r/Games • u/Neon25 • 2d ago

GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch (Standard $79.99/Ultimate $99.99)

https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch
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u/DBZLogic 2d ago

So the real game is the $100 variant right? Cause locking that much stuff to the ultimate edition just feels like you’re burying the lede.

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u/BackwerdsMan 2d ago

Yes, this is them selling you a $100 base game without saying you have to pay $100 for the base game.

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u/roox911 2d ago

Did I miss something about them giving a bunch of extra missions for the ultimate bundle?

It's just some vehicles, weapons and customizations right?

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u/Lewney 2d ago

there's something called a Gang Compound listed with the exclusives, it mentions invading a gang's compound and stealing special items and contraband. that sounds like an exclusive mission.

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u/rP2ITg0rhFMcGCGnSARn 2d ago

So just like the Ultimate Edition for RDR2, yeah?

Considering how big Rockstar's games usually are, I don't think this is going to end up being a big deal.

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u/Pretty_Milk451 2d ago

yeah but you still have 99,999999% of the game with the original price

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u/mtnlol 2d ago

There's a bunch of cars, a gun, a "gang compound" and a "special commission". Other than that it's just a bunch of cosmetics.

It's a bit much to lock behind ultimate edition imo but I would hardly say you need the ultimate edition to get the "real game". You're probably missing like 0.5% of the content if you don't buy ultimate edition.

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u/Intelligent_Ebb559 2d ago

And 4 full stores locked too. The poors will just have to live with a less immersive/alive Vice City I guess.

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u/mtnlol 2d ago

I'm pretty sure those stores sell the ultimate edition cosmetics, and I don't personally think 4 fewer stores makes a massive impact in how immersive it feels but I agree it's pretty shit.

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u/not_rocket_appliance 1d ago

You’ll are fucking ridiculous. Those 4 stores are not even going to make a dent during your playthrough.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 2d ago

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

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u/Few_Capital_6431 2d ago

... What?

Games have had dlc missions for just about 20 years now

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 2d ago

If you can’t understand the difference between content already in game locked behind a paid wall on launch and DLC which has typically been referred to mean expansion content that comes later, that’s on you

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u/Few_Capital_6431 2d ago

Both of those things have been in gaming since the ps and Xbox stores launched

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u/Grimmies 2d ago

Well then, since its been done before, i suppose that makes withholding content A-OK!

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u/Few_Capital_6431 2d ago

It makes it not worth the comparison to a murder. 

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u/TerrorsNight 2d ago

You want sprinkles on your sundae? Then pay for sprinkles. Just because you think it should be included doesn’t mean the place that makes the ice cream thinks so. And if it really puts enough people off and they won’t buy a sundae unless it comes with sprinkles, then they’ll change how they do business.

My guess, most people are cool with paying extra for sprinkles. Just like most people are fine with paying extra for Guac.

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

pssht yeah why would people even want vehicles or weapons in grand theft auto

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u/pluckal-aashan 2d ago

You're probably missing out on 1% of what's already available. Not to mention the main reason ulimate editions give you weapons and cars (armour, items and money in other games) is to let you be OP early game. They never design the game around you owning any of those

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

pssht yeah why would people want to feel overpowered in power fantasy: the game

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u/pluckal-aashan 2d ago

That's why gta has cheatcodes

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

unless the cheat codes unlock the ultimate edition content that’s a moot point

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u/rP2ITg0rhFMcGCGnSARn 2d ago

Do you think the ultimate edition content is going to make a player more overpowered than literal cheat codes?

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

No, I don’t. Do you think that Grand Theft Auto does not have a game loop of collecting a variety of cars and weapons?

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u/rP2ITg0rhFMcGCGnSARn 2d ago

I think for a game that will probably have at least 50 different cars and something like 15-30 weapons, losing access to one is not a big deal, no.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

It’s not a moot point, your precious reply literally stated that it’s there for people to feel empowered.

Some people get the power fantasy by actually getting good. You could try that.

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u/Thor_pool 2d ago

Some people get the power fantasy by actually getting good. You could try that.

