GTA 6 Crushed Amazon in an Hour: The Real Pre-Order Numbers and the Fake Figure That Fooled Half the Internet

Pre-orders opened on June 25: Amazon sold out in an hour, with prices of $80 and $100 per edition and a record projection of 37–51 million. And a viral figure that turned out to be a lie.

On June 25, 2026, Rockstar opened pre-orders for GTA 6, and exactly what everyone expected happened: Amazon U.S. sold out of PS5s and Xboxes in less than an hour. The official facts, plain and simple:

• Standard Edition: $79.99. The full campaign.
• Ultimate Edition: $99.99. Includes exclusive vehicles, weapons, tattoos, and clothing that are unlocked progressively throughout the story.
• Pre-order bonus (through November 20): the Vintage Vice City Pack—a ’55 Vapid Stanier, the Ocean Beach garage, and retro outfits for Jason and Lucia. Pre-ordering the digital version also gets you one month of GTA+.
• Platforms: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. PC release date TBD. And here’s a controversial detail: the physical edition is a code in a box, with no disc.
• Release: November 19, 2026, with pre-loading starting on the 12th.

The Community’s Outrage

This is the first time a numbered GTA title has exceeded $70 at launch, comes without a physical disc, and has Ultimate Edition content locked behind a paywall: Reddit erupted over all three issues at once. GameRant summed up the paradox: plenty of talk of “greed” and “shame” in the comments… and admissions that people will buy it anyway.

A Record, Yes, but Beware of Viral Numbers

Rumors circulated on social media that GTA 6 had sold “39 million copies and $3 billion” in pre-orders. This is false: the figure originated from an unverified account and was debunked by fact-checkers. Here’s the real story: the consulting firm Newzoo estimates about $180 million in digital pre-orders in the last week of June alone (U.S. + major European markets) and projects between 37 and 51 million copies in the first week—the largest pre-order campaign ever recorded. For reference: GTA 5 reached 7 million pre-orders in 2013. Rockstar and Take-Two, meanwhile, haven’t released a single official figure; the first real clue will come with the results on August 7.

If you’ve already pre-ordered, let us know which version you got.