{"id":87854,"date":"2026-09-25T19:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87854"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:57:59","slug":"xbox-exec-isnt-freaking-out-over-gta-6-presales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87854","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Exec Isn\u2019t Freaking Out Over GTA 6 Presales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1597\/15975876\/4635133-grand-theft-auto-vi-2-scaled-1126613740.jpg?w=300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grand Theft Auto 6 is under two months away, but the early sales numbers for the game are already starting to get out. According to a sales tracker posted by Sensor Tower, GTA 6&#8217;s PlayStation 5 presales are outnumbering Xbox Series X|S  a ratio of more than 3:1. However, Xbox&#8217;s Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball has refuted a report that Microsoft is unhappy about those sales numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message posted on X, Ball wrote, &#8220;We are very happy with GTA 6 pre-orders. The title is breaking records for Xbox, we expect even more records will be broken throughout the fall, and our internal analysis shows our share of pre-orders to be matching our share of the console market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOoAo9Rjmy\">https:\/\/t.co\/eOoAo9Rjmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Ball (@ballmatthew) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ballmatthew\/status\/2103210975256330501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ball\u2019s point about the preorders \u201cmatching [Xbox&#8217;s] share of the console market\u201d may be correct. There are considerably more PlayStation 5 consoles on the market than Xbox Series X|S. According to Sensor Tower, Xbox&#8217;s 23% share of GTA 6 presales represents 1.3 million copies sold and $128 million in revenue. Conversely, PS5&#8217;s 77% means Sony has already sold 4.35 million copies to the tune of $426 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the replies to Ball expressed skepticism about his response to the numbers. This comes only a few days after another devastating round of Xbox layoffs that left Halo Studios relinquishing control of the Halo franchise to Activision. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for GTA 6, the game&#8217;s promotional push now includes a campaign in Miami, Florida welcoming visitors to Vice City. A number of gamers are apparently plotting to take time off from work when GTA 6 arrives, and we fully endorse that idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grand Theft Auto 6 will be released on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-exec-isnt-freaking-out-over-gta-6-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto 6 is under two months away, but the early sales numbers for the game are already starting to get out. 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