Red Dead Redemption shipments hit 5 million

By Ellie Gibson Published 9 June, 2010

Plus: 17 million GTA IV discs now shifted.

Just a few weeks after the game's release, Take-Two has announced that more than 5 million copies of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption have now been shipped.

RDR was released in the US on 18th May and hit Europe three days later. The announcement came as part of the publisher's latest financial report.

"RDR was successful because it does not involve aliens, or army men, and was a new franchise," said chairman Strauss Zelnick (as reported by VG247). "It was successful because it was not a reiteration of an old franchise."

And RDR isn't the only Rockstar game pulling in the big bucks for Take-Two. More than 17 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV have now been sold around the globe, two years after release.

So can we expect our first sneak peak at GTA V in LA next week? No, in short - Take-Two confirmed that Rockstar won't be putting an appearance in at E3, as announced previously.

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  • paul_haine #1 2 years ago

    Good for them.

  • PICEKcz #2 2 years ago

    Congratulation R*:-) Both games are GREAT!!

  • paulf #3 2 years ago

    great game and yes a welcome change from space marines

  • Lee_Morris #4 2 years ago

    I'd love to know the break down of how many of the GTA episode were sold as DLC and how many in disk form.

  • Goodfella #5 2 years ago

    17 million copies of GTA IV?! Blimey!

  • Skandalle #6 2 years ago

    Red Dead 2 then? :D....

    ...please?

  • tripitaka #7 2 years ago

    "RDR was successful because it does not involve aliens, or army men, and was a new franchise,"
    "It was successful because it was not a reiteration of an old franchise."

    This is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver he's talking about?

  • ybfelix #8 2 years ago

    Redemption is so far removed from Revolver it's fair to count as a new IP

  • Bulbatron #9 2 years ago

    I didn't really enjoy GTAIV and eventually I traded it in. Red Dead Redemption was excellent though. I've finished the main story and still going back to it. I'm glad it has done well.

  • bad09 #10 2 years ago

    Good on 'em. From what I hear RDR is ace and of course GTA4 undeniably deserves such success.

  • Eraysor #11 2 years ago

    I'm glad it sold so many - can't wait for the next one.
    Edited by 1 at 09/06/10 @ 09:19

  • DUFFMAN5 #12 2 years ago

    GTA V...Vice City 1979 -1989 A city in turmoil...but with shoulder pads and great hair.

  • parablax #13 2 years ago

    @tripitaka - red dead revolver was picked up mid-development from Capcom, so redemprion can't really be classed as a sequel.

  • Dolly #14 2 years ago

    I really want them to develop more long story modes for this game as DLC, like TLATD & TBOGT. I am loving it so far, and don't want it to end!

  • I\'mListening #15 2 years ago

    Just finished this yesterday - simply incredible. I would love a few dlc episodes for this, although I think the story of John Marston was really strong and I may not need any more stories for me to remain satisfied. However, one thing I really do not want is for this to become a cash-cow franchise. This game deserves to stand on its own two feet, be a one-off, and remain forever a classic.

  • Xeopuppy #16 2 years ago

    Now bring Red Dead Redemption to the PC, PLEASE...
    Edited by 1 at 09/06/10 @ 09:56

  • Slipstream #17 2 years ago

    Well done R*

    RDR is a great game that has made wonderful use of its monster budget. With this game, R* have ascended the genre they put on the map.
    You know, I read a statement a while back from R* that said somethign along the lines of only them being able to move this genre forward. I'm inclined to believe this now.

    As for GTAIV well, considering this was the most dramatic shift for sandbox I'm not surprised, it's defiitely one of the best games I've played, along with the episodes, the exude quality and are extremely good fun to play.

  • MrTeatime #18 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:59:18 03-01-2012

  • Alivada #19 2 years ago

    Been to 3 shops all sold out.

  • XVariant #20 2 years ago

    @mrteatime - +1
    definately agree with you there chief.

  • kimchibaka #21 2 years ago

    "RDR was successful because it does not involve aliens, or army men, and was a new franchise,"

    My word, what insight this chap has, no wonder he's the chairman, earning fortunes every year! No games featuring aliens or 'army men' or 'old' IPs are successful these days. The rest of us have been completely hoodwinked into thinking franchises like MW and Halo continue to sell tens of millions year after year, but not this sharp knife!

    RDR was a great hit precisely because he found the truth where others dared not look, and not at all because it was a beautifully-realised, totally immersive gameworld, had a lovingly-crafted story, drew upon huge affection for the Western that had hitherto been untapped this-gen, etc etc.

    This man deserves a pay rise, or at the very least the Nobel Prize.

    Edited by 2 at 09/06/10 @ 12:41

  • makeamazing #22 2 years ago

    Really enjoying RDR. Think i am about to go into the last area :D

    Hopefully with the success of the DLC disk on PS3, will hopefully mean no further GTA exclusive DLC releases. Will have to see at E3 if that is actually the case though :)

  • Boomerang #23 2 years ago

    Hopefully they don't make a complete cunt of the port of Red Dead to PC like they did with GTA IV.

  • StriderRex #24 2 years ago

    Was just playing Alan Wake (would be playing red dead as well had it not been sold out everywhere when I had planned to buy it) and thought how cool it was that this far into this generation of consoles new original games are still coming out (loving split/second atm too!), yes there are still lots of sequels out there but thats to be expected, if original games are coming out alongside them I can live with that, lets hope the industry keeps it up!

  • Soton4084 #25 2 years ago

    I'm hoping Rockstar decide to make some episode packs for Red Dead, am loving the game so far! I agree with the comments that this is the best Rockstar game since Vice City.

  • Collymilad #26 1 year ago

    They shoulda called it Red Dead Redezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

    Sorry, was playing the game there :p