# GTA 6 sales could hit $5.2 billion in first week — 5 times GTA 5

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gta-6-sales-could-hit-5-2-billion-in-first-week-5-times-gta-5/
- Published: 2026-07-16T17:00:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-26T03:20:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/gta-6-new-record-pre-orders-sales-launch-week-rockstar-games/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Gaming, GTA 6

## Key points

- GTA 6 could earn up to $5.2 billion in its first week
- That would be roughly five times GTA 5's early sales
- Game launches 19 November on PS5 and Xbox Series X, digital-only

## Summary

Grand Theft Auto 6 is on track to become Rockstar Games' biggest launch yet, with analyst firm Newzoo projecting between $3.3 billion and $5.2 billion in global sales during its first week on sale. The forecast, based on pre-order data, suggests the sequel could dwarf the performance of Grand Theft Auto 5, which generated roughly $1 billion in its first three days back in 2013, underlining the huge commercial expectations riding on the long-delayed release.

Newzoo's conservative estimate puts week-one sales at around 37 million units, while its central projection points to closer to $4.5 billion from about 51 million units sold. The firm says pre-orders, which opened on 25 June, had already generated $180 million in digital sales across the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, and it dismissed unverified reports of $1 billion in first-hour sales as "absurd". Grand Theft Auto 6 is set for release on 19 November on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X as a digital-only, single-player title, with no PC version yet confirmed.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.