As Red Dead Redemption 2 becomes the third best-selling game ever, actor Roger Clark says "it's the fans that keep it going"

Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot showing the silhouette of a man with a cowboy hat on horseback, a glowing sun seen behind him — (Image credit: Rockstar Games)

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Right ahead of the world becoming fully obsessed with GTA 6, Red Dead Redemption 2 has crossed another momentous milestone. The Western open-world playground is now the third best-selling game ever, according to Rockstar Games owner Take-Two.

This incredible achievement is noted in Take-Two's latest earnings report. A slide on the Red Dead series points out just how well the historic sandboxes have done for Rockstar, with a bullet-point on Red Dead Redemption 2's sales. Apparently, the game has shifted over 85 million copies to date.

That's a hefty number. As you may already know, Grand Theft Auto 5 ranks above it, but only in second, having sold around 230 million copies to date. The top position is split between Minecraft and Tetris - whether the latter's lifetime sales should count is a matter of contention, but either way, those are two monoliths of the industry.

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It might be a while before Red Dead Redemption 2 gets close to those numbers, and the ranking will likely be disrupted before then by Grand Theft Auto 6, but for now, this is a huge moment. Roger Clark, who voices Arthur Morgan in the game, thanked fans on Twitter for making this such a career-defining work for him.

"Thank you, what an honor, it's the fans that keep it going," he says, in response to a post congratulating him on the game's continued success. It truly is the community that's kept Red Dead Redemption 2 alive, whether through mods, ongoing discussions, or deep-dives into the richly detailed world.

Heck, there are still unsolved mysteries players are trying to figure out to this day. It's a game that just gives and gives, and it'll continue to do so right up until we get Red Dead Redemption 3, I'm sure.

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Anthony McGlynnContributing Writer

Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.

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