Xbox responds to claim that there's more interest in GTA 6 PlayStation pre-orders

Xbox says it has had "record orders" for Grand Theft Auto 6. Xbox has responded to a claim that PlayStation 5 pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 were potentially outpacing Xbox Series X pre-orders by an 8-to-1 ratio. The highly anticipated Rockstar Games title has apparently had "record orders" for Xbox platforms. Pre-orders for GTA 6 finally opened on June 25. Just one day later, IGN posted on X that data from IGN Finds, its commerce affiliate program, showed that "PlayStation is outperforming Xbox by a rate of 8-to-1" for those pre-orders. Simply put, people are clicking on more PS5 affiliate links than Xbox Series X links for the game. Rather than responding to IGN directly on X, Xbox commented on it to Windows Central. "This doesn’t represent pre-order data," a representative for Xbox told Windows Central. "We’ve had record orders. People should wait for real data and not clicks on affiliate links." Xbox argues that, while people may be clicking on affiliate links for PS5 GTA 6 pre-orders eight times more often than for Xbox pre-orders, this does not reflect the actual pre-order ratio. PlayStation, Xbox, and Take Two Interactive have not shared pre-order sales data for GTA 6, so