GTA VI becomes PlayStation Store’s most pre-ordered game as Take-Two sales dip before Nov. 19 launch

SAN JOSE — Grand Theft Auto VI is now the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history, Sony said Tuesday, nine days before its Nov. 19 launch.

A day earlier, Take-Two Interactive, which owns GTA maker Rockstar Games, said in its earnings report that pre-orders are “tracking far above our initial expectations.” Neither company gave a number.

The orders arrive as Take-Two’s sales slip. Net bookings, its main sales measure, fell 18% to $1.60 billion for July through September, slightly under its own forecast, as its NBA 2K27 basketball game sold below plan. The company kept its full-year forecast of $8 billion to $8.2 billion and expects $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion for October through December, driven by GTA VI.

The game is for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S only. On PS5 it costs $79.99, or $99.99 for an Ultimate Edition with extra in-game items, and needs at least 212GB of free storage, Sony’s pages say. It unlocks at 12 a.m. local time on Thursday, Nov. 19. The boxed store version holds only a download code, not a disc. Digital pre-orders include a free month of GTA+, Rockstar’s paid membership, which renews automatically unless canceled.

Source: Take-Two second-quarter results; Take-Two results summary; PlayStation Blog; PlayStation GTA VI page; PlayStation GTA VI support.