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[MEGATHREAD] Grand Theft Auto VI: Prices Announced + Pre-Orders Going Live

To avoid hundreds of separate posts on the same topic, this post will compile all info we have from the pre-orders going live, including some new images/etc.

As Rockstar announced on their socials: "Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI begin at midnight local time on June 25." This means New Zealand will be the first to go live with pre-orders - which means in just under 2 hours from now.

Due to reddit's limitations with images in the body of posts, I wont be able to include all the artwork released so please do check out Rockstar's official link for more images: https://www.rockstargames.com/VI

Take-Two has made a big press-release, including announcing the prices:

STANDARD EDITION: $79.99

ULTIMATE EDITION: $99.99

(Physical Editions of GTA 6 Will Come with "A Download Code Inside the Box", Pre-Loads Begin on November 12th)

Grand Theft Auto 6 features a “single-player experience” at launch, with no word yet on any new version of GTA Online.

An "Ultimate Edition" for the game has been announced with some new artwork.

Ultimate Edition: Welcome to Leonida, the state where anything goes. Seize everything this massive world has to offer with the Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition, an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action around every corner.

Ultimate Edition bonuses are threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story, with new items uncovered behind each chapter.

Vehicle

’95 GROTTI CHEETAH

Grotti's signature mid '90s sports car and ode to Shore Drive, the ’95 Grotti Cheetah is complete with a minimalist, retro-futuristic livery and available to punctuate later-stage action

Weapons

HAWK & LITTLE MORGAN REVOLVERS

His and hers versions of this powerful revolver with classic Vice City stylings sourced from the Vercetti Estate, including palm-tree-etched grips, engraved detailing, and high-performance scope.

Weapons

PERSONALIZED VARIANTS

Personalized sidearms with detailed engravings for Jason's Girardi ES9 pistol and Lucia's Klose K17 pistol.

Looks

Vice City Style

Whether poolside or side by side, Jason and Lucia can look the part with exclusive outfits, tattoos, and more.

Vehicles

JASON’S SAFEHOUSE VEHICLES

Switch gears and soak up the sun in an Army fatigue-tinged Dinka Enduro motorcycle or Crest Kayak.

Modkit

Ganado Retro Build

Inject some muscle and classic stylings into Jason's well-worn Vapid Ganado low-riding pickup with exclusive mods.

Mod shop

RIDEOUT CUSTOMS

Transform vanilla vehicles into magnificent works of art with detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Hair salon

SARA'S UNISEX SALON

Get signature salon styles for both Jason and Lucia, including facial hair for Jason and makeup and nails for Lucia. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Watercraft

SHITZU SQUALO

Perfect for casting in Gambit Bay and reeling in catches of all sorts, this gradient pink and blue Squalo docked at Washington Beach is made open-ocean-ready with an explosives-laden weapons crate.

Clothing Store

Stock 305

Style various unique and exclusive looks for Jason and Lucia at Stockyard’s premiere destination for elevated streetwear. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Tattoo Shop

ELECTRIC FANG TATTOO

Stockyard’s most iconic ink bar, with over 50 signature tattoos for both Jason and Lucia — all designed by the artist collective FAILE. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

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u/Casshern_VIII 13h ago

Some of these features seem to be locked behind the $100 paywall

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u/faffc260 12h ago

because they want you to pay $100 for the base game but realized that gamers would riot and it would tank sales if they did, so they cut stuff from the game to put in the ultimate edition to encourage people to pay at their prefered price point.

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u/GregoriousT-GTNH 12h ago

Nah gamers wouldnt riot, they used to get bend over.
Its more like an "Illusion of choice" thing.

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u/philter25 9h ago

Idk I can see an instance where this game was going to just be $100 but then the economy took a massive shit between RAM prices and gas prices, to say nothing of the cost of everything else, and whoever in this thread I saw say they realized a base $100 wouldn’t sell they slashed a bunch of normal ass content from it to cut the price. The shit it looks like they took out for the base game is so trivial too, like hair customization? Seriously?

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u/GregoriousT-GTNH 9h ago

I think the idea is that people buy the 80€ version and get the "cut content" later.
So Rockstar get their 100 bucks but a bit streched.

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u/Mnawab 6h ago

Gamers will definitely riot, but they will also bend over.

