It may be easy to infer that playstation 5 Beating Xbox in Hardware Sales A new report shows that at launch, AAA game sales on Sony's console were nearly 80% higher than AAA game sales on Microsoft's platform. Recently, GTA 6 The biggest games of the year have sparked conversation about sales figures for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S after they went up for pre-order.
This has been a big year for PS5 and Xbox, with both companies becoming more competitive in market conditions. Xbox is now under new management, and they're making a serious effort to bring it back into the fold with console exclusives and new hardware. Meanwhile, Sony has decided to stop releasing its biggest single-player games on PC in an effort to bring more value to PS5 ownership. But the biggest news of the recent console war is GTA 6IGN claimed that PS5 sales outpaced Xbox sales by almost 8:1. Now some news has come to light about how much more the PS5 actually sells than the Xbox.
GTA 6 PS5 pre-orders reportedly will destroy Xbox
The PS5 version of Grand Theft Auto 6 has reportedly sold significantly more than the Xbox Series X/S version in just a few days.
PS5 sells 80% more than Xbox AAA launch sales
According to The Game Business (via VGC), industry analyst Christopher Dring believes the following AAA single-player titles exist outside of PC: Resident Evil: Requiem or 007: First Light Approximately 75-80% of launch month sales will come from PS5. Dring's statement is in response to recent news: GTA 6The number of pre-orders for the PS5 outnumbered those for the Xbox by 8 to 1, which they argue doesn't seem that extreme. Dring also cites confidential sales data held exclusively by his substack, The Game Business.
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However, Dring also claims that sales of multiplayer games were much better on Xbox at launch, with that platform garnering around 30% of all console sales, but still far from competitive numbers. Xbox is known to be struggling in the console market, including stopping sharing sales in 2015. Recent efforts to revitalize the platform have been led by new CEO Asha Sharma, who significantly lowered the price of Game Pass and returned to console-exclusive games from 2015. Gears of War: E–afternoon This fall.
Meanwhile, Sony's PlayStation 5 continues to perform well, with PS5 sales hitting an all-time high, even as prices rise due to ongoing RAM shortages. The PS5 even appears to have exclusive marketing rights to: grand theft auto 6This is the most anticipated video game of all time. To put Xbox's current market position in perspective, a recent survey from GDC 2026 found that developer interest in releasing games on Xbox is only half that of PS5 and Switch 2.
It certainly seems like a tough time to be an Xbox fan. But perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel. The recent 2026 Xbox Games Showcase showcased tremendous potential for the platform's biggest upcoming games, including: fable and Gears of War: E-DayMeeting your goals at launch can be a huge success. furthermore, Forza Horizon 6 It's one of the highest-rated games of the year, and it shows that Team Green and its studio have a lot of what they're capable of. Let's hope Xbox can weather the storm and find a strong foothold in the market once again.
