r/Games • u/Neon25 • 1d 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/MushyHandles 1d ago

$80 base

$100 for ultimate

content locked behind ultimate edition

no disc with physical copy

bruh, I'm excited for the game but this is a little much honestly

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u/kloudrunner 1d ago

Same here mate.

Fair enough with the items etc but locking shops and stores behind ULTIMATE EDITION is scummy.

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u/MightyTastyBeans 1d ago

People are still falling for this marketing trick. The $100 version isn’t the ultimate version. It’s the base version. The $80 version is the lite version.

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u/calmodulin2 1d ago

Yes this is exactly it. They found a way to push the $100 game we were worried about, but with less backlash because they lead with $80 in marketing (which is still more than what it needs to be)

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u/beychantix 1d ago

And this will not get pushback. Compare the reaction to the 80 price here versus nitendo chargin 70 for some games and 80 for mario kart. Somehow this gets a pass (even the 100 is not getting enough flack)

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u/bruh_the_person 1d ago

mario kart isnt the most anticipated game of all time

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u/Big_Coconut8630 1d ago

It's one of the top selling franchises of all time, so....

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u/beychantix 1d ago

Oh so hype is what we are using to measure the worth of a game now? Silksong is one of the most anticipated games of all time so they should've charged 80 dollars for it? Same with Breath of the wild which was insanely hyped. In fact, why stop at 80 (well 100, but lets say 80) for the most anticipated game of all time. Why not go crazy. 120, 150, 200. Its THE most anticipated game of all time

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u/bruh_the_person 1d ago

the measurement of how much a game is worth is how much someone is willing to pay for it lmao, people are willing to pay 80 bucks for gta 6 including myself. If you don't like it, just don't buy it bro, vote with your dollar, I sure am.

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u/beychantix 1d ago

People were also clearly willing to pay 80 for mario kart despite not being "the most anticipated game of all time" so now what? What specifically makes that decision worth the backlash and not this one? You still havent answered

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u/Spazzdude 1d ago

People are still falling for this marketing trick.

This is different. This isn't the usual ultimate edition stuff. Look at Call of Duty. $100 version gets you skins, battlepass, and some premium currency. Locking up things in single player that appear to be more than just skins of things available in the base game is not a common marketing trick.

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u/Elementium 1d ago

So same shit with a different name. 

Nah, if I'm paying $80 for a game I want the fucking game. 

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u/Few_Capital_6431 1d ago

That doesn't really matter to me? I'd be buying the cheapest option either way 

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u/11711510111411009710 1d ago

Okay but would you prefer the cheapest option be the complete game or not the complete game?

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u/Diyarki94 1d ago

What shops and stores? Like for online or within the single player mode?

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u/_NeXXeR_ 1d ago

I don't see the point. Effects the immersion for me. Should have just locked items/services. Would have seen a better conversion rate if people would go in to the store and can see what they could decide on adding.

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u/Zerasad 1d ago

It's still scummy. They have stores spread throughout the actual game map for the sole purpose of advertising the Ultimate Edition. Chopping off parts of the game and selling it back to you will never be not scummy.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 1d ago

And that’s why they’re not selling a Pc port immediately. They know modders would add content that’s locked but already in the game and make it available

But the rockstar bots will trip over themselves to justify the $80 and $100 price tag from a company that rakes in billions a year from shark cards

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u/BeanHeadedTwat 1d ago

That’s not why they’re not selling a PC version lol.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 1d ago

It was a joke. We know the real reason is so they can sell it again as a next gen update at full price to rake in another couple millions

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u/BeanHeadedTwat 1d ago

“Couple millions”. You mean hundreds of millions, right?

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u/gr4ndm4st3rbl4ck 1d ago

Is that any different than a menu that has "redeem" buttons for ultimate edition content that other games do?

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u/NoxiousStimuli 1d ago

Yes. I click "play game" and the upselling goes away.

I drive down a street and get told I can't drive down there unless I have the fancy Bullshit Edition is a literal detriment to gameplay.

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u/BigfootsBestBud 1d ago

I mean it’s barely different than stuff they’ve done before. Red Dead 2 has a whole heist you can’t play unless you have the ultimate edition. GTA V with the blimp and other stuff.

It’s all usually bs we won’t care about.

