150,000 Copies Sold in 13 Days and a Free Month of GTA+ With GTA 6: How Rockstar Is Keeping Players on GTA V Past the PS Plus Exit
With four days left until Grand Theft Auto VI launches worldwide on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, its thirteen-year-old predecessor shows zero signs of slowing down. Even as Sony and Take-Two Interactive prepare to pull Grand Theft Auto V from the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog this Tuesday, November 17, Rockstar Games is using a complimentary one-month GTA+ subscription bundled with every digital GTA 6 pre-order to keep players plugged straight into Los Santos through launch night.
150,000 Copies Sold in 13 Days and 16 Million Active Players: GTA V's November Surge
Rather than winding down ahead of the trip to Vice City, the 2013 blockbuster has experienced a sharp commercial spike during the first half of the month. According to market estimates published by Rhys Elliott, Head of Market Analysis at Alinea Analytics, Grand Theft Auto V sold an estimated 150,000 full-game copies between November 1 and November 13, 2026, across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam.
Platform breakdown data underscores how heavily Sony's console ecosystem is driving pre-launch momentum: 54.2% of those new November sales took place on PS5, followed by 25.2% on Steam (PC) and 20.6% on Xbox. Across all platforms, Alinea Analytics tracked roughly 16 million monthly active users (MAU) in GTA V for November so far, with 77.3% playing on PlayStation, adding to Take-Two Interactive's official lifetime tally of more than 235 million copies sold and over $10 billion in cumulative revenue.
PlayStation Plus Window Closes November 17: How the GTA+ Bundle Bridges the Gap
Sony's subscription catalog has served as a major funnel for returning and first-time players this month. Alinea Analytics estimates that roughly 85,000 new players entered GTA V via PlayStation Plus during the first two weeks of November, right in time for community-organized farewell events such as the massive “The Last Ride” convoy scheduled at Los Santos International Airport on November 18.
However, that PS Plus access window shuts on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, when both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 rotate out of the service exactly forty-eight hours before GTA 6 unlocks. That is where Rockstar's pre-order promotion steps in: every digital pre-order of Grand Theft Auto VI includes one free month of GTA+, whose rotating games library grants immediate access to GTA V and GTA Online on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S alongside monthly GTA$500,000 deposits and Vinewood Car Club perks.
March 31, 2027 Redemption Deadline, Stacking Rules, and Auto-Renewal Terms
Before claiming the promotional membership, players should pay close attention to the official offer terms published on PlayStation Support, which outline how the bonus works alongside the Vintage Vice City Pack ('55 Vapid Stanier sedan and Ocean Beach garage):
- Purchase Cutoff Date: Players must pre-order or purchase the digital Standard Edition ($79.99) or Ultimate Edition ($99.99) of Grand Theft Auto VI on or before November 19, 2026, via the PlayStation Store or Microsoft Store.
- Ultimate Edition Upgrade Excluded: Standalone purchases of the $20 Ultimate Edition Upgrade are explicitly not eligible for the complimentary month of GTA+.
- Redemption Window and Subscription Stacking: Buyers can claim their free month on the GTA+ store page at a time of their choosing until March 31, 2027, on PlayStation (or within 180 days of purchase on Xbox). In a rare exception to standard PlayStation Store rules, existing GTA+ members can stack the free month directly onto their active subscription.
- Automatic Renewal Warning: The bonus is non-transferable and capped at one redemption per account. Once the complimentary 30-day period expires, the membership automatically converts into a recurring paid subscription at the regular $7.99 monthly rate unless canceled beforehand in your console's account settings.
Whether players redeem the voucher immediately on November 17 to keep their Los Santos access alive after the PS Plus departure, or hold onto it until early 2027, Take-Two has engineered a frictionless bridge between both eras of its flagship franchise.
My Field Notes
Look closely at the calendar choreography between Sony and Take-Two this week. Pulling GTA V from PlayStation Plus on November 17 right after funneling 85,000 new players into Los Santos, while handing every digital GTA 6 buyer a free month of GTA+ that keeps the game unlocked, is textbook ecosystem retention. Players who want to join the final Los Santos cruises on November 18 redeem their voucher immediately, get comfortable inside Rockstar's subscription loop, and roll into Leonida with auto-renewal already ticked on their store profile. If you claim your free month this week, do yourself a favor: turn off recurring billing right after checkout, or save the voucher in your pocket until spring 2027 before the March 31 deadline hits.
Originally from Lyon, France, gaming journalist Bastien "Orion" relocated nearly a decade ago to Quebec City's Saint-Roch district, right in the heart of eastern Canada's development studio hub. Before crossing the Atlantic, he honed his versatile reporting style across classic French gaming web portals and specialist television outlets in the 2000s and 2010s, notably with JeuxVideo.fr and JeuxNews. Equally passionate about AAA blockbusters, North American studio culture, retro preservation, and community modding projects, he anchors Pro-Gamer's transatlantic desk and real-time coverage of US and Japanese industry announcements.