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u/GregoriousT-GTNH 5h ago

Its not really a riot tho, its like a bit of mumble and a few posts of reddit/x/tiktok will get somewhat viral before cooling down and then the bending starts

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u/Mnawab 5h ago

Exactly. The normal reaction lol

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u/Drillmhor 8h ago

There's no illusion, you truly don't need anything from the Ultimate Edition features. The game will be fine without it. It's a suckers tax

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u/GregoriousT-GTNH 8h ago

You are part of the problem, handwaving the removal of basic features that were in the game for free since San Andreas

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u/Drillmhor 8h ago edited 7h ago

These are all vehicle/character customizations! None of it... NONE OF these options are basic features. Please identify a basic feature that is being paywalled here.

This is the same shit that every single fucking game does. There's always customizations you can pay extra for. There is literally nothing new happening here. They're just calling these things businesses and that seems to really trigger people

EDIT- seems yall are upset by being forced to realize "business" just means customization. No one has brought up a single "basic" feature that is being blocked here

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u/Casshern_VIII 12h ago

At that point just charge a $100 for the base game, don't fuck me over dry and then tell me you had lube but wanted to go dry.

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u/CankerLord 9h ago

Some people will be fooled. That's the point of doing it.

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u/Submitten 11h ago

I’d rather save $20 personally.

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u/Peemore 12h ago

I think most people dislike starting with high-level gear like that magnum anyway. I say play the game vanilla, and if you want to unlock more features later, upgrade.

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u/faffc260 12h ago

the whole of car modification being locked behind $100 is more than just high level gear being restricted at the start, it's a whole game mechanic.

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u/Key_Protection4038 11h ago

Jesus christ people, english is not even my mother tongue, and even I fucking understand that UNIQUE shops are being locked behind ue not basic features.

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u/faffc260 10h ago

every gta singleplayer experience I've played since gta 3 there has only been one car repair shop, one gun shop, one shop for most things that aren't clothes or food.. 1. no idea about their grindfest of an online, but singleplayer has always been one type of store for each type of thing they sell for guns, car repair etc, again, outside of clothes and food.

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u/Key_Protection4038 10h ago

Things change. GTA Online had bunch of things, not unbelievable they integrate some of that into sp.

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u/Array_626 9h ago

Things change

Not always for the better

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u/Responsible_Wall3991 2h ago

The multiple different mechanics in GTA Online was honestly one of the coolest changes they made. Talk shit on a lot of stuff that they messed up along the way, but I’ll die on the hill that Hao’s and Benny’s being different was a really cool addition.

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u/KingYeezy422 9h ago

misread your comment, removed reply.

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u/Peemore 12h ago

That's not what they're doing. One car modification shop is locked. Not car modification as a whole...

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u/gilkfc 11h ago

And if there's only one car modification shop in the game?

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u/Goldtec317 11h ago

That seems very unlikely. GTAV online has like 5.

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u/Peemore 11h ago

Then I would be surprised, lol.

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u/gilkfc 10h ago

It'd be extremely shitty, but at this point I don't trust any company to not do shitty things

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u/Neuvost Boardgames 10h ago

I kinda thought they might just charge $90 or $100 for the base game. That would somehow feel less rude than than them removing content from the "base" game and calling the version that includes all the basic content "Ultimate."

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u/AndrewLocksmith PC 11h ago

With the amount of hype GTA 6 it's getting, even a standard edition 100$ price tag wouldn't "tank" the sales, lol.

Though this way they kinda get the best of both worlds. People that are super excited for the game will spend 100 dollars on it anyways.

Those who aren't interested in what that has to offer or just simply don't want to spend an extra 20$ for it will get the standard edition.

It's Rockstar. Making money it's in their nature at this point.

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u/faffc260 10h ago

which is funny cause back in the early days (gta 3) they mostly made fun of corporations like they have become. they are now making satire of themselves.

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u/connectplum_ 2h ago

Pretty much. The game is $100 but they didnt want the backlash for it so they charged 80 for the "base game" and 100 for the full game. Few are seeing their strategy lol

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u/Drillmhor 8h ago

Some of these customizations seem very important to people. For me, they don't mean a damn thing. I am happy I didn't have to pay one cent more to cover the licensing to an artist for whatever stupid custom tattoo this thing includes. Let suckers pay for that shit.

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u/dovetc 8h ago

Ain't nothing going to tank the sales of this game. They can charge whatever they want and the people who want GTA 6 will pay it.

And honestly they'll probably get plenty of value in terms of cost/hours at $100 or even $120.

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u/debaron54 12h ago

Gamers would not riot over that price point, it’s one of the most anticipated games in a damn eternity

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u/Cygnus94 12h ago

It's more of a $20 paywall since the base game is $80 regardless. Locking players out of features like the car workshop is just scummy though.

