Rockstar has finally revealed the GTA 6 price, ending plenty of chatter and speculation. While the cost does mean $80 at least, at the very least, you'll now be able to put the money you need aside for when the next Grand Theft Auto game releases this November.
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As expected, Rockstar revealed the long-awaited GTA 6 news in a press release, detailing that the standard edition of GTA 6 will cost you $80 while the Ultimate Edition will cost $99.99. Interested? GTA pre-orders kick off at midnight local time today.
While we've had to wait until today to get the official word from Rockstar, there was some chatter over an early leak just recently. As we previously reported, a European retailer suggested a price range of €90 to €200, though a reliable dataminer quickly noted it was likely a placeholder. Now, though, we know it's not quite that bad, which is something.
So, why has the cost of GTA 6 been causing such a stir over the past few years? Some topics of conversation are evergreen – games are getting more expensive to make, so will those costs be passed down? If we're moving towards a new console genre, does that mean more expensive games? And so on.
What was particularly impactful, however, was Nintendo's pricing of Mario Kart World for the Nintendo Switch 2. To this day, picking up the racer will set you back $80. At the time, Nintendo ripping the band-aid off led plenty of gaming fans to wonder who would follow suit. Team Xbox flirted with the idea with The Outer Worlds 2 before running that decision back, and they aren't the only ones.
Regardless, a common thought that entered the brain of many was, 'if Nintendo can charge $80 for Mario Kart, then how much could Rockstar charge for one of the most-anticipated games of all time?' Not a thought many of us enjoy, for sure.
While plenty of analysts have been happy to float the possibility that GTA 6 could have hit the heights of a $100 price tag, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick had offered some assurance with several remarks, saying "our job is to charge way way way less of the value" of a game, and that the company typically aims to "deliver way more value than what we charge."
Of course, now that the GTA 6 price is set, fans will be able to decide for themselves if Rockstar is providing more value than what is being charged this November.
