GTA 6 Pre-Orders Near 10 Million, and PS5 Is Crushing Xbox

Grand Theft Auto 6 has taken close to 10 million pre-orders, according to Sensor Tower, and three in four of them are on PS5. Xbox Series X|S holds the other quarter ahead of the November 19 launch. .tl-split{margin:24px 0;padding:18px 18px 14px;background:#f1f1ee;border-top:6px solid #bed730;position:relative} .tl-...

Grand Theft Auto 6 has taken close to 10 million pre-orders, according to Sensor Tower, and three in four of them are on PS5. Xbox Series X|S holds the other quarter ahead of the November 19 launch.

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GTA 6 pre-orders are close to 10 million

Research firm Sensor Tower has updated its GTA 6 sales tracker. It now counts 9.69 million pre-purchases, worth about $942 million in gross revenue. These are estimates. Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has published a pre-order total.

At that level, the game is already past the 8 million pre-order mark linked to Cyberpunk 2077, the previous record.

PS5 is outselling Xbox three to one

PS5 accounts for 7.23 million of those pre-orders. Xbox Series X|S accounts for 2.46 million. That is a 75% to 25% split in favor of PlayStation.

Revenue follows the same pattern. PS5 pre-orders have brought in $703 million. Xbox Series X|S pre-orders have brought in $239 million.

GTA 6 pre-orders by console PS5 75% Xbox 25% PS57.23 million units
$703 million Xbox Series X|S2.46 million units
$239 million Source: Sensor Tower estimates. theloadout.com Â©

Sony and Microsoft each keep about 30% of that money in platform fees. Both companies gain from the game's success, whatever the split.

Why PS5 is so far ahead

The gap is not a surprise. PS5 has sold far more consoles than Xbox Series X|S. Microsoft says GTA 6 is breaking records on Xbox, and the Xbox sales line up with the platform's share of the console market.

Sony also holds the marketing rights for GTA 6 on PS5. Microsoft is still promoting the game. It recently revealed a GTA 6 inspired custom Xbox console that sits inside an alligator.

Could GTA 6 reach 25 million pre-orders?

Sensor Tower projects as many as 25 million pre-purchases by launch. If the 75% to 25% split holds, that would mean roughly 18.8 million on PS5 and 6.3 million on Xbox Series X|S.

Circana's survey data points the same way. It shows 29% of US console and PC gamers plan to buy GTA 6. That is nearly one in three, and the highest purchase intent Circana has measured for any game.

What Sony, Microsoft and Take-Two are saying

Both platform holders have claimed the record. Sony says GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game in the history of the PlayStation Store. Microsoft calls it the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has called the pre-order numbers unprecedented. He has declined to share raw figures and says they could be misleading.

The company's forecast shows the scale. Take-Two expects net bookings of $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion this quarter. The same quarter a year ago brought in $1.76 billion. For the full fiscal 2027 year, it projects $8 billion to $8.2 billion, up from $6.72 billion in fiscal 2026.

Launch details: preload, file size and midnight start

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Preloading is already open, and Sony and Rockstar opened it nine days early because of demand. The install is about 212GB, so clear space on your drive now.

The game unlocks at midnight local time, country by country. New Zealand goes first, at 12:00AM NZDT. Players in the US will be among the last in the world to start.

Xbox One owners can play through Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Bell confirmed in October that GTA 6 will not stream on PC.

Buy now or wait for the PC version?

Every number above is console only. PC players have no version to buy at launch, so the pre-order race has been a PlayStation and Xbox contest. Amazon lists the game at $79.99.

That leaves a simple choice. Play on day one on the console you own, or hold out for PC. Tell us which one you are doing.

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