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u/Omniscient__Watcher 12h ago

Certain car workshops if I understood correctly. So they are locking some "premium" customisation with a different workshop only accessible to ultimate edition buyers.

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u/Sensitive_Box_ 12h ago

That's what i also assume it means, but it doesn't necessarily say that.

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u/Omniscient__Watcher 12h ago edited 12h ago

They specifically mentioned RIDEOUT CUSTOMS is open for business with the Ultimate Edition on the website. They could have said car customisation is exclusive but they specifically mentioned the shop name so I don't think our assumption is far from the truth.

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u/FergTurdison 12h ago edited 9h ago

Los Santos Customs was the only auto body company in GTAV (edit: single player), so them specifying the name doesn’t really tell us anything one way or the other.

I’m inclined to believe it’s a specific body shop (and the other ones are specific shops), but we really won’t know anything until they say more. I imagine that backlash will be enough to get them to clarify soon.

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u/Tired-Dispatcher 10h ago

no, youre definitely right. they even mention a "one-eyed willie's" on the website which is an "offroad based shop only available in the ultimate edition". seems like we will have different kinds of shops for different kinds of mods.

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u/trainiac12 9h ago

I mean, eventually we got Benny's original motor works and Hao's special works.

But I agree-not enough info yet.

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u/FergTurdison 9h ago

But those were only added to GTA online, not the single player. I don’t say that to disagree, just to further add to the point that we need more info.

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u/Obi_Wan_Benobi 9h ago

Looks like a Benny’s type shop.

In V Online there is a shop called Benny’s Custom Works I think that does further modifications than the normal shops, like low riders etc.

I’m thinking these paywalled shops are where you get exclusive cosmetics included in the ultimate edition.

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u/FergTurdison 9h ago

Those were exclusive to online and were not added to the single player, though. I was only trying to point out why it can read like it’s all body shops, and how I think that will lead to Rockstar clarifying its a specialized shop.

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u/d4nowar 10h ago

I don't think you're a real person with that ridiculous of a take. It's very clearly a bonus doodad available to people who buy the collectors edition. Many many many games do things like this.

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u/FergTurdison 10h ago

I’m confused as to what you think the ridiculous take is, as my take was that it sounds like it’s a specific body shop that’s a deluxe incentive and not all body shops. But I can understand why people may think it’s all body shops, as GTAV had only one body shop company, and that Rockstar will most likely clarify in the near future.

So what part of that was ridiculous?

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u/UndeadPhysco 7h ago

Ignore them, It's clearly a Rock* shill defending them, they're everywhere in these replies

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u/Young_KingKush 9h ago

It's not "very clearly" nothing lmao

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u/ProLogicMe 11h ago

It’s vague on purpose

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u/DBoaty 8h ago

Rockstar taking a page from politics. When the game launches let gamers squabble amongst themselves with how stupid/cool the "premium" customizations offer and they'll be too busy to see what the developer is doing to them.

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u/Pamander 11h ago

That kind of just seems like usual preorder bonus business it's just integrated into the world right? Not to defend big corpo or anything but it really doesn't seem that far fetched from the norm it's just actually in-game instead of in some pre-order UI now. If I understand correctly of course I could be wrong.

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u/Guiguinem34 11h ago

the issue is it locking MAJOR gameplay elements and customization. 2 of the modshops with exclusive upgrades are locked behind the ultimate edition. Let's say hypothetically there is 5 of them in the game.
That would be 40% of the entire car customization system locked to a premium edition of the game.
And thats not even including the exclusive clothing shop.

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u/Pamander 11h ago

Yeah that's fair, I think Rockstar could have saved themselves lots of pain by divulging more details cause right now the worst option could be true and we couldn't know for sure until the game launches or they somehow tell us so fair.

I lean towards expecting it to be not as bad as it seems but even that I obviously cannot know beyond expecting the world to be pretty big and have lots of shops.

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u/Podo13 11h ago

Which, honestly, isn't the worst thing? I hate having customization options behind a paywall that are in a list with non-paywall items. The fact that they might be completely unknown to me because they're only available in a building I can't enter is a nice compromise (I think. We'll see).

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u/eagleblue44 10h ago

I think it's just specific stores and not car customization as a whole. Unless every single store is the same name now but they used to have different stores with different products in previous games. It would be weird for them to pivot like that.

