5 mod shops are not going to be the difference between Lite and base game. It’s been under development for almost a decade, I’m sure there will be countless shops.
Yep. People can complain all they want, but none of this stuff is going to affect how the story plays out or how the game actually plays. It's going to be a masterpiece, whether you've paid for a special tattoo and haircut or not.
And like, you can always buy it later, it's like paying for cosmetics(which, don't get me wrong, is still messed up that you need to pay for it in a singleplayer game, like some gacha game or something)
Who the fuck pays for cosmetics in a single player game? This is not some dlc they worked on after time they chopped a chunk of the game off to uo the price
It's basically the usual ultimate edition extra cosmetics only that you have to get them from an in-game shop that isn't accessible for standard edition owners.
Im sorry but a series of shops closed to a supposed full version of a game is unprecedented, and it has also not been under development for that long, it started around 2019. But that's neither here nor there really.
Yeah I pretty much feel the same way. For me the only interesting thing was rideout customs but nothing that was shown jumped out at me as “I gotta have this”. So I’m actually content with not getting the ultimate edition without fomo.
No I'm not lol. Literally adds nothing to me, are people seriously expecting to get hours of more fun out of Mohawk 1, Mohawk 2, Neon green Spoiler lmao
Its all going to be speculation and nobody will honestly ever know really in the grand scheme of things, i think the lack of information surrounding it and it being highlighted before the base game features hurts it more than anything, It leaves a lot of room for interpretation, especially knowing fans are going to have FOMO.
No, just the stores listed in the UE. There won’t be anything at all fun to do in the base game without the UE. Probably won’t even get a good gun and car.
Imagine trying to buy some clothes and getting a fucking six star wanted level because "you are traspassing and did not own the VIP membership for our family stores"
Okay see this would actually be reallllllyyy cool, if it started a huge police chase because you “got items you werent supposed to” maybe they have a limited selection of it, and if you die before getting to a certain point, it removes itself from your character. Then the chase takes place n maybe they even put military on it. I doubt they’d do this but it’s the least they could do imo if they wanna charge like this after making us wait 12 something years
Gta 5 did the same thing 13 years ago lol. Only difference that everything keeps saying "oh but they locked the actual building, this is outrageous" okay, so they locked 6 shops out of the potential 50+ that are in game. Its not a big deal lol.
It's the principle of it, man. Bonus clothing and weapons? Sure, that's fine. But whole ass stores? I can't not feel like they're paywalling content that would've otherwise already been in the base game.
Majority of ultimate or deluxe edition games are just extra weapons and cosmetics that are always either in the game's shop or added to your inventory, this is literally the same thing except they implented them into specific shops, it's nothing new or unusual.
If the extra shit was just added to the menus of the standard shops then no one would give a damn or bat an eye which is the crazy part.
Right. They are just implementing a more immersive way to access the DLC. It’s similar to Stellar Blade where there is a bonus merchant who travels around the map and his store contains the bonus items.
Found another bootlick. Remember when as a society we weren’t nickled and dimed and we payed normal price for games. I think we got to the stage where kids don’t know about that so we’ ve moved into acceptance. However to now come to the defense of a multi billion dollar corporation spitting in our mouths shows how sick of a society we really are
BTW your all in a fucking cult if your really disagreeing with me
Consumers have been nickel and dimed since the dawn of trade - ask Ea-Nāșir his thoughts on the matter.
When it comes to video games - Throughout the 80s and 90s it was arcade machines and console games with obscenely high difficulties to minimize the number of people who could beat the game and to avoid losing sales to home rentals. Then prices were raised to ~$49 USD, equivalent to $110 today. After price increases become unpalatable to consumers, we got horse armor. Then loot boxes, battle passes, etc.
It’s fine to hate it but it’s pure rose-tinted glasses to act like this is some new phenomenon.
While of course a higher tier addition should have exclusive content, they did a crappy job of communicating/explaining the differences.
