the PS3 ).
Personally, I care about RDR2 much more than I do about GTA.

A large amount of players on GTA V are under 18 and the only way not to hear annoying kids screaming down their microphones is to create a party and prioritize party audio because rockstart can't be bothered to have a mute all function. Strauss Zelnick needs to stop talking nonsense.

That's because people are dumb. Red Dead Redemption (1)> GTA 5. I said it. Peace out

@DanM My last GTA was Vice City. 😀 😁

@rjejr Did the Xbox only sell 20 million consoles? Thats really a small number i thought the PS4 had 60 million.

Well to be fair, it ended up launching on four consoles. Unless RDR2 straddles the line from PS4 and jumps to PS5 then there is no way that it could even get close. That said, if the online component is as popular as GTA online then it could sell like crazy.

If it sells even a third of the copies GTAV did, it will surely be deemed a massive success?

RDR2 only has to sell a fraction of what GTAV sold to be a massive success. It'll do extremely well.

@Flaming_Kaiser
Vice City? That was actually my first GTA In fact, if I remember correctly, it was one of the first three or four console games I ever played, the PS2 being my first console. Might even be the first console game I ever played, but I'm not sure, long time ago...

Red Dead will do well, I think GTA V is over hyped tbh.

At the risk of oversimplification, GTA is a big brand and is really equated with people just doing whatever they want so attracts lots of people but I think RDR is more popular amongst long term gamers because the story and world building in RDR was just so good.

This will be big but they are right, I can't see 12 year olds being as excited about riding a horsey through a dusty valley as I was.

Vice city is my favourite gta game. For its time it eas ground breaking. I also liked San Andreas. Come to think of it, i love all the gta games. Red dead redemption was also good. I cant wait for the new one.

@Flaming_Kaiser Nobody knows how many Xbox1 have been sold, MS isn't telling. I do think it's 30m so my math may have been off by 10m or so.