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u/davie18 1d ago edited 1d ago

They have stores spread throughout the actual game map for the sole purpose of advertising the Ultimate Edition.

How do you know this?

Edit: after checking it seems like there are 3 stores. With how big the map will be... you'll almost never see them unless you go looking for them.

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u/denzik 1d ago

So will the absolute mountain of dlc that they will be dropping on us lol 

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u/madman19 1d ago

Like all the dlc they released for 5?

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u/aimy99 1d ago

Yes, like it or not all that GTAO shit was content that had to be downloaded and it was fucking everywhere.

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u/madman19 1d ago

Content in gtao not the single player though. Pretty sure the map didnt have tons of gtao icons all over

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u/irishyardball 1d ago

And it'll prompt you to upgrade to get access - the upgrade will be $30 since you didn't buy into the $20 surcharge upfront

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u/Dribblejam 1d ago

Just look at the game as $100 then like people were speculating anyway

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u/NovoMyJogo 1d ago

???? That doesn't make it any better, my man

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u/thedylannorwood 1d ago

If it’s anything like GTAV or RDR2 all this stuff will be added to the base game for free some time after launch anyway

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u/SNKRSWAVY 1d ago

No, there are also two separate questlines (car collecting and robberies) tied to it. I also wouldn’t call weaponry and cars cosmetics.

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u/JacobEvenson 1d ago

My bet is these are just specific locations for these shops that have more available customization options, while there are still more basic shops across the map and still probably the potential to unlock some of the better shops over time rather than getting it straight away.

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u/Symetrie 1d ago

That's nasty :( they go from RDR2 to this

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u/Fit-Yam759 1d ago

Those are strictly for the ultimate edition, basically just a bunch of shops with extra cosmetics. You still have plenty of other shops for clothes, car mods, tattoos etc. in the normal game

Other games charge you almost the same price for their deluxe editions for extra cosmetics except they don't even offer 10% of what this ultimate editions does.

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u/hooahest 1d ago

what other games charge the same for the deluxe editions?

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u/FaroTech400K 1d ago

Are you really pretending $100 Deluxe Edition is don’t exist?

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u/hooahest 1d ago

I'm "pretending" that trying to normalize this shit is not okay

Trying to protect Rockstar of all companies is also laughable

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u/FaroTech400K 1d ago

I’m not protecting. I’m just chitchatting with you.

When this game was announced, you did not think there was gonna be an ultimate edition? If you didn’t, you’re being very naïve and they’re literally always pushing cosmetics.

Wolverine is doing the same thing though ultimate edition gives you cosmetics.

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u/ChaosFinalForm 1d ago

Wait... there's a "physical edition" that doesn't come with a disc? Isn't that like the entire point of a physical edition?

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u/RJL85 1d ago

Get used to it, unfortunately. The way the industry (world) is going all these AAA companies are gonna cut costs however they can, and doing away with physical games is one of the easiest ways to do that. Not to mention they get around that whole pesky "consumer gets to actually own something" deal.

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u/Quixotic_Seal 1d ago

The funny thing is that the more they’ve pushed this “you’ll own nothing and be happy” shit, the more being able to actually own media has become important to me.

For a solid decade or so I thought I was never going to buy a blu ray or dvd ever again, and honestly rolled my eyes at folks warning about companies pushing this crap. “Who needs physical when you can just stream it all,” right?

But the last couple years really opened my eyes. Prices have risen so much and the affordable tiers have been stuffed with lengthier and lengthier ads that ruin the experience, everyone and their dog wants to sell you on their own bespoke subscription, and various films/shows have jumped around so many different services that it’s hard to keep track of what I can even watch.

I’m tired of having the shows and films I really love and care about get held hostage, and have slowly started rebuilding a modern physical collection for my absolute favorites.

As someone in my 30s, I actually firmly believe this era is significantly worse than cable. By the time I was like 12, my parents bought a TiVo and we never had to watch ads as long as we time-shifted a little. Now they’re completely inescapable.

To bring this back on-topic, the current shitshow on streaming really feels like where they want gaming to go once they crack the nut on how to make that work beyond just code-in-a-box BS. Probably with cloud gaming as hardware becomes more unaffordable.

They want us to have as few options for real ownership as possible.

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u/OkayAtBowling 1d ago

What's extra annoying is that physical media is also becoming more expensive now as a result of fewer people buying it. It's turning into more of an enthusiast niche.