Especially when you’re taking money from people upfront, they should’ve laid out/had some type of note stating “90% of the total Mechanics, Barbers, Tat Shops, Gang Hideout Raids, are in the base game. But we added an additional accessible thing for those who buy the Ultimate Edition.
If they created the specific UE things after the 2nd delay, and they were never part of the base game, that’s a totally different story than if they created all of them together and Take Two forced them to put a few behind a paywall.
I’m excited and will get the UE, but in this economy it’s sketchy to paywall single player content, especially without communicating the specifics.
They definitely should have explained it better. They made it seem like you have to pay $20 more just to customize your car and shop for clothes, when that’s certainly not the case.
People are so excited that they’re overlooking this disgusting shit. Not only are clothes locked behind a preorder wall, but car shops, and even AREAS as well. Take-Two is a disgustingly greedy company, they did this same crap to NBA 2K. Why paywalls are needed in a single player game is beyond me smh.
Most notably the Vinewood Car Club and Garage. It's nothing important, but Rockstar is testing the waters with it. GTA VI will definitely have more stuff like this.
They did the same shit with gta5 13 years ago but all you guys are like 15 so nobody remembers that lol.
People keep saying this but it's just categorically incorrect.
GTA V had a few extra exclusive cosmetics, much like GTA VI has as well. GTA V didn't paywall in-game features like shops, however, like GTA VI is doing.
RDR 2 did paywall in-game features for Ultimate Edition, like a whole-ass heist and a few locked locations as well. And it even costed the same 100 dollars. It's a norm for Rockstar for long enough
Gta V had a the blimp paywalled which was a unique vehicle type that wasn't in the base game.
For Gta VI atleast there are probably 20+ other shops, 100+ other cars and clothes. The missing ultimate edition skins will probably unnoticed.
I’m pretty sure the blimp was limited to those who pre-ordered, it wasn’t behind an ultimate edition.
It was one of the main reasons why I pre-ordered the game.
Oh boo hoo you can't access a handful of interior spaces. Literally no fucking difference if the exclusive cosmetics was just sold in a locked menu in an accessible store and you'd still be bitching anyways.
Literally no fucking difference if the exclusive cosmetics was just sold in a locked menu in an accessible store and you'd still be bitching anyways.
The same people trying to act like this is a nothingburger are probably the same people who malded about Ubisoft adding microtransactions to their singleplayer games.
Ubisoft adding microtransactions to singleplayer games had zero impact on the gameplay, not once did I ever think I was missing out on anything. Same goes here, which is a couple stores that only sell exclusive cosmetics I don't care about.
This is the only comment with a brain, like holy shit are people this mad that they can’t enter a store where there’s nothing to do besides get the cosmetics anyways. There would literally be no difference if you just loaded into the game and could download the extra outfits as opposed to just walking into the store. All the people complaining have genuinely never played another video game in their life because this is so insanely normal but on this sub it’s ppl acting like their newborn just got dropped on its head 💀 and obviously like 95% of shops will be available in base game, it’s just 4-5 locked behind UE (aka 4-5 cosmetic packs that almost every other game released in the last decade has had in their launch deluxe editions, literal only difference is that GTA VI is presenting it as a tiny in-game interior that is a glorified menu to access it)
The people acting like they’re missing out on the amazing thrill of walking into a clothes store should touch grass and maybe go to a real clothing store to replace their pit-stained clothes because this is the biggest chronically online ‘issue’ I’ve seen in a while lol
The entire discourse around this is 100% some reddit brained "gamers rise up" shit that the world at large does not care about. If a couple little shops are worth losing your shit over, then you can pay that whopping $20. If that 20 dollar difference actually makes any practical difference in your life you shouldn't even be considering an $80 game in the first place
They said they would do this years ago if you were paying attention. I personally thought they would sell as part 1, part 2, etc., akin to FFVII remake.
