RDR2 Achieves Entertainment's Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time ($725m)

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bananaking21 on 30 October 2018

Mar1217 said:
Some statements are confusing me. Like doesn't GTA V have the biggest launch actually ? Weekend-launch wise yeah but their PR makes it sounds like they beat everything.

Do they count PSN in the numbers ? They do mention it quite a lot.

GTA5 had the biggest launch in history. But it released on a Tuesday. So it's opening weekend doesnt include its first 3 days.

RDR released on the weekend so it's the biggest release on a weekend ever. But overall GTA5 had a bigger launch if you compare the first 3 days, not the first weekends

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Madword on 30 October 2018

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Mar1217 said:
Some statements are confusing me. Like doesn't GTA V have the biggest launch actually ? Weekend-launch wise yeah but their PR makes it sounds like they beat everything.

Do they count PSN in the numbers ? They do mention it quite a lot.

GTA5 had the biggest launch in history. But it released on a Tuesday. So it's opening weekend doesnt include its first 3 days.

RDR released on the weekend so it's the biggest release on a weekend ever. But overall GTA5 had a bigger launch if you compare the first 3 days, not the first weekends

They should have launched on a Tuesday :D

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Comparison to the most popular Call of Duty games and GTA V:

-GTA V- $1b in 3 days
-RDR2- $725m in 3 days
-Black Ops 2- $500m in 1 day and $1b in 15 days
-Black Ops 3- $550m in 3 days
-Black Ops 4- $500m in 3 days
-MW3- $400m in 1 day and $775m in 5 days
-Black Ops 1- $360m in 1 day and $650m in 5 days
-MW2- $310m in 1 day and $550m in 5 days

Very impressive

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zorg1000 said:

Very impressive

If this number for RDR2 doesn't include digital like the OP suggests, it is even more impressive, as all of those CoD figures include digital from what I can tell. I know for sure that Black Ops 4 included digital.

It includes digital

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zorg1000 said:

It includes digital

The wording is confusing for sure, it says retail sell-through which suggests that the $725m is retail only, but then it talks about breaking PSN records as well.

Retail and physical aren't the same thing, retail can include online stores like PSN.

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that's incredible. well done.

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zorg1000 said:

shikamaru317 said:

The wording is confusing for sure, it says retail sell-through which suggests that the $725m is retail only, but then it talks about breaking PSN records as well.

Retail and physical aren't the same thing, retail can include online stores like PSN.

And there is no reason why the publisher wouldn't know the digital numbers and include them in the press release, especially since they use the term "sell-through."