The likely hope behind the scenes at PlayStation and Xbox is that, despite several price hikes for their six-year-old consoles, sales for those consoles will be fine, maybe even great, thanks to GTA 6. The first hard evidence that those studios are right to think that has surfaced following the GTA 6 Extended Look on Netflix.
We already know how many people tuned in to watch almost 30 minutes of new footage from GTA 6 - more than 30 million people, making it the most-watched thing on Netflix last week. Now we know that a lot of those people were convinced to buy a console they’ll need to play GTA 6 when it releases on November 19.
According to The Game Business (via VGC), Nielsen HQ data confirms sales of new consoles surged in the UK directly after the Extended Look. PS5 sales went up by 33%, while Xbox Series X|S sales enjoyed an even bigger uptick, rising by 34%. The raw numbers weren’t provided, but that still probably means more PS5s were sold since its pre-Extended Look numbers would have been higher.
We already knew that a significant chunk of people...