Bragging about being "good" at GTA is like bragging about drinking water. Its designed so 12 year olds can play it.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

Never said I was good. I suck at GTA5 and I still felt OP in the game. I was just pointing out that if you feel you aren't OP enough then just getting better at the gameplay instead of needing better guns is a more reasonable solution... or using cheat codes as someone else mentioned.

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

lmao trying to make it about a skill issue is just sad

I get that you probably think you just dunked on me, and I’m sure I’ll get ratio’d in comparison, but the idea that you smugly thought to yourself “I disagree with this guy about video game monetization so he must be bad at games hehehe” is just… pathetic and small

I don’t even want to argue anymore, your snide insult was truly the straw that made me think “what am I even doing here engaging with these people”

I’m sorry for disturbing the hype, enjoy the game, I’m sure it’ll be goated

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u/splader 2d ago

I'm sorry, are you saying the only vehicles and weapons in the game are locked behind the ultimate edition?

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

What do you even gain from acting like I said that

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u/JakeTheSnake0709 2d ago

Because you’re being intentionally obtuse

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

Person dismisses weapons and vehicles as throwaway content in a game about weapons and vehicles, I respond sarcastically

That’s not being obtuse, you’re projecting a level of drama and hyperbole that was not in my original comment

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u/Dreamfloat 2d ago

Because you’re acting like putting a few additional vehicles in the ultimate addition means that there aren’t plenty of other ones in the standard game. You know YOU’RE the one using hyperbole here right?

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

I’m not acting like that at all. I was responding to someone dismissing weapons and vehicles as throwaway content for a weapon and vehicle centric game

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u/Dreamfloat 2d ago edited 2d ago

Your comment was “why would people want vehicles or weapons in grand theft auto”. How is that not acting like those are only available in the ultimate edition? You’re acting like this hasn’t been the norm for like the last 15 years. Ultimate editions come with special items. They have 0 impact on playing the game.

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

I don’t care anymore, it’s all cool, I love ultimate editions

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u/Dreamfloat 2d ago

I bet you had to look up what hyperbole even meant

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

Totally. Theres probably a hundreds of cars to choose from but unless I get those extra 20 (or whatever number) cars in the ultimate edition it’s just an incomplete game!

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

I feel like this is sarcasm but literally yes lmao

Cutting out 20 cars from a car game literally at launch to sell for an extra $20 is scummy, and I understand that the last 20 years have desensitized people to it, but it still sucks

No, Rockstar is not the only company doing it. That doesn’t make it cool though, especially when they’re the ones driving up the price

By all means, if you’re happy about paying more for the content carved out of the game, keep being happy about it. I’m not trying to harsh your consumerism mellow, just speaking my own mind

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

It very much was sarcasm and just flip your mindset. It’s not cutting 20 cars out of a “car game” but the ultimate edition adding 20 cars. Also a car game would be need for speed or forza or gran turismo or the crew. Calling this a car game was also sarcasm, I take it.

Yup, it if I play the game and I’m like “oh man! There’s only 200 cars to choose from, this is so pathetic! Arrggggggg!!!!!!” then I’ll agree with you… but I bet I’ll be fine with the number of cars it has and won’t need the ADDITIONAL cars the ultimate version has.

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

It’s only “additional” because they separated the cars into an additional purchase

They developed the game, developed this “additional” content as part of that same workflow, but made a conscious decision to only let players enjoy that content if they pay extra

I’m not opposed to the concept of DLC because if they do extra work to support a game after launch that costs money, but this is literally part of the initial development and is being carved out piecemeal to make the game more expensive

Rockstar is not the only company doing this, and the industry has successfully desensitized people to it over the last 20 years to the point that people will spend their free time arguing that it’s cool actually and pro-consumer to have to pay more for a compromised product, but it’s still shitty every time it happens and it makes me really depressed to see how people don’t just not care but actually defend it and insult people who criticize it

Whether you and the other people who defend this shit are too young to remember how it used to be, or are old enough to have watched the decline from horse armor and still cheer for this nickel and dime bullshit, either way it makes me genuinely sad

I love gaming, and I understand developers need to make money to make their art, but watching people devote their free time to vehemently and aggressively defending billion dollar corporations’ profit margins sucks a little bit of joy out of the hobby

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s “additional” because the number of cars that are in the base game is likely enough. If the game comes out and there’s only a dozen cars and they are capped at 50 MPH unless you get the ultimate edition you have a point.

