Grand Theft Auto VI Preorders at ‘Unprecedented Levels,’ Take-Two Says

Updated November 10, 2026: PlayStation now calls GTA 6 the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history, and pre-loading is live at the store.

Take-Two says Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders are at “unprecedented levels” ahead of the November 19 launch, and the publisher is keeping its full-year forecast after a soft quarter. Microsoft calls it the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store.

PlayStation says the same thing from the store side. In a PlayStation Blog post on November 10, Sony put GTA 6 at “the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store.” Pre-loading is available at the store now, nine days early, and the launch rolls region by region, starting at 12:00 a.m. NZDT in New Zealand as each country reaches midnight on November 19.

Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s chairman and CEO, put it in the company’s fiscal second-quarter results on Monday, November 9. “The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is ten days away and, with pre-orders continuing to reach unprecedented levels, we expect to deliver an historic year for our company,” he said. Take-Two also repeated its fiscal 2027 outlook: net bookings of $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion. We analyzed this release alongside the August one, and the forecast is the same $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion range.

Net bookings are the net amount of products sold digitally or shipped physically during the period. Total net bookings fell 18% to $1.60 billion from $1.96 billion a year earlier. Take-Two also posted a GAAP net loss of $54.0 million, or $0.29 a share.

Recurrent consumer spending is the in-game and add-on money, meaning virtual currency, add-on content, in-game purchases and in-game advertising. It was down 9%, but still made up 81% of net bookings. NBA 2K and the Grand Theft Auto series were the largest contributors to net bookings.

The launch is what the next quarter is built on. Take-Two’s outlook for the three months ending December 31 calls for $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion in net bookings. It also expects GAAP net income of $250 million to $276 million. That window contains the release: the company’s own lineup table lists Grand Theft Auto VI for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026. On the 4:30 p.m. ET earnings call, Zelnick said most of the early demand is landing on the $99.99 Ultimate Edition rather than the $79.99 Standard Edition. Take-Two books that $20 gap as recurrent consumer spending, per Eurogamer.

Take-Two gave no number for copies reserved and no platform split, so “unprecedented” is still the company’s word instead of a sales figure. What the release does show is a publisher that is not trimming its year over a soft quarter. Consider the December quarter it is forecasting: more than twice the $1.60 billion it booked in September. The choice left for players is the $20 upgrade, not whether to buy in. Every pre-order and purchase before November 20 carries the Vintage Vice City Pack, and digital pre-orders add a free month of GTA+. PS5 pre-load is live now, per PlayStation Blog. Our pre-launch checklist covers storage and account steps, and the GTA 6 hub keeps every confirmed date in one place.

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