Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch this November for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. A PC port of Rockstar's highly anticipated open-world sequel will happen, but it won't be available at right away. A Switch 2 version is still an open question. But if we look at the current console landscape, there's an argument to be made that the biggest game of 2026 is a platform exclusive in all but name.

During a recent appearance on The Ringer's Button Mash podcast Bloomberg's Jason Schreier spoke about the unusual circumstances around GTA 6's launch. "Xbox is almost a non-factor," Schreier said. "I'm sure it'll still sell millions on Xbox. But, PlayStation is the main platform. So it's almost, in some ways, it's kind of like a PlayStation exclusive, in that most of the sales will be on PlayStation, and it will sell a lot of PlayStation 5's alongside it. So I suspect that Sony is planning its entire calendar around GTA, and will not release anything within the blast zone."

Schreier's comments should be taken as informed speculation based on publicly available information, not top-secret insider info. And he is onto something here with the high stakes for PlayStation, given the current state of the console war. It's no secret that Xbox isn't doing that well right now. In 2025, Microsoft raised the prices on its flagship gaming hardware not once, but........

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