GTA 6: The $99 Edition Tops Pre-orders on the PS Store

The Ultimate Edition of GTA 6 ($99.99) tops the PS Store pre-order charts in 9 countries, according to TweakTown. The catch: it's measured by revenue, not by copies sold.

The GTA 6 Ultimate Edition, the most expensive version in the lineup at $99.99, has taken the top spot in PlayStation Store pre-orders in nine markets, according to data from TweakTown collected on July 21. Among the countries where it’s leading the pack are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, India, and South Korea.

GTA 6 is Rockstar’s blockbuster set in Vice City and the rest of Leonida State, so any figures regarding prices or pre-orders are sparking conversation months before launch. This data is a bombshell: the premium edition is gaining ground on the Standard Edition, priced at $79.99. But the report itself urges caution before drawing conclusions about player preferences.

How the GTA 6 Pre-order Rankings Are Calculated

PlayStation Store listings aren’t sorted by copies sold, but by revenue generated. And that’s the catch. A more expensive product needs fewer units to top the chart.

If a chart ranks products by how much revenue they generate rather than how many copies they sell, a more expensive product has a head start.

By that calculation, the Ultimate Edition only needs to sell 8 out of every 10 units sold by the Standard Edition to rank first in revenue. The top spot confirms that the $99.99 edition accounts for at least 80% of the cheaper edition’s volume—not that most players are preferring it.

The Two Editions of GTA 6, Head-to-Head

The $20 price difference between the two editions is precisely what makes the actual distribution of buyers much closer than the ranking suggests at first glance. Rockstar has not yet specified exactly what the Ultimate Edition offers beyond its price. For now, only the price is known, not the extra content.

What This Tells Us About GTA 6 Pre-orders

Rockstar and Take-Two haven’t released a single official figure for GTA 6 pre-orders, so this data from the PlayStation Store is one of the first public indications of how the editions are being distributed before the game arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It doesn’t say how many copies have been pre-ordered in total—that figure remains unknown—but it does show that the public isn’t shunning the $99.99 version en masse.

It’s important to interpret this with the proper context. This is market data analyzed by specialized media outlets, not an official confirmation from Rockstar or Take-Two. As with any revenue-based ranking, a handful of buyers willing to pay more can skew the actual picture of which edition the majority prefers.

What the results do make clear is that people are pre-ordering GTA 6 in sufficient numbers to impact the PlayStation Store charts in nine different markets—and that’s no small feat for a game that still hasn’t confirmed an exact release date. To get your bearings before more news arrives, what’s been confirmed about GTA 6 compiles everything Rockstar has confirmed so far, and the game’s news lets you follow every new detail about prices, editions, or the release date.

The battle between the Standard and Ultimate editions will continue to make headlines until Rockstar releases actual figures. For now, the PlayStation Store standings show that the pricier edition isn’t standing alone.