Red Dead Redemption 2 Surpasses Wii Sports With 85 Million Sales

Rockstar Games' acclaimed western title Red Dead Redemption 2 has become the third-best-selling video game of all time, according to recent financial data. The game has now sold 85 million copies, surpassing the lifetime sales of Nintendo's Wii Sports.

The milestone was confirmed in the latest financial results from Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company. The game's sustained sales performance, which reportedly included its strongest 12-month period since its 2018 launch year, propelled it past the iconic Nintendo title. Rockstar now holds two of the top three spots on the all-time best-sellers list, with Grand Theft Auto V remaining in second place with over 230 million copies sold. The top-selling game is Minecraft.

The achievement comes as Rockstar is in the final stages of preparing its next major release, Grand Theft Auto VI, which is scheduled for launch on November 19. Company executives reaffirmed that date during a recent investor call. The company has not disclosed the production budget for the upcoming title, though industry estimates for its previous major projects have ranged from hundreds of millions of dollars. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick...