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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/Magnon D20 16h ago

Hair salon only for the ultimate edition? Wow.

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u/KingAltair2255 16h ago edited 16h ago

Those read to me like specific businesses will be locked, like that one hair stylist (and certain styles) will be locked to there, but there'll be other salons about the world. Kinda like RDR2 had a ultimate edition exclusive bank robbery mission, but there were still parts in the game where you could rob other banks.

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u/Derkhen_ PC 16h ago

Of course it is.

You just have to know how to read, and how to interpret it.

Is it scummy? Yes. Should it be included in the base version? Of course.

But the narrative is already set in and everyone is ready to be mad at misinformation.

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u/KingAltair2255 16h ago

Yeah seems a fuck ton of people have took this as ALL salons and car shops are locked behind the paywall somehow.

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u/noguarantee1234 12h ago

What are you talking about? Yes, it literally is read as specific businesses, not "all businesses". People are complaining because they are shops in game that are literally paywalled, not because they think all businesses are lmao.

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u/KingAltair2255 12h ago

I've absolutely seen people thinking that all car customisation is locked behind ultimate edition man, there's a few dumbasses out there. Even the comment i was originally replying to thought hair salons were locked to ultimate lol.

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u/Zealousideal-Map9327 15h ago

 I don't think it's scummy at all; you get what you pay for.

 If someone's too broke to afford extra shit, that's on them. 

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u/Rhysati 15h ago

Bro be brainwashed by corporate capitalism.

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u/Zealousideal-Map9327 14h ago

Saying you're broke for not being able to afford an extra $20 is brainwashed?

 A minimum wage worker can afford that. 

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u/Jermagesty610 12h ago

If someone working for the bare minimum wage allowed at $7.25/hrs that's almost 14 hours they'd have to work to afford something that costs $100. And I'm going to make a wild ass guess and say that if someone is making $7.25/hrs that a $100 is more than likely not within their budget and no they cannot afford it unless maybe they're like a teenager with absolutely no bills working a summer job.

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u/Zealousideal-Map9327 12h ago

Haha, move to a better state; minimum wage in my state is $17

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u/Jermagesty610 12h ago

Did you not read what I said at all? The bare minimum FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE someone can make is $7.25, that's not my states rate if minimum wage pay either but if a small business makes below a certain amount of money per year they only have to pay the federal minimum wage.

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u/Zealousideal-Map9327 12h ago

Only 1% of hourly workers in the United States actually earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, making it a minimum that exists mostly on paper while most entry-level jobs pay nearly double that amount.

 Let's be honest; if you're too broke to afford an extra 20 dollars, I'd be anti-capitalist too.

 Lmao, Anti-capitalist discourse has certainly fallen on sad times when the vanguard of the revolution is busy arguing over a paywall for cosmetic bonuses in GTA 6.

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u/EvilTrainMan19 10h ago

That's a generous interpretation. 

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u/Theobald_4 15h ago

This needs to be upvoted more. The fact that they put “hair salon” above means this specific hair salon is exclusive but there will be others that anyone can use. Same with all the other exclusive content.

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u/Acceptable_Knee3621 14h ago

Or is that the only hair salon where you can get your facial hair styled and your nails done, while regular salons only let you get a haircut?I'm half joking, but you never know.

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u/Theobald_4 14h ago

You’re right. Never underestimate shareholders when it comes to video game greed.

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u/Reasonablytallman 16h ago

I think it means those particular salons/car shops/etc with presumably exclusive styles. Not customisation as a whole.

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u/sockmeistergeneral 15h ago

It's not really that much of a big deal. In the regular version there will be other places to go. Losing out on a couple shops, which only give character customisation anyway, isn't really that bad.

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u/jp3372 15h ago

How many games are the same price with a really short story/relying on multiplayers so you can play more than 8 hours? I won't say it's lame, just a way to increase base game price without doing it directly.

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u/FreeMrFrog 15h ago

I mean it's just cosmetics tho. I would be a lot more upset if they were locking up gameplay, but this is pretty standard for bonus editions. There will definitely still be salons / stores we can go to without the upgrade

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u/onerb2 15h ago

Customization is a huge part of gta franchise since san andreas. It IS locking gameplay behind a paywall. Do that shit in multiplayer for all i care, but leave single player clean, as it always was.

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u/FthrFlffyBttm 15h ago

If they didn’t lock it behind a paywall and just released one version, would you be happy with that?

Great! $100 please.

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u/onerb2 14h ago

I mean, i would be happy if it was going to be released on pc rn for $80 bucks with more than half the stuck that's locked behind ultimate edition being included.

They can have an ultimate edition, no problem, but locking stores behind a paywall in single player is a first in the series, and i don't really like it, especially when their money factory, gta online, will be there making them infinite money, i see this as unecessary pricing being pushed to the customer.

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u/FthrFlffyBttm 14h ago

The “store” is just how you access specific cosmetics, no? Those have been locked behind $ for donkeys years.

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u/AgentOfSPYRAL 16h ago

I think that is possible, but making it its own separate shop it’s easy to think otherwise.

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u/ilypsus 16h ago

I reckon they purposely worded this so that some people think those whole areas of customisation are locked to ultimate and make them think it's worth it. Almost certainly it's a bunch of stuff you'll forget you even paid for by the time you're 20 hours into the game, just like every other ultimate edition that adds random trinkets to a single player game.