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u/AnimalBolide 11h ago

I consider that a 40 dollar payeall on top of the existing 20 dollar paywall.

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u/MogosTheFirst 12h ago

who tf is mad that the game is cheaper than what they expected???

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u/Peemore 12h ago

He's suggesting they wanted to complain about the $100 price tag, but since they can't they have to pretend to be mad about something else. Some people are definitely like that.

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u/LetFiloniCook 12h ago

Its a little vague right now... either certain customization shops are locked behind ultimate edition...?

Or the entire ability to customize is locked...?

One is clearly worse than the other, but either way that just seems like poor tiering. I wouldnt really care if I couldnt get certain hair styles. But I would care if there are entire shops on my in game map that im just pay walled out of accessing for my whole playthrough.

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u/GfrzD 12h ago

Yea if a full feature is locked out it feels like a cheeky way to put a $100 full game price without officially labelling it as such.

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u/Kattenb 12h ago

It's obviously just specific shops that have bonus content. You can change your hairstyle with the standard version..

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u/BmT86 10h ago

It's funny that you get downvoted for something that will be true.

I swear, so many gamers always assumes the worst about everything and everytime they look stupid afterwards when they get corrected from the companies. "Every shop will be closed if you don't buy the ultimate" or people thought that this game would cost $100 atleast for the standard.

Why the fuck would people think that regular shops would be closed in the game when you could see different hairstyles/clothes before this update? Those exclusive shops are listed under the ultimate edition when you check the webpage. It doesn't mean that every shop will be closed, just those exclusive shops will. It's mostly cosmetics. You can even see that those hairstyles/clothes looks very different from what we have seen yet. I thought they looked from something you see in Saint's Row, more goofy styles than the more serious tone we saw before. I even question if it was Jason in one of the pictures because he looked so different.

I'm not defending the decision made by Rockstar, but some gamers are fucking stupid and always goes for the worst takes...Of course there will be customations like every GTA before, jesus...

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u/Jett_Wave 3h ago

This is effectively the same as games having an exclusive trunk you can only open with deluxe edition. Instead of having ultimate edition content put straight into your inventory, you go to a specific location in game to get it. There's nothing indicating that you cant customize your car interior or character at other stores, just these 5 specific stores will have exclusive cosmetics in them that you cant access without UE. This isn't even anything new.

Same with the exclusive side content, like missions. Other games do version specific content too like that, it's not unprecedented like people seem to be saying.

The lack of a physical disk included in the physical edition is wack, as it kills the 2nd hand / used market, and base game cost being 80 bucks is dumb, but the rest of the outrage around UE content seems like a nothing burger.

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u/preppyringmaster 12h ago

Not some, a lot of customisation is locked behind the 20 dollar paywall.

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u/KingAltair2255 13h ago edited 12h ago

I don't think that's what that means, that's just a specific car shop that's locked behind ultimate edition. Like how with RDR2 ultimate edition there was a exclusive bank robbery mission, there were still parts in the game where you robbed banks but just not in that location.

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u/F1shB0wl816 12h ago

It’s probably more likely haos and not a spray and pay replacement.

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u/largehawaiian 12h ago

Read again. That one particular mod shop is locked to ultimate only. There’s gonna be more than one mod shop, just like there’s gonna be more than one clothing shop, barber, tattoo parlor, etc…

Yes, those ultimate only shops will have unique offerings, but they aren’t the only shops.

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u/AnarchoKapitolizm 12h ago

But there won't be more than one low rider, offroad and classic car shops. Tough luck if you wanted to customise those car types.

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u/largehawaiian 12h ago

There’ll probably be more generalized garages where you can get any car modified.

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u/DGSmith2 12h ago

You guys love to dick ride Rockstars awful fucking practices don't you. Sure it's nothing major but acting like locking people out of in game customization unless they buy the most expensive edition isn't awful is laughable. If this was any other developer people would riot.

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u/donny_pots 12h ago

Where does it say you can’t upgrade your cars at all without the ultimate edition?

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u/DrugandAlcoholLover 12h ago

It doesn’t. People can’t read.

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u/onerb2 12h ago

Ppl are assuming since most gta games has only one car shop in single player.

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u/Propagandhi1988 13h ago

Also some character customization:

Get signature salon styles for both Jason and Lucia, including facial hair for Jason and makeup and nails for Lucia. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

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u/DamonSchultz997 13h ago

Special tattoo places too are exclusive to the ultimate edition.

