GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Rockstar Says It Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch
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Rockstar Games has finally announced the price of GTA 6, while confirming it features a “single-player experience” at launch.

Rockstar said GTA 6 costs $79.99 across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, confirming a $10 jump from the standard $70 we’ve seen this generation. The Ultimate Edition, meanwhile, is $20 more, priced $99.99.

GTA 6 physical copies do not include a disc, Rockstar has confirmed. They’re just a code in a box

  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
    39·
    15 hours ago

    Oh that was NEVER going to happen. They found out with GTA V and RDR2 that they can triple dip on sales at full price by staggering releases and upgrades. Rockstar will never release everything at the same time again.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      12 hours ago

      They found out with GTA V and RDR2…

      Not to be pedantic, but Rockstar have always staggered their PC ports all the way back to GTA III. Their strategy is literally 25+ years old at this point and I don’t see it changing.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      15 hours ago

      Never say never. The console landscape has changed dramatically since both of those games came out. PC took a lot of market share, and the console install base at the time of GTA V’s release was way higher than it is now.

      • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        15 hours ago

        Never say never.

        Rockstar only loses money by releasing both at the same time. PC-only gamers will wait to get it on PC, but the gamers that also have consoles and don’t want to wait will buy it on console, and then buy it again on PC when that releases in roughly a year (just like GTA V and RDR2). It was never launching on PC at the same time as consoles, the chances of that were 0% after Rockstar saw the multiple millions of dollars in extra sales they got thanks to those staggered releases.

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          15 hours ago

          The chances get significantly higher when the console player base is smaller and trending down. Investors want to see the biggest entertainment launch in history every time, which is doable when you’re reaching a larger addressable market. The other headwind they’re facing right now is that people on the fence for a PS5 are maybe less inclined to buy one just for GTA now that it’s gotten significant price hikes. Someone impatient who may have been willing to double dip is probably less so.

          GTA6 is still going to do gangbusters with exactly this strategy, but the market is changing, and it could affect how things play out in the future.