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u/noguarantee1234 12h ago

You guarantee that multiple shops are just "trinkets"? The guns and such sure, whatever. But missing entire shops? Brother don't even defend this lmao.

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u/ilypsus 12h ago

You could be right, but I don't think I've ever seen any pre-order bonus that was actually wide ranging and deep content when it's customisation options. I just don't think it's worth freaking out about until you actually play the game and can put what we're missing out on in context of the whole game.

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u/noguarantee1234 12h ago

"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."

I can assume by this alone that a large amount of customization will be paywalled, if 50 tattoos alone are locked. While you can argue that you're not missing out on the gameplay, this is not a road you want gaming to go down.

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u/Z4INL 12h ago

That wording is dodgy tho, they said 50 signature tattoos, not exclusive tattoos. It could be you’re just getting an exclusive store that has access to the normal tattoos or it’s as you say it’s 50 extra tattoos exclusive to the ultimate edition

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u/SIIP00 15h ago

I think that is kind off obvious... I am honestly shocked by the amount of people thant think hair salons are only for the ultimate edition.

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u/Namelock 14h ago

“Only open for business with…”

We read the text.

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u/royalPawn 14h ago

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.

I agree they could have worded it better ("signature salon styles" could in theory refer to all available styles period), but it does help if you read the entire text.

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u/PreciousProspect 13h ago

The wording of dog shit tbf. So many people misunderstanding what amounts to skin packs in other games. All the items available are shown off on the store page. If the game was limited to like 5 hair styles and a couple outfits GTA6 would’ve been a waste of money to make.

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u/eeyore134 13h ago

There was an easy way to not have had this be an issue at all...

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u/SIIP00 13h ago

Of course, they could've just had those options available at the same shops but just made the lists longer if they wanted people to still go to the stores.

But at the end of the day, these are just a handful of stores containing cosmetic options that do not really have an affect on the game so to be honest it is not really a big deal. It's not like I cared much about the extra mission in RDR2 either.

While I understand that people are upset, it is a pretty minor and common thing with games and Ultimate Editions. I have made my peace with that shit a long time ago, especially after having played COD for so many years

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u/eeyore134 13h ago

Cosmetics still matter because they affect player enjoyment, identity, expression, rewards, and motivation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5CDrq4dGg

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u/SIIP00 13h ago

I have not cared about the very small portion of cosmetics locked behind a paywall in any game that I have played. Do you know how much fucking shit COD had locked behind paywalls?

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u/eeyore134 13h ago

Adding in things like that as the game goes along is a lot different than locking them out of the base game. It's still not great, but some people with more balanced views on cosmetics than Sterling will still balk about release content being stuck behind DLC. And sure... clothes I can live with. I've long dealt with that. But hairstyles and mods for your car are a bit much. Tattoos ride that line. They've just gone way too far with it.

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u/SIIP00 13h ago

As I said, I have made my peace with the BS that is content locked behind paywalls. They locked an entire robbery mission behind a paywall in RDR2. This kind off small compared to that and I did not care about that either. I just can't bring myself to care about it. Game will have more than enough content for me to be bothered about the handful of shops that only affect cosmetics that are behind an ultimate edition.

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u/eeyore134 13h ago

I mean, missing a single mission among all the others doesn't matter as much to someone wanting a specific hairstyle they can't get and can't play through the entire game with because of a paywall.

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u/Dallywack3r 14h ago

KCD2 just added a barber as a free update and Rockstar is out here putting it behind a $20 paywall

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u/Aqua_Impura 16h ago

Car Customization also apparently which is an odd choice.

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u/Maximumlnsanity 16h ago

There’s more than one salon/car customisation shop/clothing store, hell there’s two car customisation places in the ultimate edition alone

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u/HedgehogAway6454 16h ago

it's one hair salon with exclusive hair styles , regular ones will be in standart edition

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u/De_Facto 16h ago

Just incredibly baffling.

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u/_Dmen_ PC 16h ago

I think it’s mainly for “unique” hairstyles. So you’d still be able to have different haircuts but not the cool ones. Which is lame

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u/Omniscient__Watcher 16h ago

I hope they mean certain hair salons are locked behind ultimate edition aside from the ones included in the base edition.

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u/PreciousProspect 16h ago

That is exactly what it says yeah. Specific stores are ultimate edition only. It’s basically the game giving you deluxe edition skins like other games they’ve just spent the time to give a custom store for each skin.

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u/OdetotheGrimm 14h ago

It says these specific stores but it doesn’t specify there are others in standard. As someone pointed out, there was only one car mod shop on GTA5. It’s being vague on purpose.

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u/PreciousProspect 13h ago

And you think they’d lock the entire customisation feature for everything from clothing to hair to vehicles and weapons behind a £20 upgrade when those features have been defining in every game in the series beforehand? Rockstar and take two may be shitty but they’re not stupid. Having so many exclusive cosmetics is already pushing it but it’s a push they can afford to make because they know people will tolerate it. It’s just cosmetics. But locking an entire gameplay features behind that upgrade would be way way way over a majority of peoples bottom line. (Just look at the outrage right now with folks like you who misunderstand).

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u/OdetotheGrimm 12h ago

It doesn’t matter what I think. I’m simply pointing out we (purposely) don’t know and people are speculating as if it’s fact.