Red Dead redemption 2 become the second biggest retail launch of the year in UK, 27% of GTAV launch

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2 hours ago, Beta Bux Romeo said:

UK retail sales figures are out for Red Dead Redemption 2 and while the title has sold very well indeed, it has failed to top FIFA 19, which remains the biggest week one release of the year.

Second place is highly respectable of course, but with huge development costs, the game will need to successfully monetise its online service in order to be considered a success – by Rockstar standards at least.

The title was never going to have the same draw as the company’s biggest franchise. And the games market is a very different place to 2013 when GTA V was released. But week one sales of 27 per cent of the biggest game launch of all-time is nothing to be sniffed at.

We await a report on digital sales from Rockstar or parent Take-Two.

Another way to look at the game is that RDR 2 claimed just over 60 per cent of the retail market this week, so the idea that no one was buying anything else this weekend is rather put to rest. Compare that to an incredible 89 per cent market share for GTA V on its launch week and you get an idea of how big it was out-of-the-blocks.

More recent comparisons of 75 per cent for FIFA 19 and just 44 per cent for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 show RDR 2 is doing well, though not outstandingly so, in dominating public consciousness at launch.

I highly doubt American Wild West games are of any interest to Europeans.  To say that it got second is a huge compliment.  Rockstar is a beast.

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1 hour ago, DynamiteCop! said:

Ugh no... Almost no games ever released have reflected a fucked off ratio like that unless it's some Japanese thing and even then 6:1 is a bit extravagant. Most games bear out the install base ratio.

 

Also wait for NPD, isn't that Red Dead Xbox promo US only?

No Canada too.  I just bought another One X for the cottage on Friday along with RDR 2 and received $130 discount.  Totally worth it.

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[madmaltese★ 2,700]

About what I expected. The game will do extremely well but this is no GTA in terms of mainstream appeal. 

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1 hour ago, Jon2B said:

People may have heard the ps version was on sale . A few people have said the resolution is 100% off

And Xbone exclusives are currently free

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1 hour ago, Jon2B said:

People may have heard the ps version was on sale . A few people have said the resolution is 100% off

jonb and maths don't go together very well. 

 

 

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1 minute ago, madmaltese said:

jonb and maths don't go together very well. 

 

 

Jon works at Walmart. Nuff said lol

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1 minute ago, madmaltese said:

jonb and maths don't go together very well. 

 

 

You seem triggered 

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Just now, -GD- said:

Jon works at Walmart. Nuff said lol

Lol how mad people are over a joke . Maybe edit some posts ? Too bad you can't edit your life

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1 minute ago, Jon2B said:

Lol how mad people are over a joke . Maybe edit some posts ? Too bad you can't edit your life

Lol nobody is mad. You just fit the stereotype  

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2 minutes ago, Jon2B said:

You seem triggered 

Just trying to help a middle aged man understand basic maths is all. 

 

Lesson in percentages.

They do not work the same way going down as they do up. The X having a 100% increase in resolution does not mean the Pro has a 100% decrease.

A 100% decrease equals 0.

Eg, 100 is 100% increase on 50. However 50 is a 50% decrease on 100.

 

Congratulations, you can now graduate primary school mathematics :) 

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1 minute ago, -GD- said:

Lol nobody is mad. You just fit the stereotype  

Anyone replying to jonb is mad or having a meltdown in his eyes when we are all actually laughing our asses off at the guy 

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Just now, madmaltese said:

Just trying to help a middle aged man understand basic maths is all. 

 

Lesson in percentages.

They do not work the same way going down as they do up. The X having a 100% increase in resolution does not mean the Pro has a 100% decrease.

A 100% decrease equals 0.

Eg, 100 is 100% increase on 50. However 50 is a 50% decrease on 100.

 

Congratulations, you can now graduate primary school mathematics :) 

White trash B got schooled 

[JonDnD 2,785]

2 minutes ago, -GD- said:

Lol nobody is mad. You just fit the stereotype  

That makes zero sense . No wonder you got a divorce. You're dumb lol 

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lol I was gonna say something.. but the joke remains the same regardless so  

 

Still funny though!  

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Just now, madmaltese said:

Anyone replying to jonb is mad or having a meltdown in his eyes when we are all actually laughing our asses off at the guy 

You should be laughing . That joke was funny 

[JonDnD 2,785]

Just now, -GD- said:

White trash B got schooled 

Lmao damn that divorced ruined you

 

Don't hate me cause you hate yourself 

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1 minute ago, Jon2B said:

That makes zero sense . No wonder you got a divorce. You're dumb lol 

Jonb logic:

 

You can't get a divorce if you can't get a wife

 

 

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1 hour ago, Jon2B said:

People may have heard the ps version was on sale . A few people have said the resolution is 100% off

Cows = decimated  

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1 minute ago, Jon2B said:

You should be laughing . That joke was funny 

Was a good joke, hence me trying to make it accurate so the joke isn't on you ;) Don't want you trolling Era and make a fool out of yourself. 

 

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1 minute ago, madmaltese said:

Jonb logic:

 

You can't get a divorce if you can't get a wife

 

 

Looks like Gd is getting a new bitch . You