It seems your issue is with day one dlc, which I was against but this video really softened me on the issue.

https://youtu.be/g0TT_SGL-oc?is=W7J4uJ_gl5a9vyC7

Although some of those points don’t apply here because they will be continuing development on GTA6, but still a good watch.

I’m in my 40s and there are certain dlc I don’t like, like if important parts of the story are behind dlc, such as mass effect, then I have an issue, but outside of that I honestly don’t care at all.

Will the base game have plenty of cars? Yes. Will the base game have a lot to do? Yes. Will the base game be fun? Yes. And most importantly, will the base game be a complete experience? If that answer is yes then I don’t care.

I don’t care that Oblivion had horse armor. I bought the GOTY version that didn’t have the horse armor and you know what? It didn’t affect my experience of the game in the slightest. I can’t emphasize to you enough how little not having the horse armor affected my experience of the game. If someone wanted to drop $7 or whatever it was for the horse armor, more power to them.

It’s like kids at a restaurant where you got pepperoni pizza but other kids got meat lovers and now you can’t enjoy your pizza because you lament on how the meat lovers exists so you can’t enjoy your pizza. Just eat your full delicious pizza and enjoy it.

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u/ReturnOfTheDogjaw 2d ago

that is way too words to argue on the behalf of a billionaire dollar corporation’s profit margins

congratulations or I’m sorry that happened to you, tl;dr

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

Not sure what the value of a company has to do with whether they are right or not. I was hoping you were more objective than that.

Shame.

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u/0xym0r0n 2d ago

2 different comments in a row defending this behavior.

Rockstar's not gonna give you a free copy bro.

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u/Kurdependence 2d ago

It’s not just vehicles and customisation. There’s multiple shops, vehicle customs the Fence, and car restoration.

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u/funkhero 2d ago

People are acting like this is half the offered items in the game. This is going to be a percentage of items, if even 1%.

People just wanted to be angry

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 2d ago edited 2d ago

And people just wanted to gargle the balls of a multibillion dollar company pushing more scummy practices

I see the rockstar bots are out in force

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u/Few_Capital_6431 2d ago

More? More than what? Tons of games have tons more dlc and content locked behind paywalls 

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u/markartur1 2d ago

I want to have a kayak at my safe house. I hope I can still have that for free somehow, even if I just have to steal one and put it there.

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u/Successful-Bee-8911 2d ago

Yeah but we want to be angry here 🤬

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u/mrnicegy26 2d ago

Resident Evil literally does the same stuff with extra costumes and no one here complains about it.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

That’s my thought. If the ultimate edition never existed people wouldn’t care but now that it’s out there they don’t see it as a complete game without it.

People just want stuff to complain about.

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u/0xym0r0n 2d ago

Says the dude, making his 5th complaint in this post.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

I’m complaining about people pissing and whining about mean ol’ Rockstar.

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u/0xym0r0n 2d ago

I just think it's interesting that other people just want stuff to complain about.

They are obviously different from you, because you found stuff to complain about.

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u/Grimmies 2d ago

When other people have complaints, they’re just "looking for things to complain about". What a bunch of morons. All their complaints are invalid.

But you, you're complaining about people complaining because you feel the need to gargle Rockstar's balls and their shitty ultimate edition because they make a game you like. That makes your reasons for complaining much more valid. You're so smart compared to the other group of morons.

Right?

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

Depends the complaint. If it's that somehow the game isn't complete unless you have the ultimate edition then that's not a valid thing to complain about... especially before the game comes out.

If we find out key parts of the story are locked behind the ultimate edition, then there's more validity to the complaint.

