Red Dead Redemption 2 sales prove that cowboys are quite popular

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So, ya know that cowboy game that everyone, including myself, has been raving about? Well, it's first week sales at retail have been pretty decent, it seems.

After only a few days on store shelves, Red Dead Redemption 2 has had this year's second best physical launch, with only FIFA 19 beating it this calendar year. As well as that, it outsold the 2010 original by 50%, which was to be expected, but still. 

PS4 owners make up 68% of sales, but we don't know digital numbers, sadly. You can only imagine that it made Rockstar a couple of bob on both the PSN and Xbox Stores too.

This has had a knock-on effect at parent company Take Two… eh… too. Stock prices have risen by 9% after taking a dip in the aftermath of Dan Houser's now infamous 100 hour week comments.

Check out the full UK top 10 below:

1. Red Dead Redemption 2

2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

3. FIFA 19


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4. Forza Horizon 4

5. Assassin's Creed Odyssey

6. Marvel's Spider-Man

7. Lego DC Super-Villains

8. Super Mario Party

9. Shadow of the Tomb Raider

10. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy

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Red Dead Redemption 2

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure
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