GTA 6 pre-orders have passed $1 billion in revenue even before launch, according to Sensor Tower's updated estimate from November 11. The tracker puts digital pre-orders at 10.31 million copies for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, not counting physical editions.
PlayStation leads pre-orders
PlayStation 5 accounts for about 75% of pre-orders, with 7.73 million copies and roughly $751 million. Xbox Series X|S makes up the remaining 25%, with 2.58 million copies and about $250 million.
An estimate, not an official figure
The nature of the number matters: this is a Sensor Tower estimate, not official data. Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, have not disclosed pre-order figures — and pre-orders can still be cancelled. Sensor Tower itself states that the figure is net of returns.
The climb was fast: earlier this month, the same estimate stood at about $751 million; within days, the total rose by roughly $250 million. The previous record belonged to Cyberpunk 2077, with more than 8 million pre-orders disclosed by CD Projekt in 2020.
Update to our earlier story
Geekiki had already reported on Wednesday (11) that GTA 6 had become the most pre-ordered game in the history of the PlayStation and Microsoft stores, with 9.69 million copies and about $942 million according to Sensor Tower. The figures in this story update that estimate. Read the earlier story: GTA 6 pré-venda recorde: jogo mais pré-vendido da história na PlayStation e Xbox.
Forecast for launch week
For the November 19 launch, the forecasts are even bigger: consultancy Newzoo estimated in July that GTA 6 could generate between $3.3 billion and $5.2 billion in cumulative global sales by the end of its first week. That is a forecast, not a guarantee — the first official number will only come from Take-Two after launch.
Image credit: Grand Theft Auto VI logo, by Rockstar Games, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
Sources: Notebookcheck, Rockstar Report, The GTA 6 News, TheGamer.
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