Eleven to twelve GTA 6 scores averaging 4.67 out of 5 are visible on the PlayStation Store nine days before launch, per Notebookcheck, while the review embargo runs to November 18.
Sources notebookcheck.net
GTA 6 ratings are already showing on the PlayStation Store nine days before the November 19 release, according to Notebookcheck. The site relies on PS Store DB, which monitors the store backend and found 11 entries scoring 5/5. Dataminer Cokymoky later counted 12 ratings, averaging 4.67 out of 5.
In theory almost nobody, yet the PlayStation Store sets no minimum playtime, and Notebookcheck says PSN accounts can sometimes post a score before release. Its explanation: sites or YouTube channels that Rockstar may have sent codes to, with the preload update possibly unlocking ratings. That is the outlet's hypothesis, not something Sony or Rockstar confirmed.
By the numbers, 92 percent of voters gave five stars. One person had left a single star before switching to 5/5, per Notebookcheck. No text comes with the scores: Cokymoky found none, although Sony has been testing written reviews since August 2024.
Microsoft is even looser. Notebookcheck notes the Xbox listing showed ratings months ahead of release, since any pre-order holder can weigh in. GTA 6 sits at a perfect 5/5 after nearly 10,000 submissions. A sample like that mostly measures buyer enthusiasm, not the quality of the game.
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Very little. The sample is tiny, nobody knows who voted, and the review embargo still runs to November 18, as covered in our piece on the lack of early access. Notebookcheck also recalls that Strauss Zelnick said in May that critical reception still matters to Take-Two, pointing to past scores in the mid-to-high 90s.
Record sales, announced by Sony and Microsoft on the same day, have led some players to wonder whether critics still count. Prices and editions stay on the price page.
Nothing changes for the game, but it is a signal: the first public scores do not necessarily come from the press. Until November 18, treat any store 5/5 as noise. Rockstar has not commented. Real review scores will land when the embargo lifts.
Sources notebookcheck.net
Reported Reported by the press, not confirmed by Rockstar
By Gabriel Janvier · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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