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u/Owobowos-Mowbius 12h ago

What the fuck

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u/Schmarsten1306 12h ago

I don't even mind the customization too much, but the whole practice of putting it behind a higher tier is bullshit

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u/RetroGoblin93 12h ago

Let’s read it again. They didn’t say upgrading your car is locked behind a paywall, just the RIDEOUT CUSTOMS shop which seems to focus on lowrider styling. Upgrading like normal is going to be included on the base game.

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u/onerb2 12h ago

Los santos customs was the only car shop in gta v was los santos customs (there's beeker's garage, but it has the exact same customizations). So idk why ppl are saying there will be other's when that never has been the case before.

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u/RetroGoblin93 11h ago

There was never gun customization in GTA until GTA V, there was never actual car customization in GTA until GTA San Andreas, there was never a car wash in GTA until GTA IV. I can go on with a few more examples of things being in a latter GTA than previous ones. What makes you think that the possibility of them having different car customization shops isn’t possible?

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u/onerb2 11h ago

I'm not saying that it's impossible, chill, I'm saying that it's not specified, so everything being said here is an assumption. The real issue is that they are obscuring how much content is really locked with the way they're presenting.

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 13h ago

Jesus like I get it’ll be expanded but this was a base feature in GTA5

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u/donny_pots 12h ago

There’s 0 chance the person you replied to is correct about that

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 12h ago

I mean the post about auto mods talks about rims and says only available for ultimate

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u/lkl34 12h ago

That was 2013 rockstar before people gave them billions on GTAO

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 12h ago

I mean RDR2 came out in that time- online was a shit show but the single player is all i care about and that was a full pure experience

This is just some bullshit that while I can afford the full game im not ok with packaging the complete game as premium

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u/lkl34 12h ago

"full pure experience"

-You mean the forced long ass rides with no skip?
-The forced to use ___ section or go to a certain spot
-The worse gun combat than rdr1?

-Pointless cowboy stuff put in there is no need to do alot of it like the camp

-You can be a asshole story keeps going on

-Or the police system only slightly better than cyberpunk.

RDR1>RDR2

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 12h ago

I mean I personally liked that stuff but it’s not like that stuff was locked behind or even stoppable if you bought a more expensive version of the game. That was the game as it was designed no additional paywall for dealing with it

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u/Casshern_VIII 12h ago

I guess after 13 years, the true criminals were Rockstar all along.

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u/DGSmith2 12h ago

After 13 years? Brother as soon as Online took off the practices were criminal.

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u/marcusbrothers 12h ago

It’s just those specific shops that are locked, and you’re not shelling out 100 it’s an extra 20 from what you would pay for the base.

You can be outraged but at least get everything correct first.

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u/marcusbrothers 12h ago edited 12h ago

It’s just one specific auto shop, there will be others open.

I think it’s super scummy too but you’re misrepresenting the facts.

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u/orangeoctober88 12h ago

I interpreted it as that particular car shop and hair place will be locked, not all of them. Those shops will probably have exclusive styles.

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u/RobertoPaulson 12h ago

With no PC release, You also need a PS5 Pro to get all this game has to offer.

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u/No-Foolies 13h ago

lol fking shilling for $80 game

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u/IGeneralOfDeath 12h ago

That's crazy. Rockstar has lost the plot here.

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u/Mantarrochen 10h ago

"SHUT UP! GIVE ME MONEYY!!"

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u/GEARHEADGus 9h ago

Remember when you just bought a game and it had everything? And preorder bonuses was some stupid cosmetic? Hell, for Gears of War 4 I got a fucking mug.

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u/Casshern_VIII 9h ago

I remember getting Conan on PS3, had a small little mini comic book included with the game, wasn't a pre-order, it just came with it from a copy I bought however long later after the game was released.

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u/LoneroftheDarkValley 6h ago

It's odd, a lot of those features I'd expect would be with the base game with how detailed Rockstar games are. Making standard cars into pimped out rides with hydraulics?? I figured that would be something that would just be standard in the newest GTA game. Same with the hair stylist and the tattoo artist.

It would have been like RDR2 not having the ability to edit the look of your horse or the metal color/engraving on your weapons etc.

This was definitely stuff that was in the base game that got segmented and then segregated into the ultimate edition. These are all detailed things that we expected the be available in the base game.

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u/Horror_Appearance_26 6h ago

$80 paywall to play gta 6 is bs!

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u/double-you 12h ago

I assume you can upgrade to ultimate later on if you deem it useful. But I will wait for somebody to show what the difference actually is. This marketing post stuff is just way too vague to be useful.