Pre-Order Revenue Estimates
Newzoo calculated approximately $180 million in digital pre-orders from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain during the final week of June on PlayStation and Xbox stores. The analysis excludes disc-less editions and uses GTA V's lifetime console player distribution, where 69 percent of players reside in those six countries, to scale the total to $260 million globally.
Launch Week Sales Projections
Based on the early pre-order trajectory, Newzoo forecasts GTA 6 could sell 51 million copies in its opening week at an average price of $88. This yields an estimated $4.5 billion in revenue, with the full range spanning $3.3 billion to $5.2 billion by November 26.
Context From Industry Data
The reported first-week pre-order total exceeds GTA V's development budget and ranks as the largest opening in Newzoo's dataset. RockstarINTEL notes the numbers remain unconfirmed and stem from one analyst firm's modeling.