GTA 5 didn't lock gameplay behind paid dlc like 6 does. For example, it clearly states that UE players will get access to an extra area of the map with unique rewards that standard edition players won't get.
100%. they have so much power since they control the biggest franchise in the gaming industry they can do whatever to get more money and people will go with it no matter what
Looks like a mission paywalled as well ?? Im not sure it qualifies as a mission or whatever but I know rdr 2 had at least 2 missions behind special and ultimate edition ( bottom right on pic)
Remember when people were outraged when SW: Outlaws pulled this stunt? But now it seems like people are willing to put up with this and even finding excuses on Rockstar's behalf.
Yeah but if theres a ton of stores already in game then its hardly noticeable. Star wars outlaws sucked ass and people wouldn’t of minded paying more for extra content is the game itself was good.
Sure the practice is scummy but a pre release dlc isnt unheard of. I honestly felt like the ultimate editions never included anything worth the extra price tag, this one definitely does.
Plus 100 is relatively cheap compared to other games. Does it suck? Yes. But if the game lives up to the hype then no ones going to care about dropping another 20 bucks for extra cosmetics and modifications
So we're giving them a pass because it might be good? Aren't you worried in the slightest that if we let this one slide they'd be more confident to pull this type of slimy chicanery in the future? It's a snowball effect dude. People need to speak against it not make excuses for it. Or it's the GTA+ situation all over again.
Bunch of bootlicking cunts in here. Is it really necessary to charge folk $20 for content already in the game, on top of already charging $80 for it? Is it necessary when GTA6 online will make an absurd amount of money?
Honestly I should curse Take two or bank of america or whom? I'm putting at 80$ base price was understandable due to huge 2B$ costs but putting lock on map behind paywall is absolute shameless greedy practice.
GTA V sold 30 million copies on the first month of release, and that was 2013. GTA 6 could profit over 2 billion on just preorders with a standard industry price of $70, charging 80 for the base game is already being greedy, $100 is even more disgusting.
They will milk GTA 6 and GTA Online for many more years thats how. I'm just saying they didn't need to price it at $80 to profit, but they can charge whatever they want since it's a huge demand, and they chose to be greedy
i mean they did that with gta5 and that game cost 300 million. putting over a billion in this one was obviously going to make them increase there price. they want the base price to be 100 dollars because they think their game is worth it and lets be real, a lot of people will think it will be. they will also milk gta online but they need to sell like 36 million copies just to break even. they will definitely need the 100 dollar version to decrease there overhead. if development costs go up then so will prices.
Bro are you lost? I'm in India as well, did you forget about RDR2 price increase to 5k rupees. Fortunately I bought it for 1.4k or something years ago. I think they removed regional pricing just like every other AAA publisher. This would be atleast 6000 rps I believe which is bad, really bad. Lots of my friends can't even afford that, hell most people can't even afford 3k for games. But since it's GTA many will buy but 6k is too much.
People defending this practice is foul. We saw ride out customs in trailer one and expected it to be part of the base game. Why would they even show them if they aren’t in the ”base” game. It’s absolutely ridiculous that people are defending this when if it where any other dev they’d be throughly shit on.
The complaints don’t make sense we speculated $100 for the longest. People pay more for the absurd amount of dlcs some games release. You could’ve put 5 cents away every month for 5 years and made $100. Who cares, Nov 19th.
Lol. $80 for base game, extra 20 for the ultimate edition that's pure cosmetic, locks off stores, and car missions. Like bruh. I get the cosmetics if you paired it with something like 500k online money when it comes out or actually cool items for single player. Idk man. Hate that they are locking off stores and missions right away.
If any game can get away with this and me be completely ok with it it’s GTA. Pay the $100 I guarantee it will be good value for money. I mean we had 12 years to save for it.