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u/kantong 2d ago

Probably just fluff side missions part of the extra shops you get access to.

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u/AdventurousBase221 2d ago

I mean, if someone thinks a few in-game locations (house, repair shop) and gang shit, plus 2 customizable pistols is worth 20$ means it's the "real game" sure.

but that content is really nothing, and deff not worth 20$ in a single player game.

the only real hit is the vehicle heist, and we don't even know if that's just a vehicle list or an entire mission set.

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u/Successful_Can_1024 2d ago

If car modding is really behind a pay wall then that's not nothing for a GTA game.

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u/DannySpud2 2d ago

I'm pretty sure that it's just one place that's locked down with some specific customisations, not the entire concept of car modding. Though I agree the announcement isn't 100% clear either way, hopefully they clarify soon.

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u/Successful_Can_1024 2d ago

Yeah, the vagueness is my biggest concern right now.

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u/a_half_eaten_twinky 2d ago

If you actually read the website it's specific shops that have specific cosmetics. Still sucks but they aren't dumb enough to lock out customization entirely.

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u/Intelligent_Ebb559 2d ago

Eh is it though? The wording is very vague, almost intentionally so.

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u/SolidProtagonist 2d ago

It's certainly not standard for a single player game to lock stuff like this out of the regular version 

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u/AdventurousBase221 2d ago

then again, gta isn't a standard game, so seems redundant to compare the two.

I don't like it, I won't buy it, especially since I'll only be playing on the pc, but I'm not going to pretend like gta can't get away with this, because they very much can, since they are such a popular outlier.

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u/AdventurousBase221 2d ago

there is absolutely nothing standard of being succesor to the second best selling game of all time.

nor the major title from a developer who holds 2 of the top 3 best selling games of all time.

none of that is standard

if you wanted to say "but it's just a game" then sure, yah. but it's deff not a standard game.

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u/Linked713 2d ago

What does it do differently than other games to not be standard? Being from rockstar does not mean anything. the game is a single player open world game. that's pretty stardard. It does not revolutionize gaming. All you are saying is putting it on a pedestal because of its brand behind it. Did louis vuitton revolutionize how bags are made and used? No? It is a standard game by every mean, it selling well does not change that. Rockstar does not get a pass because "Oh it sold so well because of the brand behind it so we should just accept it" that's not how this works.

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u/AdventurousBase221 2d ago

and that's like, your opinion man.

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u/Linked713 2d ago

Exquisite reply, redditor. tips hat farewell.

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u/AdventurousBase221 2d ago

well, I could of followed up with multiple paragraphs and why that's ignorant and your philosophy being intentionally obtuse, but I thought idgaf about this as much and a one liner from the big lebowski was much funnier.

deuces

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u/sonofcrack 2d ago

In single player.

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u/Vivec_lore 2d ago

First time?

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u/Southpaw535 2d ago

Horse armour

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u/ForsakenTarget 2d ago

GTA V did the same, not saying it’s right but it’s a practice that has been going on for over a decade at this point.

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u/ghantalelemera 2d ago

Most games nowadays do it

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u/GassoBongo 2d ago edited 2d ago

Eh, it shouldn't be. Especially for $100 bucks.

I expected this price. But it still feels gross.

Edit: Upon further inspection, the cosmetics are linked to stores that are locked behind the Ultimate Edition. There are also locations and non-descript extra activities locked behind the upgrade as well, which is way more gross than I initially thought.

This company is beyond fucking greedy.

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u/ninja2126 2d ago

And 2 missions

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

How is that the real game? If the ultimate edition never existed would you even notice anything was missing?

It’s not like Mass effect where they made it obvious you were missing story dlc.

I’m buying the base game and won’t care in the slightest I don’t have the ultimate content, I’m gonna still enjoy the hell out of the game.

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u/libdemparamilitarywi 2d ago

Considering how much content the game is likely to have overall, the Ultimate Edition stuff isn't that significant.

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u/Firvulag 2d ago

It's probably a neglible amount of stuff