A report claims GTA 6 pre-orders are heavily favouring PS5, raising concerns about Xbox’s competitiveness ahead of the game’s release. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball disputed the implication, saying the game is breaking Xbox records and that its pre-order share matches Xbox’s proportion of the console market.

The report provides no precise pre-order figures, while the PS5 has a much larger installed base than Xbox Series X|S, estimated at nearly 100 million versus roughly 35 million consoles. Sony’s marketing partnership may be increasing the imbalance, but only Rockstar and the platform holders are likely to have definitive data.