Microsoft has denied recent reports indicating that the PlayStation version of Grand Theft Auto 6 is outselling its Xbox counterpart by orders of magnitude. The company says those claims are not rooted in "real data," insisting that GTA 6 is enjoying record-breaking pre-order performance among Xbox users.
The sixth mainline GTA game went up for pre-order on June 25, starting at $79.99. Two days later, IGN reported that pre-orders for the PlayStation version have been outpacing Xbox pre-orders by a factor of eight to one, citing internal data from its deal-hunting subsidiary IGN Finds. The claim spread quickly online, fueling fan speculation about whether GTA 6 could further widen the gap between the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S.
Despite no physical pre-orders, GTA 6 scalpers list overpriced copies on third-party platforms, and some fans are shockingly buying them.
Microsoft has formally denied claims that the PS5 version of GTA 6 is outperforming its Xbox Series X/S counterpart by an eight-to-one margin. In a statement to Windows Central, an Xbox spokesperson rejected the framing of the original report, saying it "doesn't represent pre-order data." The spokesperson added that Microsoft is seeing...
