GTA 6 preorders pass 12 million, Sensor Tower estimates, with three in four on PS5

GTA 6 has about 12 million preorders six days before launch, according to an estimate from the analytics firm Sensor Tower. Not announced That is an outside estimate, not a number from Rockstar or Take-Two, neither of which has said how many copies have been preordered.

Confirmed GameSpot reports that Sensor Tower puts GTA 6 at 12.13 million preorders as of the morning of November 13, worth about $1.18 billion before any discounts or refunds. Sensor Tower tracks the figures on its own GTA VI sales tracker.

PS5 against Xbox

Sensor Tower splits the total roughly three to one in PlayStation’s favour:

Analysis The PS5 lead fits what Sony said itself: on November 10 the PlayStation Blog said no game in PlayStation Store history has had more preorders. See GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history.

How fast it grew

Sensor Tower’s estimates have jumped in the last two weeks, as the launch date got close and preloading opened:

• Late October: about 7 million digital preorders worth around $675 million, GameSpot reported at the time (see the biggest entertainment launch ever?).
• Early November: about 7.7 million, Kotaku reported (see Take-Two says GTA 6 preorders are at “unprecedented levels”).
• November 13: 12.13 million.

Not announced Sensor Tower has said preorders could reach as many as 25 million by launch. That is a forecast, and no one outside Rockstar and the console makers can check it until sales are announced.

What Take-Two has said

Confirmed Take-Two hasn’t given a number. Its CEO, Strauss Zelnick, told Variety on November 9 that presales are “running far in excess of our expectations”, while adding that the company never claims success before it happens.

Analysis The first official sales figure is most likely to come from Take-Two after launch, either in a press release about launch-day sales or in its next quarterly results. We’ll add it here when it’s announced.

Common questions

Are these real sales numbers?

No. Not announced They are Sensor Tower’s estimates, built from its own data on digital storefronts. Only Rockstar, Take-Two, Sony and Microsoft know the real totals, and none of them has published one.

Do boxed copies count?

Not announced Sensor Tower hasn’t said whether its estimate includes code-in-box copies sold by shops. Its tracker describes the figures as estimates for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

When does GTA 6 come out?

Confirmed Thursday, November 19, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, unlocking at midnight local time. See what time GTA 6 unlocks in your country.