GTA 6 pre-orders reportedly hit a record 9.69 million

Forbes Peru, in a piece originally published by Forbes US on 12 November, adds a benchmark the article lacked: according to Sensor Tower, GTA V (2013) had 7 million pre-orders, sold 11 million units at launch and reached 16 million by the end of its first week. Against those 7 million, the 10.31 million estimated for GTA 6 sits well above.

Per Forbes Peru, GTA V also holds the 24-hour revenue record, 815.7 million dollars on 17 September 2013, and GTA 6 is expected to challenge it. Take-Two has not published sales figures for GTA 6.

El Magalla News reports that Sony and Microsoft have each announced that GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store respectively. Neither has given a unit count, so Sensor Tower's 10.31 million remains an outside estimate.

According to El Magalla News, Take-Two keeps its fiscal 2027 net bookings guidance at between 8,000 and 8,200 million dollars. Rockstar still has not published pre-order figures.

Sensor Tower's estimate has moved up again. According to The Oklahoman, in a USA TODAY piece dated 12 November, the firm's sales tracker now shows 1.09 billion dollars in presales and 11.27 million units sold. That is above the 10.31 million units and more than 1 billion dollars reported in the previous update.

The split holds at 75% for PS5 and 25% for Xbox Series X|S. Sensor Tower places the sharpest jump in sales between 5 and 10 November. Rockstar has not published any presale figures.

Neutral Game points out that, besides the Sensor Tower estimates, there is a Newzoo projection from July 2026: between 3,300 and 5,200 million dollars in cumulative global sales by the end of GTA 6's first week. According to Neutral Game, the figure rests on pre-order performance in the main markets and on the track record of other successful sequels.

Capital Radio adds that Take-Two raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Monday because of the launch. Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has published official pre-order figures.

TweakTown clarifies that Sensor Tower's figures, 10.31 million units and more than 1,000 million dollars in pre-orders, are net of returns: expected refunds and cancellations have already been subtracted. The article did not mention that. The outlet also says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently described pre-orders as "far in excess" of expectations.

According to TweakTown, Sensor Tower still puts PlayStation at 75%. Take-Two has not published pre-order numbers, so the Sensor Tower figure remains an outside estimate.

Insider Gaming gives Sensor Tower's exact figure: 10.31 million copies sold and more than 1,000 million dollars in pre-sales, a week before launch. It also supplies the starting point: on 3 November, Sensor Tower put the total at more than 750 million dollars and about 7.71 million copies across PlayStation and Xbox.

According to Insider Gaming, a little over seven days have added more than 2.6 million copies and roughly 250 million dollars, and sales are up about 60 million dollars since yesterday alone. That is more than the almost 2 million for the last week that @GTASixInfo cited, so the sources disagree on the pace. These are Sensor Tower estimates, not figures from Rockstar or Take-Two.

NDTV puts GTA 6 pre-orders at 10.3 million units and about one billion dollars one week before launch, attributing the figure to Sensor Tower. That is more precise than the "close to 10 million" in the earlier update. @NikTek had already posted that pre-orders have passed 10 million, also via Sensor Tower.

According to @GTAVI_Countdown, citing Sensor Tower, GTA 6 is now the fastest-selling entertainment product ever: GTA 5 reached one billion dollars three days after release, pre-orders included, while GTA 6 gets there seven days before launch. More in NDTV. Rockstar has not confirmed any of these figures.

Xbox had already given its own take on the split. According to 3DJuegos Guías, Matthew Ball, Xbox's strategy director, replied on X to The Verge's Tom Warren, who had described pre-orders as "heavily skewed" toward PS5. Ball said Xbox's internal analysis shows its share of pre-orders is in line with its share of the console market. Xbox publishes no Xbox Series sales figures, so the outlet estimates PlayStation pre-orders at roughly triple Xbox's, close to the 75% and 25% split @NikTek cited. GameSpot, for its part, headlines that GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game of all time on PlayStation and Xbox.

Rockstar Intel reports that a new SensorTower report puts GTA 6 pre-orders at close to 10 million, with 1.98 million arriving in the past week, a pace well above earlier weeks. According to the outlet, that works out to nearly a billion dollars already earned. It also notes that Cyberpunk 2077's 8 million came with a longer pre-order window and a day-one PC release. Other data firms say the week before launch is usually the biggest, and new numbers are expected early next week. Details at Rockstar Intel.

Rockstar Games opened pre-orders on June 25, 2026, and preloading starts on November 12. Cyberpunk 2077 held the bar at 8 million. A new estimate puts GTA 6 past it.

About 9.69 million, according to @NikTek, which cites the data firm Sensor Tower. @GTASixInfo, a community news account, posts the same number and adds that nearly 2 million came in during the past week.

For perspective, 9.69 million tops the 8 million Cyberpunk 2077 record that both posts mention.

Seventy-five percent comes from PlayStation and 25% from Xbox, per @NikTek. That post talks about sales, not pre-orders, and doesn't explain how the split was calculated.

The game launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026. If the ratio holds, three in four pre-orders would be on PlayStation.

Every pre-order or purchase before November 20 includes the Vice City Vintage Pack, according to Rockstar. Preloading starts on November 12 at 00:00 local time, and the boxed edition with a download code goes on sale that day.

If you've already pre-ordered, you can go over the map of Leonida while you wait.

Neither post links a Sensor Tower report, so its method is unknown. It's also unclear whether the number counts pre-orders, as @GTASixInfo says, or copies sold, as @NikTek writes. Rockstar and Take-Two haven't confirmed it.

A Sensor Tower report with its methodology would settle what the number measures. The next clue comes on November 19, 2026, when the game launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

How many pre-orders does GTA 6 have?

About 9.69 million, according to a Sensor Tower estimate relayed by @NikTek and @GTASixInfo. Rockstar hasn't confirmed it.

Does GTA 6 beat Cyberpunk 2077 in pre-orders?

According to that estimate, yes: 9.69 million against Cyberpunk 2077's 8 million.

When does GTA 6 come out?

On November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to Rockstar.