GTA 6 US Digital Preorders Pace 148% Ahead of MW2, Sensor Tower Estimates

The Short Version

GTA 6’s digital preorders in the United States are pacing 148% ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at a comparable point before release, according to Sensor Tower estimates reported by GameSpot. The comparison concerns advance purchases, rather than final launch sales.

Why It Matters

Matching the stage before release makes the comparison more useful than placing a game’s early preorder count beside another’s finished total. Even so, the US digital restriction matters: it does not establish worldwide demand across digital and physical copies.

For players, the figure is a signal of estimated interest, rather than evidence of the game’s quality.

The Bigger Picture

GameSpot says Sensor Tower examined preorder data for major releases over the past six years. Modern Warfare 2 had the largest digital preorder figure among the comparison games in that analysis. That describes the selected comparison set, rather than an independently established record across every game.

The account attributes the numbers to an analytics firm. It does not supply official publisher confirmation or the underlying measurement methodology.

What to Watch

A fuller explanation of the dataset, its coverage and its estimation method would make the comparison easier to assess. Final sales figures would answer a different question: how advance interest translates into purchases around launch. The reported lead alone does not settle that outcome.

Do preorder comparisons influence your interest in a game, or do you wait for gameplay and reviews?