GTA 6 sets preorder records on PlayStation and Xbox

Sony and Microsoft say Grand Theft Auto 6 has set preorder records on their respective digital storefronts, while third-party estimates put console preorders at 9.69 million by November 10, worth about $942 million net of returns. Neither Rockstar Games nor its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has confirmed the total.

Sony said GTA 6 is the most-preordered game in PlayStation Store history, and Microsoft described it as the most-preordered title in Microsoft Store history. Neither company released figures for its own store. Sony also announced that PlayStation 5 preloading began nine days before the game’s planned November 19 launch.

Sensor Tower estimates the game had 7.23 million digital preorders on PlayStation 5, worth about $703 million, and 2.46 million on Xbox Series X|S, worth about $239 million, as of November 10. The figures amount to roughly three-quarters of estimated orders on PlayStation and one-quarter on Xbox. Sensor Tower put total preorders at 7.71 million a week earlier.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said presales were running well past the company’s expectations. The company has not confirmed Sensor Tower’s figures; Zelnick said Take-Two would provide...