Red Dead Redemption Sales Skyrocket On Amazon Following Xbox One BC Announcement

Sales for the original Blood-red Dead Redemption have skyrocketed since Rockstar announced that the title would be available for the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility program this Friday.

Yesterday Rockstar Games announced that one of the height requested BC titles would indeed be made bachelor this week.

"Today we're happy to denote that Ruby-red Dead Redemption will exist released as part of Microsoft'south Xbox One Backward Compatibility program this coming Fri, July 8^th", Rockstar wrote on their website.

Following the announcement, sales for the 2022 Xbox 360 championship have exploded on Amazon. Both the game's Game-of-the-Twelvemonth edition, and the standard edition are taking the top spots on the 'Movers & Shakers' category on the Amazon website. Sales for the Game-of-the-Year edition have multiplied by nearly 5000%, while sales of the standard edition accept increased by almost 1400%.

Read Expressionless Redemption makes amazing sales rank bound

The GOTY edition made an amazing sales rank jump from 1628 to 32, while the standard edition jumped from 595 tot 40.

The same thing occurred when Call of Duty: Black Ops was made available for Xbox One via the console's BC characteristic a few months dorsum.

Red Dead Redemption was first appear dorsum in 2009, and is to sequel to Blood-red Expressionless Revolver.

"The team at San Diego accept massively exceeded our expectations with the sheer depth of experiences in Blood-red Expressionless Redemption," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The seamless combination of scenic beauty and intense activity, all woven together with strong plotlines in a massive vibrant, rural surroundings is heed-blowing. Nosotros think this game helps to button the limits of what an open up-earth gaming experience can be."

Ruby Dead Redemption released in 2022 for Xbox 360 and PS3.