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
EDIT: It also has ruined gaming for me as everything else has been trash. I always considered myself a graphics whore but now I am a story and attention to details whore. GTAV just had cash grab and pop culture written all over it. Not only that, they are clearly working a cash grab (Rockstar). Waiting for people to buy it for a console and then open it up for PC so a bunch of suckers will buy it again. Just like GTAV. I bought GTAV when it was on sale for $30 and was quite disappointed. Not worth $60.
The fact is it takes an RX 570, 8GB of RAM, an SSD, and an R3 CPU to notably beat the base PS4 in performance. That's at least a $350-$400 system. There is a reason the PS4S cannot stay in stock at $250, and is quickly climbing above $300. In 2015-2016 I remember budget PC builds being WAY better...I also agree - comparing TW3 to RDR is laughably ignorant. TW gaming series has a horribly shallow story and empty world. RDR2 on the other hand (just like you say) feels like the first real game I have played that is open world.
I would say it has almost the depth and detail of The Last of Us, and yet it is an entire open world. That's crazy! The detail in this huge world is crazy!
@the54thvoid merely said playing with a controller on a console was not his cup of tea and you get triggered and go all intolerant on him telling him to Get The F**k Out. Like I said, classy, intelligent, and mature.
You don't like games? I play games lol
Are you sure you don’t mean EA?
On topic: console for me these days is android based phone + a cheap gamepad from Ebay/ or OTG cable + PC gamepad. Alternatively a "gaming shell" like with Doogee S70. But I don't think I'd ever buy a console for a TV for a number of reasons.
While stories like the Alamo were funnily more about religious freedom. Mexico owned Texas at the time, but allowed settlers. But they completely jumped the shark and started demanding conversion to Catholicism, else you couldn't live there. The Americans who moved in slowly began to revolt, culminating in war. America's federal power finally joined in, simply because of the opportunity for more land. But it was originally about religion.
edit: Sorry for the history lesson. It's just that the West is more about what society is like in it's early stages... when there are no laws (or little law enforcement), and everyone is trying to carve out their niche in the world.
On topic: As for RDR1 or 2, I have not played either so I can't comment on either one being game of the decade but it has a tall order to surpass TW3. There were times I woke up in the morning thought about calling up Zoltan and Dandelion and see if they wanted to hit the bar - only to remember it was just a game. RDR2 may have a more alive world but that is not what makes a game. If I want an alive world then I'll put the headphones down and go for a hike. Excellent games are a combination of voices, acting, story telling, world, lore, graphics, game play, and, the most important, personal preference. TW3 was the perfect storm of them all. But frankly, it doesn't matter because if it doesn't come to PC - I'm not playing. I have no use to buy a console for a game or two. Games are just not that important.
Edit: And given the success of GTAV, it will come to PC. For full price. 8 months later. So I will wait again for it to go on sale.
Either way I have notoriously narrow tastes when it comes to gaming, and this game doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. Every game that does, I can either play on my PC right now, or get my old Xbox 360 or PS2 back out of the cupboard. :)
I bet you think GTAV is only about stealing cars too... right?The APU in the PS4 is not found in any tablet.... *rolls eyes at ignorance*
Actually, they put the R7 1700 in a couple of laptops - so does that make Zen a "Lowpowered Laptop CPU"?
Not sure how much wildlife there is, but it certainly looks pretty, even with that hardware.