GTA 6 by the numbers

Every official number, in one table

These are the figures Rockstar, Take-Two and the console stores have published themselves.

Prices by region, and what each edition adds in game, are on the editions page.

What time GTA 6 unlocks where you live

Every regional Xbox Store lists GTA 6 for midnight local time on 19 November, so New Zealand gets it first and Mexico last, 19 hours later.

The US and Canadian stores use Eastern midnight for the whole country. That puts the release at 11pm Central, 10pm Mountain and 9pm Pacific on 18 November. These are the stores' own timestamps. Rockstar hasn't published an unlock rule, and the PlayStation Store's times weren't part of this check.

Pre-load and download size

You can pre-load seven days early, from 12 November, but no official download size exists yet.

The PlayStation Store lists a 7-day pre-load on both editions. Rockstar's support pages put the start at local midnight on 12 November, and boxed copies carry a download code rather than a disc. The size most often repeated is about 210 GB on PS5, traced to an account that tracks PlayStation file sizes. Rockstar hasn't confirmed it.

What Take-Two has said about sales

Nothing about GTA 6 itself, because the game isn't on sale yet beyond pre-orders.

Take-Two's quarterly filing describes the series GTA 6 follows. GTA V has sold-in over 230 million units since 2013, and sold-in counts boxed copies shipped to shops as well as digital sales. The whole series stands at over 470 million, so GTA V alone is about half of it. For the year to 31 March 2027, the window that includes the launch, Take-Two expects net bookings of $8.0 to $8.2 billion and ties that outlook to the 19 November release.

The report on 9 November covers the three months to 30 September, before launch. The first quarter that includes launch sales ends on 31 December.

How much did GTA 6 cost to make?

Take-Two has never published a budget, and its chief executive has declined in interviews to give one.

The figure you'll see most is $1 billion to $1.5 billion, an analyst's estimate. Treat it as a forecast, which is why it sits in the table below with the others.

Forecasts, not results

Analysts publish their own estimates for GTA 6, and none of these numbers comes from Rockstar or Take-Two.

The spread runs from 35 million to 70 million copies, partly because each firm measures a different window. None of it is advice on Take-Two's shares.

Not confirmed yet

A download size of about 210 GB

Size trackerNot from Rockstar or a store listing. Other claims run from 228 GB to over 600 GB.

6.45 million pre-orders

EstimateA market-data estimate to 20 October, reported second-hand.

A PC version in 2027

RumourRockstar has announced only PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.