Variety, republished by Yahoo Finance UK, reports that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick described GTA 6 presales as running far in excess of the company's expectations. He cautioned that Take-Two does not claim success before it happens, and said the company will share more on performance once the game is out.
No exact pre-order number has been confirmed by Rockstar or Take-Two, despite the wave of third-party estimates circulating. The comments are consistent with what the publisher said when pre-orders opened in June at $79.99 for Standard and $99.99 for Ultimate. Asked about PC, Switch 2 and physical discs, Zelnick pointed those questions to Rockstar and its publishing labels.
Why it matters: this is the clearest official signal yet that demand is tracking above plan going into launch week, while still leaving PC and disc plans unannounced. Treat any specific pre-order totals as estimates until Take-Two reports numbers.