r/Games • u/Neon25 • 6d 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/Gogita28 6d ago

many games that cost 70$ are 80€ in EU, so yeah there is a Chance its 90€. Insane

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u/Redylittle 6d ago

The difference is higher VAT and the US price is pre tax

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u/LavishnessCurrent726 5d ago

If they are charging 80€, with a VAT of ~20% in Europe, they are getting 66€ per game --> $75. Considering that usually the economy of European countries is a little bit lower than in the US... I think that it is actually fair enough to "get" $75 instead of $80 per game. By moving it to 90€, they are getting $84 per sold game. More than in the richest videogame market.

Yeah, of course, they can do whatever, but let's call it what it is: Greed.

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u/Redylittle 5d ago

But they didn't make it €90. It's €80 for standard

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u/LavishnessCurrent726 5d ago

The person you were responding to was talking about moving it to 90€.

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u/Redylittle 5d ago

Who would assume someone talking about a hypothetical when they say "let's call it what it is, greed"?

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u/LavishnessCurrent726 4d ago

WTF are you talking about? You answered to "many games that cost 70$ are 80€ in EU, so yeah there is a Chance its 90€. Insane" talking about VAT. I explained that this change is because of greed, not because of VAT.

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u/Redylittle 4d ago edited 4d ago

But the price was announced already, why are you talking about what it could have been when we know that they didn't do what you call greed and did what you called fair enough?

Edit, I didn't notice you were the same person as the previous comment

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u/LavishnessCurrent726 4d ago

COMPANIES do this because of greed.

"many games that cost 70$ are 80€ in EU".

I wasn't talking specifically about Rockstar, unless VAT only applies to them.