Recently, Rockstar announced* that the expected retail price of GTA6
is going to be $80 (well, $79.99 USD but AFAIK pennies no longer exist
in the US so that's a distinction that no longer makes any difference
;-). So, the question is: would you pay that much for the next Grand
Theft Auto game?
I've mixed feelings.
On the one hand, I agree that the $49.99 USD price-tag for most games
is historically low after you take inflation into account. It's not
that I want to pay more, but developers gotta get paid, y'know? And
while there are a lot of games that may not be worth full price thanks
to all the MTX double-dipping and cruddy gameplay, I think giving
Rockstar the benefit of the doubt isn't too much to ask. Whether you
like their games or not, the Grand Theft Auto titles (and generally
all their open-world games) have been tours de force, with a lot of
effort and detail put into the design. (Whether GTA6 will live up to
their previous efforts is, of course, not something we'll be able to
answer until the game actually comes out, but odds are high that the >end-product will probably justify the development cost (which, last I
heard, was > $2 billion USD. Suck it, "Star Citizen!" ;-)
On the other hand... well, if you're a regular you KNOW how I resist
paying full price for video games. I've been disappointed by too many
games, and anyway, there's such a glut of inexpensive (but still
good!) titles to play that it makes it even harder to rationalize
paying that much when there are almost-as-good alternatives available.
(Plus, you know I live and die by The Number. $79.99 USD can buy me
six or seven smaller games, and between the choice of 1 GTA6 and 6
other games, well... The Number is a demanding mistress ;-)
So even if I agree GTA6 is probably worth its asking price, it's
unlikely I'll ever pay that much for it.
But it makes me wonder if a lot of others will. I mean, sure, GTA6 is
going to be an instant success no matter the price. There's a lot of
hype for this game, and people have been waiting for a sequel to the
GTA games for... good gog, has it really been 13 years?!? Rockstar's
going to see record sales numbers for sure.
But given the price and the uncertain economy, will that added
surcharge over the 'usual' $59.99 or $69.99 scare away more people
than usual? Is that extra $10 USD going to cost Rockstar more than it
brings in?
Well, probably. I'm sure Rockstar and Take Two have armies of
accountants and market research people who've analyzed this 100
different ways. But it's definitely lost them one customer. I may be >interested in the GTA6, and there may be SOME games I consider buying
at that price... but that's a Venn diagram that doesn't overlap in the
case of this game.
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
* IGN says so, so it must be true >https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch
Recently, Rockstar announced* that the expected retail price of GTA6
is going to be $80 (well, $79.99 USD but AFAIK pennies no longer exist
in the US so that's a distinction that no longer makes any difference
;-). So, the question is: would you pay that much for the next Grand
Theft Auto game?
I've mixed feelings.
On the one hand, I agree that the $49.99 USD price-tag for most games
is historically low after you take inflation into account. It's not
that I want to pay more, but developers gotta get paid, y'know? And
while there are a lot of games that may not be worth full price thanks
to all the MTX double-dipping and cruddy gameplay, I think giving
Rockstar the benefit of the doubt isn't too much to ask. Whether you
like their games or not, the Grand Theft Auto titles (and generally
all their open-world games) have been tours de force, with a lot of
effort and detail put into the design. (Whether GTA6 will live up to
their previous efforts is, of course, not something we'll be able to
answer until the game actually comes out, but odds are high that the end-product will probably justify the development cost (which, last I
heard, was > $2 billion USD. Suck it, "Star Citizen!" ;-)
On the other hand... well, if you're a regular you KNOW how I resist
paying full price for video games. I've been disappointed by too many
games, and anyway, there's such a glut of inexpensive (but still
good!) titles to play that it makes it even harder to rationalize
paying that much when there are almost-as-good alternatives available.
(Plus, you know I live and die by The Number. $79.99 USD can buy me
six or seven smaller games, and between the choice of 1 GTA6 and 6
other games, well... The Number is a demanding mistress ;-)
So even if I agree GTA6 is probably worth its asking price, it's
unlikely I'll ever pay that much for it.
But it makes me wonder if a lot of others will. I mean, sure, GTA6 is
going to be an instant success no matter the price. There's a lot of
hype for this game, and people have been waiting for a sequel to the
GTA games for... good gog, has it really been 13 years?!? Rockstar's
going to see record sales numbers for sure.
But given the price and the uncertain economy, will that added
surcharge over the 'usual' $59.99 or $69.99 scare away more people
than usual? Is that extra $10 USD going to cost Rockstar more than it
brings in?
