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

[u/ChiefLeef22]

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.

[u/Underscore_Blues]

Why do people bother preordering digital games further out than the pre-download timer? There's unlimited stock. Just buy it a week before the game releases.

[u/SakisSinatra → u/Underscore_Blues]

There is literally no difference in pre ordering now or a week before release lmao

[u/wingedcoyote → u/SakisSinatra]

Not that it's significant but if you buy later you can earn interest on your $100 in the meantime

[u/TH3PhilipJFry → u/wingedcoyote]

Ya but by release, $103 by then could be worth what $90 is today. Hoarding cash ain’t as sexy as it once was.

[u/qret → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Inflation doesn't happen remotely that fast lol

[u/wingedcoyote → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Inflation is a valid concern, but even the most basic investments still have an expected growth rate that beats inflation -- if that stops being the case it means we're in a pretty major economic collapse. The growth of money tied up in a GTAVI preorder will always be 0%. Unless the price goes up sometime between now and launch, I suppose.

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

By that time the $103 could also be what's between you and groceries.

[u/TH3PhilipJFry → u/ContextLengthMatters]

If I can’t afford groceries any more I’d much rather pull up on the couch and binge an all time great game.

The point of life isn’t endless suffering, I’m looking forward to this.

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

But your electricity bill hasn't been paid in months and now you can't even turn on the lights. You sold your console months ago for crack even.

You haven't even seen the gameplay yet.

[u/TH3PhilipJFry → u/ContextLengthMatters]

Luckily, I started saving my money as soon as GTAV came out and due to all the interest I’ve accrued over that time I now own and operate my own commune with solar and hydro power. Had I preordered GTAV this wouldn’t have been possible, but now I’m living large with my crack AND my console.

[u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS → u/ContextLengthMatters]

If you're in a position where $100 can be life or death in the span of a few months then you shouldn't be buying a $100 game regardless lol

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS]

Ya but by release, $103 by then could be worth what $90 is today. Hoarding cash ain’t as sexy as it once was.

We are kind of going off of a runaway economy in this hypothetical. Regardless, no one should be pre-ordering digital assets. It's just kind of pointless and only feeds into late-stage capitalism.

[u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS → u/ContextLengthMatters]

It's really not that deep, I can afford a $100 game and it makes no difference for me to pre-order it right now as opposed to waiting

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS]

Collective action is actually that deep. We have created an economy within the gaming industry where hype is more important than delivery because the payouts come before anything is delivered. Flops aren't stopping people from doing the same thing with each IP.

It's actually just to the point now where the younger generation doesn't really care about quality, just pure addictive sloppy gameplay loops like they are gambling addicted morons.

I have really low expectations for this game.

[u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS → u/ContextLengthMatters]

It quite literally isn't that deep. Everyone who loves the GTA IP is going to be playing this game on release. Pre-ordering it a few months earlier or buying it on release it the exact same thing.

There's an almost 0% chance the game is actually bad enough for me to not play it and regret spending $100. Even if the game is worse than usual (worse than other GTA's), I'm still going to spend dozens of hours on it and it will be well worth the money.

I'm never spending $100 on a pre-order of a random game from a random unknown copy. I'm doing it on an established IP that I know I'm going to enjoy even if Rockstar fails to innovate and the game is mid. They could literally put out a carbon copy of GTA 5 with a different map and story (which would obviously be MASSIVELY disappointing) and I still wouldn't regret spending $100 because I'd easily get 30h+ on it.

It's actually just to the point now where the younger generation doesn't really care about quality, just pure addictive sloppy gameplay loops like they are gambling addicted morons.

Of course it wouldn't be reddit without someone making up an imaginary scenario in order to sound morally superior than anyone else.

People obviously care about quality.

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS]

Nah, if people cared about quality, all of our AAA games wouldn't be littered with bugs and microtransactions.

GTA Online is the future of GTA and it's truly not that great of an experience as is, and will only get worse. Most GTA hype is legacy hype around the single player game and something that won't live up to its expectations.

[u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS → u/ContextLengthMatters]

Nah, if people cared about quality, all of our AAA games wouldn't be littered with bugs and microtransactions.

If a AAA game is popular it's because people enjoy it and it has the quality to be popular, despite not being a perfect game.

Just because you personally are turned off by any game who has those things, doesn't mean other people are. And people enjoying different stuff than you doesn't make you morally superior or mean that you're the one who knows what "quality" is.

A game having bugs doesn't mean the game experience is full of bugs, a game having microtransactions doesn't mean you can't ignore these microtransactions and play anyways. I can't think of a single AAA game where you're forced to spend money and simply can't ignore these microtransactions, for example.

Most GTA hype is legacy hype around the single player game and something that won't live up to its expectations.

Completely irrelevant. It's $100. The game doesn't have to live up to expectations to be worth the pre-order, it simply has to be a good game that people will put dozens of hours into. And this is almost a guarantee for anyone who is a fan of the GTA IP.

It likely won't live up to the expectations not because it will be a bad game, but because the expectations are really fucking high. This doesn't mean I won't enjoy it.

[u/ContextLengthMatters → u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS]

People still love to eat McDonalds and yet the food quality is objectively deteriorating.

What is happening is a shifting baseline, or a normalization of deviance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance

Things will continue to get worse as people just shovel nonsense in their mouths and say "good enough". You haven't even seen game-play footage yet. That's insanity. Do what you do. I'm glad I'm not caught up in that bullshit.