Red Dead Redemption 2 is the ninth best-selling game of all time, with Minecraft in first place with 238 million copies, GTA 5 in second place with 169 million copies, and then Tetris in its various incarnations with 100 million copies.
Minecraft – 238 million copies
Grand Theft Auto V – 169 million copies
Tetris – 100 million copies
Wii Sports – 82.9 million copies
PUBG: Battlegrounds – 75 million copies
Super Mario Bros. – 58 million copies
Mario Kart 8/Deluxe – 55.3 million copies
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow – 47.5 million copies
Red Dead Redemption 2 – 45 million copies
Terraria – 44.5 million copies
The announcement of the sale of over 45 million copies of Red Dead Redemption 2 confirmed the exceptional quality and historical significance of the Rockstar Games game, and also highlighted the inexplicable post-launch strategy.
We know Red Dead Online has been abandoned because GTA 6 is consuming all of Rockstar’s games, and for the same reason PS5 and Xbox Series X | The S versions of Red Dead Redemption 2 have been cancelled.
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