{"id":64778,"date":"2026-06-29T21:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64778"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:43:01","slug":"gta-6-seeing-record-orders-on-xbox-microsoft-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64778","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Seeing \u201cRecord\u201d Orders On Xbox, Microsoft Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has responded to a report regarding GTA 6 preorders and the apparent gulf between Xbox and PlayStation numbers, saying this early, unofficial third-party information &#8220;doesn&#8217;t represent preorder data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We\u2019ve had record orders. People should wait for real data and not clicks on affiliate links,&#8221; Microsoft said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This came in response to a data from IGN that said its own internal information from affiliate links from its userbase found that GTA 6 preorders were outperforming Xbox by a rate of 8 to 1. This is not official preorder data from Rockstar or Take-Two, but rather early results from IGN&#8217;s own userbase. As such, it doesn&#8217;t represent the full picture of preorders&#8211;it was never meant to or billed as such. Still, the story took off, prompting Microsoft to issue a statement.<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: { &quot;image&quot;: { &quot;initialized&quot;: true } } }\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1805572\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GTA_d6092f.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1805572\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GTA 6 releases in November.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 undoubtedly has a high number of preorders, and it makes sense that PS5 numbers would track ahead of Xbox given the higher install base of consoles and the Rockstar-PlayStation marketing deal for GTA 6. In any event, GTA 6 is expected to have the biggest launch of all time, so preorders setting an Xbox record&#8211;whatever record that might be&#8211;is no surprise, either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, we&#8217;ll just have to wait for Rockstar or Take-Two to announce preorder data, should they choose to. Preorders opened on June 25 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and as a digital-exclusive game, stock is not going to sell out. Despite that, people are already trying to flip their preorders on eBay for big premiums. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 is scheduled for a November 19 launch. It&nbsp;\u201cfeatures a single-player experience,\u201d&nbsp;leading many to wonder what the game\u2019s online plans will be. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 is priced at $80 for its standard edition and $100 for the ultimate edition that locks away lots of exciting content behind that $20 extra paywall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/gta-6-seeing-record-orders-on-xbox-microsoft-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has responded to a report regarding GTA 6 preorders and the apparent gulf between Xbox and PlayStation numbers, saying this early, unofficial third-party information&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[520,3402,3576,2162,1952,162],"class_list":["post-64778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-claims","tag-gta","tag-microsoft","tag-orders","tag-record","tag-xbox","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}