Wednesday, October 31st 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 Achieves Entertainment's Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time
(Editor's Note: Now isn't this beautiful. We could likely coin a "single player gaming isn't dead" hashtag right out of this one, for sure. What's more impressive is that this particular Rockstar release has only targeted current-gen consoles, leaving out a huge, booming slice of the market - PC Gaming. Let's forget the fact that it isn't all that hard to have a more powerful PC than any of the top consoles on the market today... But well. let's not be salty. here's hoping that Rockstar taps into our own PC gaming market so we can have a shot at Red Dead Redemption 2 as well. Kudos for the company for the apparently amazing world they've built.)
Rockstar Games is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the single-biggest opening weekend 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. 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.
Red Dead Redemption 2's list of initial benchmarks include:
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 new generation hardware, and seamlessly blends gameplay and storytelling in a completely new way to deliver the experience of living as an outlaw in a notorious gang.
Reviews are outstanding:
Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB.
Rockstar Games is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the single-biggest opening weekend 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.
Red Dead Redemption 2's list of initial benchmarks 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.
Reviews are outstanding:
- "What Rockstar has delivered in Red Dead Redemption 2 is not just the best game of the year, but the best game of the decade. It does not set a new bar, but rather signals a changing of the guard, a new future for video games, as everything that comes after will be launching in a post-Red Dead Redemption 2 world." - The Hollywood Reporter
- "This is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era. Looking for one of this generation's very best single-player action experiences? Here's your huckleberry." - 10/10 IGN
- "This is a story - a collection of stories, really - about the decline of a way of life, as a small gang of outlaws tries ever harder to outrun the inexorable advance of American modernity, as well as the enemies and lawmen they have antagonized along the way...There can be no doubt that this is a landmark game. It is a new high water-mark for lifelike video game worlds..." - 5/5 The Guardian
- "Red Dead Redemption 2 has undoubtedly raised the bar for narrative open-world games and will likely have a lasting impact on how they are made in the future. It pushes the envelope of what we understand is possible in a video game. It seems that every time we get something new from Rockstar, things inevitably change." - CNET
- "Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar's best game; a grand, magnificent adventure that's vast yet intimate. It delivers a story full of drama and tragedy, not to mention levity and love, and it compacts it all into the most inventive and compelling missions and moments in Rockstar's history... It's a landmark moment for the open world genre, and for the medium as a whole." - GQ UK
Red Dead Redemption 2 is rated M for Mature by the ESRB.
44 Comments on Red Dead Redemption 2 Achieves Entertainment's Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time
I'm not even sure I'd have bought it - it's the principle. I like principles. Without them, we're just....well, money grabbing fucktards.
And there are hints that it'll be coming to PC at a later date similar to what they did with GTAV. Here's to hoping.
It was the PS3 that drove me back to PC gaming altogether - even with the rich library of exclusives definitely worth playing..
And then came the PS4 era, with an extremely low amount of exclusives at launch, subscription online play... and weak hardware. In other words, a PS3 with drawbacks.
I started off on console as well. I go back to the Atari 2600, then NES, then SNES, Saturn, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox. The original Xbox was my last console before jumping solely to PC gaming. I don't not have a console because I can't afford it, I don't have a console because it's an inferior gaming experience.
Meanwhile I will be playing it :rockout: sorry guys you will have to wait :slap:
Citing boring ass games, too lol. Good job. Spiderman is 100% batman with different textures. We've had enough batmans, it's boring, repetitive and monotonous. Get out.
I have considered buying a console but after 20 years of KB & Mouse, I think it'd be too much for my old brain. And for one game? Nope, no thanks. Plus, 30fps is fucking shit, no way around that one. Hell, I got a 4k monitor I'm going to get rid of because other TPU members were right - 60Hz Gsync is blurry when you're whizzing about. Time to downgrade to 144Hz and 2K. 30Hz? ouch.
But yeah, as others say, enjoy the wild west.
While you cry about the 30fps mark, a mere number, those games keep getting goty nominees. Breath of the Wild, Mario Galaxy, Horizon, God of War, Spider Man, RDR2, all nominees. How many PC games have been goty on the last years? Enjoy your counter strike or some random steam indie game at 144hz and pretend you have the one and only gaming platform. How many battle royale solo wins so far bud?
Pathetic community #PCMR :facepalm:
RDR2 can only be even better than RDR1. But since then i have moved on to pc gaming only. So unless RDR2 comes to pc in a near future, i will not be playing this game. I am not gonna bay a consol for just one game.
Gotta admit it makes no sense to release these games for consoles only, I mean, I get console exclusive titles from first party and second party publishers like MS, Sony and Nintendo, that's the main reason I have consoles, but a tile that can be easily ported to PC, and enhanced as well? The reasoning behind that boggles my mind.
One more thing I don't agree with, well, at least, not until I play the game and test it myself, is the statement in the press release about it being the game of the decade, even with only two years left this decade, I would give that title to the Witcher 3, I haven't played a more engrossing game in the past 10 years, Zelda BOTW and Skyrim come close, but don't match the cheer enjoyment of a tight, mature story that invested me every moment of that game, and also, tight, almost perfect play mechanics, I would definitely be hard pressed to give the title of game.of the decade to any other game, but thinking about the possibility gives me high hopes for RDR.
Edit: Sorry Rhino, wrong quote.
Instead of just talking you should play the game yourself. RDR2 is clearly a next gen game and superior to most games due to the attention to detail. They push the boundaries and setr a new benchmark.