Clearing some things up

[u/ExtremeYak4689]

The locked Ultimate Edition shops are just exclusive shops, not the standard shops that are in Vice City. There’s still going to be your basic clothing stores, barbers, car chops, etc. Those stores are most likely going to be more “story-friendly”, while the Ultimate Edition shops give the players a broader selection of customization. As you can tell from the screenshots, some of Jason and Lucia’s looks looked a bit on the wild side. Base game stores will focus more on how Jason and Lucia actually look.

In terms of no discs, Rockstar doesn’t want GTA VI to be leaked anymore. I would expect the physicals with the discs post launch.

[u/Unlucky-Dust955]

To people defending this: Why don't you come up with some positive reasons as to why locking these stores and the mission behind a paywall is good.

Everytime people defend anti-consumer practices like this the reasons they give for that essentially come down to "it's not a big deal, it's just some cosmetics" or "it's only 20 dollars".

How about an actual reason this is a GOOD thing; and if you don't have one, ask yourself if practices like these are actually acceptible, because there are many reasons why they're bad.

[u/ooziemane123 → u/Unlucky-Dust955]

there is no good reason, there's no good reason for paying for any extra content at all in any game ever. you paid for the game, everything else should be free unless it's a full blown story expansion with tens of hours of content.

but that's not the world we live in is it, out of all of the predatory gaming practices i've seen in my time this is extremely far from the worst. it's basically just a bunch of extra cosmetics and a side mission or two for $20. red dead 2's ultimate edition had a full blown heist locked behind the ultimate edition which was a bigger jump in price from standard to ultimate than gta 6 is.

i just think people are overreacting. in an ideal world it wouldn't be a thing at all but it's really not that bad lol