GTA 6 Is As Expensive As You Thought, But Also More So

It’s the day you’ve been dreading: the day Rockstar Games reveals how much they’re going to charge for GTA 6, the most anticipated game of the year. It’s so red-hot, every other publisher is staying out of its way, mashing all their major holiday releases into October. So far, the only willing challenger for GTA 6’s street date has been a Barbie game compilation. With stakes like these, Rockstar is in a position where they could pretty much do anything to their customers and get away with it.

Gulp.

So here’s the deal. Your return to Vice City has been given an $80 ticket price. That’s the sticker most people were predicting…it’s over the norm, but not by too much. If you also predicted that would be the BASE ticket price, you were also right. A $100 Ultimate Edition will be released on the same day that grants exclusive access to a bevy of extra cars, boats, revolvers and five character mod shops your peasant friends can’t access. It’s nothing you need to play the game, and none of it gives an advantage, but it is a LOT of stuff — and I guess it would need to be for $20 extra.

Another thing people have been fretting over regarding GTA 6 is its size. Will it be over 200 GB like rumors say? Will there be a physical edition of GTA 6 to cut down on some of those storage woes? Depends on your definition of “physical.” Rockstar is putting out a box, but that’s all it is…a box, with a download code in it. It’s the largest release to ever ship with just a piece of paper inside, and people are worried about the precedent that could set.

The reality is that the disc drives in he PS5 and XBox models can’t spin fast enough to weave the intricate world Rockstar has created, so it’d all have to go on the drive regardless of whether there was a disc (or two, or three) or not. But if the size does turn out to top 200 gigs, it’s kinda inconsiderate given how expensive extra storage is. How can some people play the game at all?

Two more details: GTA 6 is a single-player only game. Those expecting an upgraded GTA Online will be baffled. Also, it’s a console exclusive. Just PS5 and XBox players can play it. No PC gamers are allowed in this sandbox yet.

If any of this didn’t deflate your enthusiasm, then prepare for November 19, when GTA 6, a game 13 years in the making, will at last be released. (Expecting a trailer at the end of this article? We didn’t get that either.)