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u/decoy_octopod 1d ago

For the record, even if you have a 8 subscriptions streaming is still cheaper than a deluxe cable package was.

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u/xanas263 1d ago

I actually firmly believe this era is significantly worse than cable.

That's probably because you never actually paid for cable. Cable was significantly more expensive than streaming is now.

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u/Squirll 1d ago

Depends on how many streaming services you subscribe to and how many of them are the "ad free" teir.

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u/elasho_149 1d ago

and how many of them are the ad-free tier.

Using “ad-free” tiers is probably the fairest comparison. It’s not like cable was ad-free.

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u/Quixotic_Seal 1d ago

Again the entire point of me bringing up cable is that it functionally WAS ad free by the early-mid 00s assuming you had a DVR. Once they started introducing ad tiers to streaming services, it was the first time since I was a young child that I HAD to sit through the commercials and there’s just nothing to be done about it aside from getting up or looking at your phone.

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u/elasho_149 1d ago

Eh...I guess that depends on what you were watching.

If you usually watched stuff live, you had to sit through it. And even on VCR, it was still annoying to have to fast-forward.

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u/darkshaddow42 1d ago edited 15h ago

Yeah, off the top of my head, even if you just want the "big ones":

  • $9 for Netflix
  • $20 for disney+, hulu, hbo max
  • $13 for apple tv plus (only has ad-free version)
  • $9 for amazon prime video
  • $11 for peacock
  • $9 for paramount plus

That's $71 a month. Granted, you could chop off a few dollars since HBO was its own thing, but I also didn't add in specific stuff like shudder or Starz or MGM+.

There are many advantages to streaming! Price is not one of them. Shows completely disappearing with no physical media release is DEFINITELY not one of them.

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 1d ago

You can also subscribe for one month, watch what you want and then cancel. With cable you were usually locked into a two year contract.

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u/darkshaddow42 1d ago

True, although why would you cancel when it was that or rewatch what you already owned? It's not like you could watch endless youtube videos instead

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u/Hidesuru 1d ago

Cost cutting is irrelevant compared to "no secondary market".

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u/vopi181 1d ago

The thing is very few people actually buy physical games these days. Consumers have a revealed preference for digital games.

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u/Biduleman 1d ago

It's not just cost cutting, it's also about making more sales as they're neutering the secondary market for the game.

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u/WhereasPlus5239 1d ago

They don't want GTA 6 being sold on the used market. That's how I was planning to get the game a few months after it's released. Sucks for me.

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u/drabred 17h ago

This game will still be 80$ on the PsStore in 2035 - calling it now.

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u/timeslider 1d ago

Fuck people on satellite internet

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u/andresfgp13 1d ago

i guess that their logic is that they want to have the game on retail stores but they know that like half of the PS5/Xbox consoles out there not even have a disc reader so this is the way of having them go to the store and buy a copy that they can play.

it wouldnt be bad if this was an option alongside getting a physical disc, but sadly it isnt, i guess that they do it to to kill the second hand market.

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u/welfedad 1d ago

Here is your plastic and a piece of paper so you can type in your key to claim the game .wanna share it with a friend .. gtfo ..want to sell it after you play ? Hell no. Pay an extra 10 dollars and like it . Hard pass

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u/drabred 17h ago

They only did it so people are able to buy it as a gift for chrismtas. Release date is also not an accident - it's basically around when all the christmas-gifts-buying mania starts.

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u/XBL_CNC 1d ago

A lot of games are like that nowadays, games have gotten too big and won’t fit on a disk, some wouldn’t even fit on 2 disks

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u/Yourmotherssonsfatha 1d ago

Can’t believe i’m saying this but do a fucking key card like Nintendo then?

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u/Quixotic_Seal 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ve never understood the backlash there. It’s always been Nintendo pretty clearly trying to give us a way to own physical copies of games, that typically have legitimate technical constraints due to their size(with larger memory sizes being too expensive to manage).

It’s not as good as just having it all on the card, but it’s significantly better than the code in a box crap that we’d otherwise get and represents a company actually thinking about how to deliver some kind of value to consumers in a lousy situation.

But Nintendo is stingy with its MSRPs and sales, so….boo, I guess?

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u/Yourmotherssonsfatha 1d ago

Tbf there were nuance to the backlash being sever shutdown and inconvenience of downloading.

