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Red Dead Redemption 2 Reaches 79 Million, Overtakes Mario Kart 8 on All-Time Sales List

Take-Two's latest earnings update puts the Western at 79 million units to edge past Mario Kart 8.

Overview

  • The game added about 2 million sales in the past three months, according to Take-Two's investor presentation.
  • Its placement now ranks as fourth if Tetris is excluded or fifth if it is counted, underscoring how methodologies shift all-time lists.
  • Mario Kart 8's 78.02 million figure includes pack-in and bundle copies, a reporting difference not applied to Red Dead Redemption 2.
  • Take-Two also reports the Red Dead series at 106 million units and labels Red Dead Redemption 2 the best-selling title of the past seven years in the US by dollar sales.
  • Unconfirmed reports of current-gen versions for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and a future Switch model persist and, if realized, could extend the game's sales further.