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GTA 6 Pre-Orders Hit 6.45 Million — $630 Million Before Launch

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One month before launch, Grand Theft Auto VI has already pre-sold an estimated 6.45 million copies — roughly $630 million in revenue for a game nobody has played yet. Here is what those numbers actually mean, and what pre-ordering gets you. In brief The figure: Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower estimates GTA 6 has pre-sold … Read more

PS5 Games on Xbox Series X: How the PS5X Emulator Actually Works

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On September 8, developer Devran Cosmo Uenal posted a YouTube video that should have been impossible: the PlayStation 5 version of Quake II, booting and playing on an Xbox Series X, controlled with an Xbox controller. The software doing the work is PS5X, his port of the open-source KytyPS5 emulator to Microsoft’s console. Since then, … Read more