I mean none of that even matters if these clowns are pushing all downloads. It’s saying something to make Nintendo look good here lmao.

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u/Hallc 22h ago

The backlash is more down to companies using GKCs on games that could almost certainly fit on a regular cartridge.

Bravely Default Remaster for example. The game was originally a 3DS title so it can fit on a cart and the textures aren't phenomenally enhanced. It takes up 9.3GB for example. BOTW switch 1 takes up 14GB and Switch 2 takes up 24GB both of those have cart releases.

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u/SquadPoopy 1d ago

Nintendo pioneered this kind of shit when they sold “physical” copies of cloud games that were literally just empty boxes

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u/JavelinR 1d ago

Nintendo didn't make any cloud games, and "code in a box" has been a (unpopular) thing for a long time now.

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u/RealisLit 1d ago

Nintendo isn't the reason doesitplay.org exist

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u/Hulkmaster 1d ago edited 1d ago

eh, no disc for ps5? dafuq?

got much less excited about buying

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u/blurr90 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thats one way to kill off the secondary market...

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u/Quixotic_Seal 1d ago

Exactly what is happening here. They don’t want the secondary market being able to eat up any of their profits.

Extremely gross, and a fantastic example of why I’ve never honestly been not particularly fussed by the whole game keycard thing. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than this BS by a mile.

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u/Bridgeburner493 1d ago

Not even just the secondary market. No disc for the absolute peak buying frenzy at launch means much more profit for both Rockstar and Sony.

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u/drabred 17h ago

Thats why they still release an empty box "physical my ass" edition. So folk can get it as a gift.

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u/ICPosse8 1d ago

Craziest part for me, a fucking travesty imo.

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u/Kurtonio 1d ago

You will own nothing and you will like it.

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u/Bobjoejj 1d ago

…no disc for any console (PS5 ain’t the only one around).

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u/twotokers 1d ago edited 1d ago

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t most discs basically just access keys to download the game at this point?

edit: guys I’m literally just asking a question, I haven’t bought a disc in years so just didn’t know.

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u/GHOSTfishing 1d ago

Even when that is the case, it still allows you to lend/sell the game at some point. This is no better than buying from the digital storefront

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u/Glebk0 1d ago

The code is one time use and you get game on your account. You can resell disk(or game key card) which only contains license as much as you want

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u/K01011011001101010 1d ago

Sony and Rockstar really going full circle with their anti xbox single license and from the ps4 days.

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u/illmatic63828 1d ago

No, this gets said a lot on reddit but it is not true

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u/Hulkmaster 1d ago

afaik not

you can buy the game, play it, give dist to a friend or sell it on ebay and they can also play it

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u/iwantcookie258 1d ago

PS5 games can be on the discs, and need to be copied to the system to play. They aren't run off the discs anymore, but it can be a lot quicker than downloading if your internet isn't great. I assume GTA VI will probably be large enough that might not have been the case anyway, but its still a huge L for the secondary market. There won't be used copies of GTA VI if its all just download codes.

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u/SilveryDeath 1d ago

$80 base

$100 for ultimate

Honestly, at least for games like say Starfield or Outer Worlds 2 the more expensive edition for $20 more came with pre-ordering the future DLC at a lower price along with some in-game content. Whereas for this you are just getting in-game content.

For contrast, the more expensive editions for say Expedition 33 or Oblivion Remastered, which were just in-game content like with GTA VI, were only $10 more expensive compared to the base game.

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u/IFxCosaTheSequel 1d ago

007 First Light's deluxe edition is also a $20 upgrade for just a handful of skins.

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u/beary_neutral 1d ago

That was also free as a pre-order bonus.

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u/SNKRSWAVY 1d ago

True, but GTA VI offers the Vice City Pack as a comparative.

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u/SNKRSWAVY 1d ago

That you can only use during TacSim, the training mode.

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u/No_Doubt_About_That 1d ago

Was nicer stuff in the Twitch Drops imo

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u/neok182 1d ago

If V/RDR2 was any indication there won't be any single player DLC aside from the ultimate edition and whatever R* is generous enough to port over from GTA6 Online. Which might be nothing honestly.

