Red Dead Redemption 2 didn’t outsell GTA 5 despite banking $725 million

With over $725 million in global retail sell-through over the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of its release, Red Dead Redemption 2 developer Rockstar has claimed its latest release is "the single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment." Rockstar's last major release, Grand Theft Auto V, actually managed to bank $1 billion in its first three days of sale, but because it launched on a Tuesday those three days did not fall on a weekend. Thus, Red Dead 2 had the second-biggest launch in all of entertainment, but the biggest opening weekend. It's one hell of a figure, regardless of the sophistry - especially because it didn't even launch on one of the three major platforms (ours). It's also worth noting that GfK Chart-Track, which tracks only physical game sales in the UK, had indicated that FIFA 19 had had a better debut. That seems fairly absurd in light of today's announcement (via BusinessWire) - clearly, the trend of digital sales taking an ever greater share of overall sales is only increasing.