







It seems like every few weeks, some major publisher puts out an earnings call or press release trumpeting some ridiculously large number of sales for its latest big-budget blockbuster. This week it's Take Two, which yesterday announced that Red Dead Redemption 2 has shipped 23 million copies since its October 26 launch last year.

That's the kind of really big number that defies easy comprehension in an everyday human scale. So to put that number in context, we decided to put it next to some other really big numbers from the game industry's past. As you can see, Red Dead Redemption 2 is selling at or above the pace for some of gaming's biggest franchises.

23 million: Red Dead Redemption 2 shipments announced yesterday, 102 days after its October 26 launch

Red Dead Redemption 2 shipments announced yesterday, 102 days after its October 26 launch 26.5 million: Lifetime shipments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 through November 2013

Lifetime shipments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 through November 2013 23.24 million: Lifetime shipments of Super Mario 64 (including original and DS re-release)

Lifetime shipments of Super Mario 64 (including original and DS re-release) 22.7 million: Lifetime shipments of Modern Warfare 2

See also: Our previous looks at Nintendo Switch sales.

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(Yes, we know it's a totally unfair comparison.)