Red Dead Redemption hasnât just been the critical surprise of the year, itâs also been the retail surprise of the year, publisher parent company Take-Two revealing today that the game has shipped almost 7 million copies since May.
As part of its financial results reporting from earlier today, Take-Two say that the game, developed by Rockstar San Diego, has shipped 6.9 million copies worldwide.
Now, âshippedâ does not mean âsold to customersâ, it just means âsold to storesâ. And we normally only care about the latter. Still, subtract the copies on the shelf and there would still be millions sold (surely at least 5-6), meaning youâre looking at very healthy sales figures for a game that, prior to release, very few would have guessed would do that well.