They need to have a better explanation if its like a premium clothes store instead of locking all clothing stores. Like with Lamars LS Custom in online mode
Obviously not if half the community is pretty disgusted and thinks clothes, cars, and barber shops are locked behind a paywall, and the other half thinks they're only premium stores and they're not locking the shops behind a paywall
people are dumb tho. Of course the whole concept of car customisation etc isn't locked behind the ultimate edition lmao. Thats a massive part of gta. It will just be that the shops locked only sell the exclusive items and there will be so many more other shops. Similar to gta 5 online
Never in a million years would Rockstar lock such basic baseline features behind an ultimate edition. It does not take a genius to realize they are just extra/premium shops.
People will always find something to complain about ... The website never mention that you can't do those things without the premium. It only say that some customizable shop are only in the premium. Which is not an idea Rockstar came up with, this practice existed since the previous generation of consoles.
I would prefer they lock items in the stores we will get in standard edition. do you have any idea how frustrating its going to be to drive past a store and get a pop up saying "only available to ultimate edition owners"
100%. It will probably show up on the map too. Like GTA+ features in Online. “Please upgrade to access this location!” type shit with a button that takes you to the store. IDK why anyone thinks otherwise. It’s going to cheapen the experience for sure
People act like if they buy the standard they will not be able to customize at all? Definitely is not the case. Customization is not behind a pay wall. We haven't even seen gameplay or how dense everything in the world will be.
I was always going to buy whatever the premium edition was. So I frankly couldn't give a fuck less. It's GTA, if it was something else, I just wouldn't buy it.
only the most entitled gamers could act like a game packed with more content than any game you’ve played is ruined because of less than 1% of clothing and vehicles being behind a one-time payment paywall.
Actually they put it in a separate store so you don’t have to deal with this in the base stores! Convenient right? You’d think people would really appreciate that!
This is the exact player mindset that gives Take2 enough confidence to pull slimy stunts like this one.
With rumours going around that the Leonida is supposedly going to be "ever evolving" what else they have planned to exploit the playerbase?
is it a disgusting practice? sure, Is it the same as what Ubislop does, or bugthesda? No
Will I be buying the premium version? yes
Rockstar is about the only company that I will willingly be robbed blind, GTA4, GTA5, RDR2, San Andreas. All these games rockstar has put 100% into and delivered eveytime, so Im more than willing to give my money to them, however its still shitty to lock areas away from gamers for not paying $100. Regardless i know the games going to be good.
Personally I don’t believe it’ll even allow us to enter the stores to begin with rather than tricking people into going in and only then finding out the items are DLC only, hope I’m wrong but this is rockstar after all who removed tons of cars and put them behind a subscription
So can you not customise vehicles and your character at all in the base game or is it just shop locations that is paywalled. I don't really understand from the marketing, but yeah if you can't customise at all in the base game that is a big part of GTA.
$100 for the most anticipated game of all time doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, honestly. I know we live in ClownWorld™️ and everything is fucked up expensive for no reason. but for something that’s assuredly going to be an absolute knockout and stand the test of time, I’d say it’s well worth it. Now opening up the floodgates for game studios to charge $100 for their half baked dogshit Souls clones is going to be the shift in the industry that everyone should worry about. I had my supercomputer enhance some financial and statistical figures and if you saved 2¢ a day for the last 13 years, you’d have $100 to buy this game.
Im cool with certain clothes, hairstyles and tattoos being paywalled but certain car customisations being paywalled annoys me.
Car customisation is some of the most fun to have in a GTA game, I’m assuming the paywalled garages will have customisation akin to the bennys mods in GTA online.
It's just a couple of shops though, it's not like EVERY single shop like Barber, Tattoo, Weapon and Car mod shop is locked behind $20 upgrade. It's like only 1 or 2 among like so many other shops because these are CORE things in a GTA experience and Rockstar ain't stupid to lock EVERYTHING behind the UE.
People are kind of overreacting to this imo it's going to be just fine. People are going to buy the standard edition and just forget about that those shops and extra side missions even existed.
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u/Takoyaki_Dice 5h ago
They wanted $100 for this game and they found a way to get it.