GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game on PS Store and Xbox

Sony and Microsoft both say GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game their digital stores have ever sold. Sony's PlayStation Blog post of November 10, 2026 says "Grand Theft Auto VI is now the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store." Microsoft's Xbox Wire post the same day calls it "the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store."

Each claim covers that company's own store. Neither post gives a number of pre-orders, and Take-Two's results on November 9 gave no count either, so any figure you see for total pre-orders is an outside estimate, not a store number. GamesRadar, reporting both posts, also cites one such estimate from an analytics firm.

Both companies tie the record to the same advice: download the game now. Sony says the demand is why it joined Rockstar to open pre-load nine days early, and it strongly advises anyone who wants to play on launch day to pre-load as soon as possible. Microsoft encourages everyone to start pre-loading. Code-in-box buyers can activate the code as soon as they get it and pre-load then. Our pre-load guide has the steps and the space you need.

Sony also describes how launch night works on PlayStation: a rolling midnight launch by country, starting at 12:00AM NZDT in New Zealand on November 19 and moving around the globe as each country reaches midnight. That matches Rockstar Support, which says the game releases at midnight local time on November 19 in all regions on both consoles. Midnight in New Zealand is 11:00 UTC on November 18, so New Zealand players get in first. Your own country's moment is on our release time page.

For a buyer, the record changes nothing about the date or the price. GTA 6 still launches on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S, at $79.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition in the US. What it does tell you is that a very large number of people will try to start the game at the same moment. A copy that is already installed only has to unlock at midnight, so pre-load early rather than downloading on launch night.