- Total PlayStation Share: PlayStation platforms (PS4/PS5) represent approximately 35% to over 50% of the active user base, depending on the specific metric (weekly vs. monthly).
- Platform Split: While the PS5 version has the highest engagement (roughly 3.47 million weekly users), the PS4 still holds a massive, active population of around 1.88 million weekly users.
- Combined Strength: Combined, PS5 and PS4 dominate, with PS5 holding 41% of weekly users and PS4 holding 23% as of April 2026.
- Legacy Population: Despite the shift to newer hardware, the PS4 version remains highly popular, with many players having not upgraded.
it is important to understand that there are still millions of people who play GTA 5 on the PS4 and there are nearly as many people playing GTA on PS4 as there are people playing on Xbox One and Xbox Series X combined. Over twice that of PC. I think Sony knows this and I wonder if the price increase, while certainly justified, was don't in part in anticipation of the coming flood. To those people who think all the PS4 gamers already upgraded, disabuse yourself of that notion.
This chart is the weekly booking in 2026. This is relevant because you can see WHY GTA 6 is launching on console first and why PlayStation has the marketing deal. PlayStaion is basically 2/3 of GTA although I find it interesting that Xbox One is tied with PS4 when PS4 has so many more active users. I wonder if the Series consoles can still managae a win againsit the original Switch this year.
