Red Dead Redemption Could Sell 4m

Cowan and Company analyst Doug Creutz has upped his earlier sales projection of Red Dead Redemption from 2.2 million to a whopping 4 million units. Quoting “increased consumer interest” and the fact that the title has been “perched at the top of the online retailer best seller lists for several weeks now,” the analyst goes on to predict a “breakout success” for Rockstar’s new open-world Western.

It’s not all rosey for parent company Take-Two, however, the analyst remarking that the silence surrounding some of the publisher’s other properties like Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire is “deafening.” He continues:

“With just over five months until the end of Take-Two’s FY10, there has been little to no indication that either title is ready for launch. Although Rockstar is presumably busy focusing on the Red Dead launch and could make announcements about release dates at E3, we are concerned that both titles could miss the FY10 window.”

Hopefully such a potential delay will allow Max to find himself a clean wife-beater before launch.

Source: GamesIndustry.biz