How many copies has GTA 6 sold?

Has Rockstar or Take-Two said how many copies GTA 6 has sold?

No. As of November 1, 2026, neither company has published a pre-order or sales number, and the game isn’t out until November 19. In August, Take-Two’s prepared remarks described an exceptional start to pre-orders, and CEO Strauss Zelnick told CNBC the mix was skewing toward the premium edition, as VGC reported, but neither came with figures.

Take-Two’s November 9 results didn’t change that. Zelnick said pre-orders were “continuing to reach unprecedented levels” and, in remarks prepared for the call, “tracking far in excess of our initial expectations”, adding that “the numbers will speak for themselves soon enough”. No count was given.

Sony and Microsoft haven’t given one either. On November 10, Sony’s PlayStation Blog called GTA 6 “the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store”, and Microsoft’s Xbox Wire called it “the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store”. Each claim is about one store, so neither is a record across stores, and neither says how many orders that means.

How many people have pre-ordered GTA 6?

Nobody outside the companies can say exactly, but market-data firm Sensor Tower publishes estimates. Its August blog post counted about 3.15 million PlayStation and 0.93 million Xbox pre-orders through July 20. On August 13, GamesIndustry.biz reported its tracker at about 4.3 million, 77% on PlayStation, with about 89% for the $99.99 Ultimate Edition; see Sensor Tower’s Ultimate Edition estimate.

The fullest recent snapshot came from GamesIndustry.biz on October 20: about 6.08 million pre-orders worth about $594 million as of October 13, 74% on PlayStation and 26% on Xbox, 148% ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) at the same point before launch. The article notes that Sensor Tower’s comparison data counts only US digital pre-orders.

Later that day, Insider Gaming reported a higher reading, about 6.45 million and $630 million, again 74% on PS5, with no data date or scope. Sensor Tower says its tracker updates weekly, so it may be newer; we can’t confirm that. All are estimates, not Take-Two data.

How many people say they will buy it?

Circana, a market research firm, said on October 28 that 29% of US console and PC gamers intend to buy GTA 6, based on its PlayerPulse survey, and called that a record. That is what people say they plan to do, not sales, and it includes PC gamers even though Rockstar has announced only PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

What are analysts forecasting for launch?

Forecasts vary, and none are results. Before pre-orders opened in June, GamesIndustry.biz surveyed analysts, whose first-year predictions ran from 30 million to over 50 million units. Insider Gaming reported in October that Newzoo estimated launch-week sales of as much as $5.2 billion. In August, Sensor Tower’s Karl Kontus said there is no benchmark for GTA 6, and guessed pre-orders by launch “might land more in the 25 million ballpark”.

Our view: with no comparable launch to measure against, treat every forecast as a guess until Take-Two reports real numbers.

How does that compare with GTA V’s sales?

Take-Two said GTA V sold through more than $800 million worldwide on its first day in September 2013, not counting Japan and Brazil, then announced worldwide retail sales over $1 billion in its first three days. Both were company estimates. Take-Two’s August 2026 prepared remarks put GTA V past 230 million units sold-in, a count of copies shipped to stores and sold digitally, which can differ from copies players have bought. Zelnick’s November 9 remarks said it had sold nearly 235 million.

Don’t line these up against the pre-order estimates: one side is an outside firm’s estimate of orders, the other the publisher’s own sales figures. Our pricing page shows what each edition costs.

Will GTA 6 make its money back?

It can’t be worked out from public information. Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has published a development budget, as far as we’ve found, so any profit claim is a guess; our report on the budget question covers what Rockstar has said. Take-Two’s $8 to $8.2 billion net bookings forecast, reiterated on November 9, is company-wide, not a GTA 6 sales figure.