Sony has basically spent the last year acting as if Grand Theft Auto 6 is a PlayStation 5 exclusive. Rockstar’s open-world action game isn’t a platform exclusive, of course: it’s coming to Xbox, and perhaps eventually, to PC. Still, with so much pomp and circumstance on PlayStation — and estimates that the PS5 version of GTA 6 is vastly outperforming its competition — one might wonder how leaders at Xbox are feeling about the game’s imminent release.
The game is expected to sell well on all platforms, but the Xbox brand is in a tough spot at the moment. Layoffs, studio consolidation, controversial subscription changes, and multiple price hikes suggest that Xbox is in the middle of some major turmoil. With few potential Xbox hits on the immediate horizon, there’s arguably more pressure for GTA 6 to carry the platform during the final stretch of 2026.
GTA 6‘s marketing isn’t helping Xbox. Rockstar’s major trailers, as well as its extended look on Netflix, all carry the disclaimer that the footage was recorded on PS5. Sony seems like it is pushing GTA 6 harder than its own first-party games. Anticipation for GTA 6 has led to a shortage of PS5 Pro hardware, and the platform’s exclusive DualSense controller has become a scalper favorite.
More recently, The Verge reported sources say GTA 6 pre-orders are “heavily skewed” toward the PS5, and that the situation was “ringing yet more alarm bells about the platform.”
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