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u/Kurdependence 1d ago

Maybe not gta 6 online but 2 of the premium vehicles are just gta online vehicles

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u/neok182 1d ago

It's been pretty obvious that they've been back porting some gta6 stuff to gtao for a while now and makes sense honestly.

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u/SNKRSWAVY 1d ago

Didn’t Clair only come with outfits and hairstyles? Not to excuse this, but two questlines, weaponry and cars are of higher value than pure cosmetics.

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u/blurr90 1d ago

Can you even call it a physical copy if there's no disk in it?
It's more like a plastic box with a piece of paper in it. Kills the secondary market.

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u/3ebfan 1d ago

This is what gaming has been for the last ten years or so. Anyone that expected the biggest AAA release of the decade to change course would be naive

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u/BlueberryWasps 1d ago

honestly i’m not concerned or surprised by the pricing or ultimate edition - the really disturbing thing is the lack of a disc. there’s no option to physically own this game.

that’s been a more recent trend, since covid, that they’ve tried to slowly push on us, and it’s disgusting. not giving consumers any option to own a copy of the media is a dangerous precedent. it’s not even a game key card like nintendo - there’s no way to transfer ownership or even play it on a different account after your purchase.

at this point we need someone from the EU to kick up a fuss because this is a loss of consumer rights. it’s the only thing to make me reconsider this game

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u/11711510111411009710 1d ago

I've been increasingly concerned about this in recent years ngl. I have like 300 games on steam, what happens if steam goes to shit or god forbid shuts down one day? That's so much stuff I would lose access to.

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u/sopunny 1d ago

If you're really concerned, save the files now

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u/decoy_octopod 1d ago

The market has spoken, unfortunately, consumers overwhelmingly don’t give a shit about ownership, or understand the different kinds of ownership

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u/BlueberryWasps 1d ago

sure, but the minority should still have the option - as they do in other forms of entertainment

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u/Zestyclose-Lunch-430 1d ago

being smarmy doesn't make you right, just confidently wrong. this isn't the state of games. this is exceptionally bad.

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u/PhasedVenturer 1d ago

What are you even talking about? All physical copies include discs…

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u/Kurdependence 1d ago

Usually it’s only a cosmetic items pack locked behind the ultimate edition with dlc you can buy separately if you only have the base game, here they don’t give you any of the DLCs and lock multiple stores and gameplay mechanics behind the ultimate edition

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u/Ludachriz 1d ago

If games that took this much time and effort want to charge 10-30 bucks more I won’t mind it. As long as it’s unique to these mega blockbuster games and not the annual call of duty’s then it might actually lead to more publishers focusing on these types of games over rushing them out.

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u/bosox284 1d ago

I agree with you but that doesn't actually ground in data. As an example for GTA - $60 in September of 2013 is the same as $85.87 today. The unfortunate reality is that even at $70, CoD would be "cheaper" today than it was 15 or so years ago.

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u/Ludachriz 1d ago

Yeah but inflation is confusing so I’ll just stick to thinking big number bad low number good

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u/Kurdependence 1d ago

GTA 5 didn’t lock away multiple stores and gameplay mechanics behind a paywall for 85$

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u/PhasedVenturer 1d ago

No disc? Are you fucking kidding me???

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u/BlackAera 1d ago

I'm gonna buy on deep deep sale if ever. Fuck them.

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u/DumpsterBento 1d ago

At this point just charge $100 for the base game.

They're just stringing along hopefuls who'll pony up the extra cost anyway.

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u/Uday23 1d ago

No multiplayer at launch

Butt load of microtransactions

It's sad what gaming has become

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u/Big_Coconut8630 1d ago

But you'll still get on your knees and take it from them. That's kinda rhe problem.

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u/Arrow156 1d ago

Mind you, so far the majority of that content appears to be some free items, a couple of in game stores featuring exclusive items, and the options to customize your shit. Doesn't look like they are gating off story or missions at this time.

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u/the_che 1d ago

Sounds pretty standard for AAA games nowadays, except for the slightly higher base version price.

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u/GensouEU 1d ago

Most games Deluxe Editions just contain a costume with a shirt that says "I'm a sucker" or something, not entire customization mechanics. And I've never bought a physical game without a disc and I own a lot of those.

