Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Be Outsold By Call of Duty and Battlefield

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Many expect Red Dead Redemption 2 to be the biggest selling game of this year. They have good reason for thinking so- Rockstar games sell an insane amount, and Grand Theft Auto 5 is the highest selling retail game of all time. However, the analysts at Piper Jaffray, who today shared updated reports containing sales estimates for Take Two, EA, and Activision, don’t seem to agree with that assessment.

According to the analysis of Piper Jaffray’s analysts Michael J. Olson and Yung Kim, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will walk away with top honors this year, selling 21.5 million units by the end of the calendar year 2018 (the best case sales for it are estimated at 23.7 million, while worst case ones at 19.4 million). Battlefield 5, the upcoming World War 2 shooter by EA and DICE, is estimated to sell a good amount less, with projected sales of 16 million by the end of March 2018 (with a worst case of 14.4 million, and a best case of 17.6 million). Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption 2 is estimated to be at 15.5 million units sold by the end of March (with a best case of 17.1 million, and a worst case of 14 million).

While I don’t know how much of their numbers I necessarily agree with, I do think that overall, Red Dead Redemption 2 may not do quite as well as many people seem to be expecting it to do- remember, the game’s setting is fundamentally more alienating to a worldwide audience over something like GTA, which is universal in its appeal. We’ll know soon enough how right (or not) this analysis is anyway- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Battlefield 5 will all launch on Xbox One and PS4, with a PC release for Call of Duty and Battlefield as well, this Fall.





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NodusPosted:

Not very surprised with it being Call of Duty outdoing a game more focused on SP but happy that Battlefield is doing well.

TOXICPosted:

Pretty much goes without saying really, game gonna be crazy asf man.

Cant wait till October.

ODSTPosted:

Wow. Fifa is expected to out sell everything on this list at 22 million units. Jesus thats a lot of units to move

JOEYKMODSPosted:

cod b04 looks like shit dont know why people want it

MikePosted:

Suprised if call of futy will actually out sell it!

RareparrotPosted:

Let's go call of duty can't wait

raefonPosted:

Delusional comments thinking COD or Battlefield will come close to RDR2. Wishful thinking that they can keep their customer base when they just keep pumping out shit.

grizzlydeanPosted:

I won't be buying any of them so they won't be seeing my money

LebronIs6Posted:

Maze Would be weird to see cod get the number 1 spot after so many failures. I still don't know if I'm gonna get bo4 yet


It's always in the top of it's sales lol, and with a battle Royale mode it's a wrap it'll be #1 no doubt

TTGPosted:

I believe that red dead redemption will be a good game, and idk the way call of duty did it this year we'll have to see.