Well, probably. I'm sure Rockstar and Take Two have armies of
accountants and market research people who've analyzed this 100
different ways. But it's definitely lost them one customer. I may be interested in the GTA6, and there may be SOME games I consider buying
at that price... but that's a Venn diagram that doesn't overlap in the
case of this game.
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
* IGN says so, so it must be true https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch
On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:28:58 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Recently, Rockstar announced* that the expected retail price of GTA6
is going to be $80 (well, $79.99 USD but AFAIK pennies no longer exist
in the US so that's a distinction that no longer makes any difference
;-). So, the question is: would you pay that much for the next Grand
Theft Auto game?
I've mixed feelings.
On the one hand, I agree that the $49.99 USD price-tag for most games
is historically low after you take inflation into account. It's not
that I want to pay more, but developers gotta get paid, y'know? And
while there are a lot of games that may not be worth full price thanks
to all the MTX double-dipping and cruddy gameplay, I think giving
Rockstar the benefit of the doubt isn't too much to ask. Whether you
like their games or not, the Grand Theft Auto titles (and generally
all their open-world games) have been tours de force, with a lot of
effort and detail put into the design. (Whether GTA6 will live up to
their previous efforts is, of course, not something we'll be able to
answer until the game actually comes out, but odds are high that the
end-product will probably justify the development cost (which, last I
heard, was > $2 billion USD. Suck it, "Star Citizen!" ;-)
On the other hand... well, if you're a regular you KNOW how I resist
paying full price for video games. I've been disappointed by too many
games, and anyway, there's such a glut of inexpensive (but still
good!) titles to play that it makes it even harder to rationalize
paying that much when there are almost-as-good alternatives available.
(Plus, you know I live and die by The Number. $79.99 USD can buy me
six or seven smaller games, and between the choice of 1 GTA6 and 6
other games, well... The Number is a demanding mistress ;-)
So even if I agree GTA6 is probably worth its asking price, it's
unlikely I'll ever pay that much for it.
But it makes me wonder if a lot of others will. I mean, sure, GTA6 is
going to be an instant success no matter the price. There's a lot of
hype for this game, and people have been waiting for a sequel to the
GTA games for... good gog, has it really been 13 years?!? Rockstar's
going to see record sales numbers for sure.
But given the price and the uncertain economy, will that added
surcharge over the 'usual' $59.99 or $69.99 scare away more people
than usual? Is that extra $10 USD going to cost Rockstar more than it
brings in?
Well, probably. I'm sure Rockstar and Take Two have armies of
accountants and market research people who've analyzed this 100
different ways. But it's definitely lost them one customer. I may be
interested in the GTA6, and there may be SOME games I consider buying
at that price... but that's a Venn diagram that doesn't overlap in the
case of this game.
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
* IGN says so, so it must be true
https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch
**-
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
I'm really not sure, definite maybe for now. I wasn't that keen on 4 or
5 and the what little is known about 6 hasn't been that impressive. So
maybe if they can bring something new to the format? Or remix it somehow
so it at least feels new.
Besides, it might be a long wait for the PC version still. But maybe I
could try it on that streaming service Sony has...
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
More generally, the thought of games with current, real-world environments, in particular inner city gang violence type scenarios,
just makes me tired. The whole idea of GTA just leaves me cold. No interest in this game.
rms
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot >>policeman!
More generally, the thought of games with current, real-world
environments, in particular inner city gang violence type scenarios, just >makes me tired. The whole idea of GTA just leaves me cold. No interest in >this game.
Anssi Saari wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:Will GTA 6 be like GTA 4, where if you forget what email is associated
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
I'm really not sure, definite maybe for now. I wasn't that keen on 4 or
5 and the what little is known about 6 hasn't been that impressive. So
maybe if they can bring something new to the format? Or remix it somehow
so it at least feels new.
Besides, it might be a long wait for the PC version still. But maybe I
could try it on that streaming service Sony has...
with it or lose the email, you have to purchase it again on a different >Steam account? That it's basically burned on that Steam account for the >foreseeable future?
Recently, Rockstar announced* that the expected retail price of GTA6
is going to be $80 (well, $79.99 USD but AFAIK pennies no longer exist
in the US so that's a distinction that no longer makes any difference
;-). So, the question is: would you pay that much for the next Grand
Theft Auto game?
I've mixed feelings.