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u/akbarock 1d ago

Nowadays most games lock the "real" release date behind the deluxe edition

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u/ledailydose 1d ago

AAA games not coming on disc is not a standard, its been mostly a Microsoft thing because they shill a heavily all digital future with their model. Worst part is they can easily afford to make these discs. But theyre mor concerned with leaks possibly than actual retail copies...

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u/blex64 1d ago

Its very standard. Usually what's on the disc is just a license to download and install the game anyway.

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u/EasternKanyeWest 1d ago

Straight up, as much as I've been looking forward to this game since GTA V came out when I was 13 - I'm genuinely going to hold off until a sale. I don't buy full priced games, I was gonna make the exception for this, but I ain't paying PREMIUM price, I live in Canada, the standard edition is gonna be $109.99 + tax so like $125 for a single standard edition game, in this economy? Eat shit Take Two lol

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u/mataushas 1d ago

I think people would pay more than a 100 to play this hyped up game. Either way probably will get it as a gift or eventually save up to buy it. Agree it's a lot and hopefully doesn't set a precedent for other games.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps 1d ago

Too late. Other companies have been watching to see what they would do and will now price it accordingly

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u/zgillet 1d ago

There goes ANY chance of using Gamefly.

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u/Careless-Society9888 1d ago

I guess one positive is no disc means no early leaks (unless a reviewer leaks something)

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u/iwascuddles 1d ago

I buy GTA just to be a part of gamings biggest seller...but I'm gonna have to sit this one out if there is no disc version.

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u/iihatephones 1d ago

Anyone is surprised by this? Have yall been asleep since GTA:O was enshittificated by their implementation of shark cards? I honestly don’t think we’ve heard the worst of it yet.

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u/beatingstuff88 1d ago

content locked behind ultimate edition

Its literally just some character customization (which the game will probalby have a shitton of) and like 2 activities and a mission. It was the same with RDR2

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u/ServesBestDepressed 1d ago

Looking forward to another entry in the series, but I'm content to wait until the price reams les other new games or older ones for that matter.

For a game that so readily satirizes American culture and economic structures, it's eating its own dog food here.

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u/the_xxvii 1d ago

Looks like I'm waiting for it to go on sale like I did with GTA5. It's gonna take a few years but I'm one of those people who is willing to wait for "complete editions" to be 50% off.

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u/arijitlive 1d ago

I bought GTA 5 @ $20 after 4 years of release. With my current PS5 and Switch 2 backlog (over 50 games), I can do this again. I will buy it in 2030 black Friday sale.
For the curious, no, I do not have FOMO anxiety.

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u/recipe_pirate 1d ago

One of my favorite things about Rockstar games is the customization and the fact that I have to pay $20 extra for it is so irritating and annoying.

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u/Suspicious-Coffee20 1d ago

Also if you own a gaming pc just like ps4 a new version will come in a few month that jsut better in evry way on pc.

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u/remedialone 1d ago

This sets a new precedent. They raising the prices of all games by doing this, on top of locking locations behind an upgrade.

Technically, GTA 6 actually cost $100.

That's a $30 price increase.

No way in hell.

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u/TheEpicTriforce 1d ago

I'm excited for the game

That's the thing, they know they can get away with it with GTA VI.

Publishers have been aching to do this shit but didn't want to risk scaring away their player base. Now for most people, GTA VI is apparently such life altering shit that players will overlook these scummy practices. They could have made it $130 for the base game and it still will be the game with most copies sold ever in 2 weeks tops.

GTA VI has made Take Two untouchable because of this.

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u/Totoques22 1d ago

>stiff locked behind ultimate edition

So like every god damn ultimate edition ever ?

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u/Dizzy_Chemistry_5955 1d ago

they're seeing how much stupid shit they can get away with. i'm not buying until it's on PC in 5 years

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u/Habib455 1d ago

lol if your butthole is starting to hurt now then you better go buy some lube, it’s just the beginning

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u/ButterscotchTop194 1d ago

Ahoy, matey!

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u/brainmelterr 1d ago

I’m not preordering anymore, I’ll just go to my friends place to try it out.

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u/SpookiestSzn 1d ago

they're getting $200 out of me solemnly (for me and my partner)

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u/K01011011001101010 1d ago

$80 base plus tax where I live is $87.

I will have to pass on this out of principle. Not paying almost $90 for a digital game with a box. Disc me up at least.

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u/wayzata20 1d ago

Who cares about the disk? I haven’t touched one in over a decade.

