{"id":731740,"date":"2026-06-28T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731740\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:05:08","slug":"claims-gta-6-is-selling-8-times-as-many-copies-on-ps5-as-xbox-doesnt-represent-pre-order-data-insists-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731740\/","title":{"rendered":"Claims GTA 6 is selling 8 times as many copies on PS5 as Xbox “doesn’t represent pre-order data”, insists Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has refuted claims that its rival system, the PlayStation 5, is outselling the Xbox edition of Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>, claiming that the figure “doesn’t represent pre-order data” and insisting “we’ve had record orders”.<\/p>\n

Yesterday (27th June), IGN tweeted that according to its community, players were eight times more likely to have pre-ordered the game on PS5 than on Xbox Series X\/S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a response to Windows Central<\/a>, however, Microsoft hit back at the claim, insisting the data collated via IGN’s Finds’ and commerce affiliate linking program was not representative and suggesting we wait for “real data”.<\/p>\n

GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) – Official Cover Art Reveal Teaser Trailer.Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn’t represent pre-order data. We’ve had record orders. People should wait for real data and not clicks on affiliate links,” Microsoft said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It’s been a busy week for GTA 6-related news. Pre-orders went live in the week and we finally got a price, too<\/a>. But there was outrage around reports there will be no disc in the physical edition<\/a>, only a download code, a decision many think hints at wider plans to crush second-hand sales<\/a> and prompting a debate about game ownership<\/a>. We also got a batch of new screenshots detailing exclusive Ultimate Edition shops, missions, cars, and outfits in the game.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, another new report cast doubt on hopes that a physical version of Grand Theft Auto 6 will follow the digital release later this year. While some insisted that a proper physical edition with a disc would launch in December,<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter sources insisted this isn’t true<\/a>, stressing that “the language [from a Rockstar email] is being misinterpreted by a hopeful internet”.<\/p>\n

GTA 6 releases on November 19th for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S\/X<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft has refuted claims that its rival system, the PlayStation 5, is outselling the Xbox edition of Grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-731740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}