'Red Dead Redemption 2' has already outpaced previous installment's sales, Take-Two CEO says

Take-Two Interactive Software Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the release of his video game company's newest blockbuster with CNBC's Jim Cramer. In just eight days, Take-Two Interactive Software's TTWO blockbuster Western-themed video game, "Red Dead Redemption 2," has outpaced its predecessor's total sales, Take-Two chief Strauss Zelnick told CNBC on Thursday. "In eight days, we've sold in 17 million units of 'Red Dead Redemption 2.' That's more than we sold of the first 'Red Dead Redemption' in eight years," Zelnick, chairman and CEO of the Rockstar Games parent, told Jim Cramer in an interview.