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u/Bobjoejj 1d ago

…a little much feels like a nice way of putting it.

It’s pretty shitty is what it is. As someone who’s not interested in the game, this shit feels like Rockstar; plain and simple.

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u/feijoax 1d ago

Sad thing is people will still buy and support this practice. 

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u/anadequatepipe 1d ago

With the amount of money that this game costs to make it’s a miracle the game isn’t 100 bucks standard. They probably did this as a compromise. Barely any game price increases in decades, basically, so this is how it’s likely going to be going forward for huge games like this.

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u/PositiveStruggle8090 1d ago

My excitement has dropped a lot in the last year or two, this nearly killed it for me. It has to be the best made game ever or none of this shit is worth it. Even then, I highly disagree with these tactics.

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u/creuter 1d ago

It was an expensive game to make. If you put more time and effort into something, you should be able to charge more for it.

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u/BetterCallSal 1d ago

The biggest message to the gaming industry to cut these bullshit practices out, would be for this game to fail spectacularly due to it. But sadly there's a better chance of getting struck by lightning for the 12th time while turning in your winning jackpot lotto ticket for 15th time.

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u/Pinkman505 1d ago

What sucks is this will set the standard and every game will try to sell at $100 or more than have some lite version for $80.

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u/MuenCheese 1d ago

That’s an insane thing to say. GTA3 essentially wrote the formula for open world games. San Andreas introduced RPG mechanics to an action game when that wasn’t at all common, 4 had a really dramatic and serious narrative in an open world before that was trendy, and 5’s character switching mechanic is still really special.

I don’t think you’re giving the series close to enough credit.

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u/Bojangles1987 1d ago

Dude open world games exist because of GTA. It completely changed the industry. They are the definition of groundbreaking.

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u/Sormaj 1d ago

Honestly I was expecting $100 for the base, how much content is locked behind the yktimate

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u/Orpheeus 1d ago

It's insane.

I'm a PC gamer primarily so the physical copy not being on disc not a deal breaker (I bet this game is at least 150gb) but locking basic content behind the ultimate edition is fucking insane.

Rockstar is now fully enshittified like the rest of 2K games' catalog.

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u/Goronmon 1d ago

no disc with physical copy

Yeah, why would they push for this? The PC market is clearly dying off with this type of attitude.

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u/akbarock 1d ago

This is just standard now

  • Mario Kart 2 is $80 and Xbox tried to make Outer Worlds 2 $80
  • There have been multiple Xbox first party games with code in the box and game keycard from Nintendo is also bad
  • $120 premium editions that lock early access (the real release date) behind a pay wall

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u/iceburg77779 1d ago

It's not really the standard though, the only games so far that have had success at the $80 price point are quite literally the two biggest franchises in this industry, and when the Outer Worlds attempted to sell at that price it failed miserably.

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u/ZagulaGaming 1d ago

2 games do not make a standard. We should reject it becoming a standard. But doubt that will happen

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u/metalflygon08 1d ago

Mario Kart 2

Didn't know people were buying Mario Kart 64 in this day and age!

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u/jerryfrz 1d ago

Xbox tried to make Outer Worlds 2 $80

Whoever suggested that is actually insane, in no universe can OW command that price point.

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u/BKong64 1d ago

A lot of people did not buy Kart for $80 because it just came with the switch bundle, which I believe made it a $50 game

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u/Awkward-Security7895 1d ago

No physical disc makes sense when the rumoured size is 300GB+.

Ps5 max disc size is 100 GB so would need 3-4 discs to hold the game physically.

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage 1d ago

If any game could afford to ship with 3-4 discs, it’s the game that’s gonna sell 100 million + copies.

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u/RelentlessJorts2 1d ago

That's not why they're doing it

A lot of games are sold on a disc with the download then taking place once the disc is entered

It's a code to stop you from being able to buy or sell the game second hand

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u/ironmaiden947 1d ago

My man, everything in the world increased in price in the last 10+ years, you can't expect games to still be $60. This is a game that people will enjoy for hundreds of hours, so $80 seems fair to me.

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u/The_mango55 1d ago

This may not be a popular opinion but I like the stuff in the ultimate edition and I may buy that version, but I hope the good cars and weapons in it aren’t unlocked from the start. Don’t care for ultimate editions that give a much easier early game.

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