GTA 6 pre-orders: Sensor Tower estimates 7.71 million, and three in four are on PS5
Sensor Tower's tracker puts GTA 6 digital pre-orders at about 7.71 million copies and 751 million dollars as of November 3, with 74 percent on PS5. It is an estimate, not a Rockstar or Take-Two number. Here is what it does and does not tell us.
The short answer: about 7.71 million, if you trust a market tracker. Rockstar and Take-Two have still not said.
Confirmed
The estimate. Sensor Tower, a company that tracks app and game store sales, updated its GTA 6 figures on November 3. It puts digital pre-orders at roughly 7.71 million copies worth about 751 million dollars, across PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, after cancellations and refunds.
The split. About 5.74 million on PS5 (74 percent) and 1.97 million on Xbox Series X|S (26 percent). There is no PC version to add.
What it is not. It is an estimate built from store data, not a count from Rockstar or Take-Two. Neither company has published a pre-order number. In August, Take-Two's chief executive Strauss Zelnick called pre-orders "unprecedented and astonishing" and left it there.
The small print
- Digital only. The boxed code-in-box copies that reach shops on November 12 are not in this number.
- The maths. 751 million dollars over 7.71 million copies is about 97 dollars a copy. The Standard Edition is 79.99 and the Ultimate Edition 99.99, so plenty of people are paying for the upgrade. That is our sum, not Sensor Tower's.
- Cyberpunk 2077 announced more than 8 million pre-orders before its 2020 launch, but that was an official figure that included PC and boxed copies. The two numbers do not measure the same thing.
Our guess
With eleven days left and the biggest pre-order push still to come around pre-load on November 10, we would be surprised if the final digital figure stayed under 8 million. We will not get a real number until Take-Two reports after launch, early in 2027; tomorrow's results call covers July to September and will not include one. Why: Take-Two reports on November 9.
Prices and editions: how much GTA 6 costs and the Ultimate Edition. Vox had opinions about all this a fortnight ago: the pre-order price argument.
Quick answers
How many GTA 6 pre-orders are there?
Sensor Tower estimates about 7.71 million as of November 3, 2026, worth about 751 million dollars. Rockstar and Take-Two have not published a number.
Is GTA 6 selling more on PS5 or Xbox?
On PS5, by Sensor Tower's estimate: about 5.74 million pre-orders on PS5 (74 percent) against 1.97 million on Xbox Series X|S (26 percent).
Has GTA 6 beaten Cyberpunk 2077's pre-order record?
Not on this estimate. Cyberpunk 2077 announced more than 8 million pre-orders before launch, and that figure included PC and boxed copies.
Sources: Inven Global: GTA 6 pre-orders estimated at 7.71 million units · Stevivor: Sensor Tower estimates 5.74 million PS5 pre-orders · tbreak: GTA 6 pre-orders pass 750 million dollars
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