On the one hand, I agree that the $49.99 USD price-tag for most games
is historically low after you take inflation into account. It's not
that I want to pay more, but developers gotta get paid, y'know? And
while there are a lot of games that may not be worth full price thanks
to all the MTX double-dipping and cruddy gameplay, I think giving
Rockstar the benefit of the doubt isn't too much to ask. Whether you
like their games or not, the Grand Theft Auto titles (and generally
all their open-world games) have been tours de force, with a lot of
effort and detail put into the design. (Whether GTA6 will live up to
their previous efforts is, of course, not something we'll be able to
answer until the game actually comes out, but odds are high that the end-product will probably justify the development cost (which, last I
heard, was > $2 billion USD. Suck it, "Star Citizen!" ;-)
On the other hand... well, if you're a regular you KNOW how I resist
paying full price for video games. I've been disappointed by too many
games, and anyway, there's such a glut of inexpensive (but still
good!) titles to play that it makes it even harder to rationalize
paying that much when there are almost-as-good alternatives available.
(Plus, you know I live and die by The Number. $79.99 USD can buy me
six or seven smaller games, and between the choice of 1 GTA6 and 6
other games, well... The Number is a demanding mistress ;-)
So even if I agree GTA6 is probably worth its asking price, it's
unlikely I'll ever pay that much for it.
But it makes me wonder if a lot of others will. I mean, sure, GTA6 is
going to be an instant success no matter the price. There's a lot of
hype for this game, and people have been waiting for a sequel to the
GTA games for... good gog, has it really been 13 years?!? Rockstar's
going to see record sales numbers for sure.
But given the price and the uncertain economy, will that added
surcharge over the 'usual' $59.99 or $69.99 scare away more people
than usual? Is that extra $10 USD going to cost Rockstar more than it
brings in?
Well, probably. I'm sure Rockstar and Take Two have armies of
accountants and market research people who've analyzed this 100
different ways. But it's definitely lost them one customer. I may be interested in the GTA6, and there may be SOME games I consider buying
at that price... but that's a Venn diagram that doesn't overlap in the
case of this game.
Is the lure of GTA6 enough to make you cough up the extra cash, or are
you going to wait several years until the inevitable bargain bin (or
freebie, as all previous GTA games have previously eventually been
given away)?
* IGN says so, so it must be true https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch--
On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:28:58 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
[GTA 6]
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
At Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:28:21 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:28:58 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
[GTA 6]
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
I used to agonize about Counterstrike in the same way.
And there was a place in Soma where I couldn't advance without
killing someone that I didn't think needed to be killed. (That
one, I got refunded.)
But _it's a game_. Video game violence doesn't equate to real violence, unless you're already, shall we say, disturbed.
It's the same in Elite Dangerous Odyssey. I try to sneak and not
cause any injuries -- but sometimes, a situation goes South, and
people get hurt.
Sure, they're shooting at you, but if the EDO version of
Interpol is shooting at you, maybe it's time for a hasty
retreat -- but then, you will fail the mission, mostly.
Finally, I'll mention that some people go to anarchy stations
and straight-up murder everybody before looting the station.
Where's the sport in that?
What's your Rank in that game? Surely you've achieved Dangerous by now.
What about Deadly?
On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:05:14 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said
this thing:
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot >>policeman!
More generally, the thought of games with current, real-world
environments, in particular inner city gang violence type scenarios, just >makes me tired. The whole idea of GTA just leaves me cold. No interest in >this game.
I'm not so put off with the gameplay and cthe ops-n-robbers setting as
the whole satirical take on the world that Rockstar embeds into its
games. It just feels so dated. They can't do anything half as
ridiculous as what's actually going on in the USA now.
At Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:28:21 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:28:58 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
[GTA 6]
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot
policeman!
I used to agonize about Counterstrike in the same way.
And there was a place in Soma where I couldn't advance without
killing someone that I didn't think needed to be killed. (That
one, I got refunded.)
But _it's a game_. Video game violence doesn't equate to real violence, >unless you're already, shall we say, disturbed.
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot >>policeman!
More generally, the thought of games with current, real-world
environments, in particular inner city gang violence type scenarios, just >makes me tired. The whole idea of GTA just leaves me cold. No interest in >this game.
rms
I agree. No 'hood for me. Sort of lived in an area like that out of
college because I couldn't afford a better place to live. Had to take
the public bus through sections like that.
Not interested in that culture!
-pw
But _it's a game_. Video game violence doesn't equate to real violence, >unless you're already, shall we say, disturbed.
Nope. Not going to play or pay for a game where players can shoot >>policeman!
More generally, the thought of games with current, real-world
environments, in particular inner city gang violence type scenarios, just >makes me tired. The whole idea of GTA just leaves me cold. No interest in >this game.
Ouch. I still haven't played any of the 3D GTA games. I only played the >original GTA1 demo in 2D in college! ;)
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