I agree with @CosmicSex GTA 6 will boost the PS5 sales (and xbox also) a lot, and it will be more than what GTA 5 did for the PS3 and 360, because it released at the very end of that generation, just 2 months before the next consoles launched. Of course there is difference between launching in the start of generation and in the second half, but come on, we are still at more than 2 years away from PS6, it's not like it's launching this holiday (like the GTA 5 was). Being enough however to beat Switch 2 for the year is different question, and in my opinion it's more importantly what the sales will be for both for the month until October. If by November the gap is somehow around 1M or less than PS5 should be able to close it with GTA 6 and the holidays, and all the deals there will be for it (bigger than those for Switch 2 for sure). But if the gap is like 4-5M I see it very hard for the PS5 to catch up, simply because 1 month and a half is not enough time to close such a big gap even with a boost from GTA 6, because I think it's boost power will be a lot more effective over time, than it will be just for the 1 month and a half left till end of the year.
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