Well, gamers. It’s been months of rumours and analysts offering their thoughts on what Grand Theft Auto 6 was going to cost. The big $100 has been thrown around a bunch in that time, despite living in a world where normal videogames cost $70. In this morning’s meeting with a couple fellow PC Gamer writers, I theorised $80 would probably be the number.
Turns out, we were both right. Kinda.
In anticipation of pre-orders going live on June 25—here’s when that’ll be for wherever you are in the world—Rockstar has already laid out how much you can expect to pay. It’s offering two editions, Standard and Ultimate, coming in at $80 and $100 respectively. Except I’d argue that the $80 is more of a basic edition, if Rockstar’s insane marketing on the big hundo version is anything to go by.
That’s because the Ultimate Edition is set to contain “an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story.” How does that look in practice? Well, we know there’s at least one exclusive salon offering haircuts for both characters, with makeup and manicures for Lucia and facial hair for Jason. There’s also an Ultimate Edition-exclusive mod shop, where you can “Transform vanilla vehicles into magnificent works of art with detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings.” That’s perhaps the most egregious one in all of the Ultimate Edition “goodies”.
Whether these are customisation options you can only get with the Ultimate Edition, or whether there’ll be some peasant stores for us $80 buyers, isn’t entirely clear yet. Either way, I definitely have thoughts on locking away some of the coolest things about the series behind an extra 20 bucks.
I really can’t help but feel like $100 is the price Rockstar (or at least the big wigs) want to charge. “Hey guys! You want the FULL Grand Theft Auto 6 gaming experience? It’s only an extra $20!!” Or something like that. The developer is certainly marketing the Ultimate Edition as the best way to play GTA 6—literally, the pre-order news says it “amplifies the deepest and most immersive GTA experience yet”.
It does also feel a little strange to see all these extra cosmetics for a game we’ve barely seen any actual gameplay for yet. But hey, that’s modern videogames for you, I suppose.
Locked shops and cosmetics aside, I am still pretty excited for Grand Theft Auto 6. All the excitement of new screenshots has been dampened somewhat by knowing they come with an extra price tag, but it’s done the job of both giving me FOMO and making me hungry to see more of what Leonida has to offer.
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