Reuters: Grand Theft Auto VI could cement the $80 standard in AAA

[iamthemilkman]

The price makes "GTA VI" one of the most expensive base versions of a top-tier game, pushing it above the $69.99 ceiling that blockbusters such as Sony's "Ghost of Yōtei" and Nintendo's "Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" have held for years.

The "Ultimate Edition" of the game will cost $99.99 and add exclusive vehicles, weapons and apparel woven into the story of Jason and Lucia, ⁠the protagonists of the game.

Shares of Take-Two rose nearly 3% in premarket trading.

Joost van Dreunen, games professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, said the pricing was unlikely to dent sales, calling "$80 a rounding error against the anticipation."

He said the price could set a new benchmark for blockbuster titles with few substitutes but was unlikely to apply to mid-tier publishers. "GTA VI doesn't lift all prices but widens the gap between the haves and the have-nots," he added.

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Good luck with that, publishers. Everyone thinking that they're on GTA's level will be hilarious to watch play out. Remember when Microsoft thought The Outer Worlds 2 was an $80 game, they got called out over it, and the game still bombed at $70, leading to the death of the franchise?

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I haven't bought a brand new game in a fat minute, are games still 60 bucks?

 

[Morgan Katarn]

GTA the most boring game series I ever seen with the largest fans base in human history.

80 bucks have been standard for over a year now GTA 6 will not cement shit but it means AAA companies will be delusional and think they can keep charing 80 bucks for their they then they will complain when they join Ubitards in losing several billions.

And they will blame us for not spending money on their trash.

So even if I hate GTA series I must thank Rockstar for making the AAA industry for committing suicide.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

I have a policy of not paying more than $20 for a single video game.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Only game Im buying full price is Ace Combat 08 and its the collectors edition for that sweet book. Any other game is going to come out of the clearance rack for me

 

[ZeromusVX4]

Good thing I don't care in the slightest about triple A gaming, I have a virtually infinite backlog of classic actual good games so whatever, the current industry is cooked anyway

 

[contrail_]

I came here with the intention of expressing my reluctance to pay 80 bucks for any video game, as well as my general disinterest in the GTA franchise (it's not a bad franchise, more of a guilty pleasure), but I guess everyone beat me to it.

 

[4C374552A1CA2638]

Now that precedent has been established, I wonder how the next Call of Duty, whatever big name sports titles there are, or Pokémon will be priced.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

If we don't boycott paying a weekly salary for a download code, then we really are sheep happily throwing themselves to the wolves.

 

[Sanomoe]

Yes, it will set a standard, a standard of me buying indies and playing old games

 

[Vardalis]

I feel like I remember a group of these snivelling execs and such coming out a while ago pretty much begging Rockstar to release for $80 so they could have some form of "permission" to do the same.

They aren't even making games worth $40 these days, let alone $80. Something something fools and money soon parted.

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

GTA the most boring game series I ever seen with the largest fans base in human history.

80 bucks have been standard for over a year now GTA 6 will not cement shit but it means AAA companies will be delusional and think they can keep charing 80 bucks for their they then they will complain when they join Ubitards in losing several billions.

And they will blame us for not spending money on their trash.

So even if I hate GTA series I must thank Rockstar for making the AAA industry for committing suicide.

It hasn't been 'standard' outside of Nintendo. Another bastion of corporate greed. Consoles are already failing to sell because of the price increases... games are going to suffer too. This is not a pleasant outlook for the industry. That said, people have been SWEARING a crash is coming for the past 15 years and it hasn't. I don't think a 'crash' if it does happen, is going to mean the same thing it did in the 80s. Indies are far too large and ingrained now for gaming to ever go away. a Current crash would mean the dismantling of console manufacturers (Except nintendo.. because of course) and a complete restructuring of how 'AAA' games are made... they'd probably go away almost completely, all games would sort of be Indie+ and would slowly scale up from there.

That's my guess anyway

 

[Tortuga]

 

[Morgan Katarn]

It hasn't been 'standard' outside of Nintendo. Another bastion of corporate greed. Consoles are already failing to sell because of the price increases... games are going to suffer too. This is not a pleasant outlook for the industry. That said, people have been SWEARING a crash is coming for the past 15 years and it hasn't. I don't think a 'crash' if it does happen, is going to mean the same thing it did in the 80s. Indies are far too large and ingrained now for gaming to ever go away. a Current crash would mean the dismantling of console manufacturers (Except nintendo.. because of course) and a complete restructuring of how 'AAA' games are made... they'd probably go away almost completely, all games would sort of be Indie+ and would slowly scale up from there.

That's my guess anyway

Oh it´s not only Nintendo it´s been a standard across most AAA. Recent Forza Horizone 6 69.99 euro which is 79.49 dollar so nearly 80. EA SPORTS FC also 69.99 euro which is well 79.49.

Battefield 6
Crimson desert
Star wars Jedie survivor

All these game´s 70 euro which would be 80bucks if I was paying in dollar. The Worst part is Im paying in Swedish Kroner so for me these games cost 775 Swedish kroner. Which is around 200 Kroner more than I used to pay for game back in 2018-19.
So it´s not only Nintendo. It´s most AAA as I said.


Yeah a crash will not happen but AAA killing them self off might happen that does not equal a crash it just means EVERY company with SHIT for brains will die and go away which is a good thing let does assholes go bankrupt.

 

[Pokenami's icon Pokenami Pokenami]

At that point, I'll pretty much start playing more indie and retro games than paying a whopping $80 for one game.

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

Oh it´s not only Nintendo it´s been a standard across most AAA. Recent Forza Horizone 6 69.99 euro which is 79.49 dollar so nearly 80. EA SPORTS FC also 69.99 euro which is well 79.49.

Battefield 6
Crimson desert
Star wars Jedie survivor

All these game´s 70 euro which would be 80bucks if I was paying in dollar. The Worst part is Im paying in Swedish Kroner so for me these games cost 775 Swedish kroner. Which is around 200 Kroner more than I used to pay for game back in 2018-19.
So it´s not only Nintendo. It´s most AAA as I said.


Yeah a crash will not happen but AAA killing them self off might happen that does not equal a crash it just means EVERY company with SHIT for brains will die and go away which is a good thing let does assholes go bankrupt.

Okay, well in US dollars, they are still $70. And that is sort of the standard that most of the worlds prices are based off of, as you just pointed out with the $69.99 price tag

 

[Morgan Katarn]

Okay, well in US dollars, they are still $70. And that is sort of the standard that most of the worlds prices are based off of, as you just pointed out with the $69.99 price tag

Yeah but US prices does not matter at all for people outside US. SO 70 euro which is basicly = to 80 damn dollar is well 80 damn dollar it´s just USA seams fucking SPEICAL and get better steam prices.
So 69.99 euro aka 79.49 DOLLAR makes the game COST 80 dollar for every one that´s not American.

ANd lets not get started on PLAYSTATION games. Every single AAA game is about 799 to 899 Swedish kroner or 81.96 to 92.25 fucking dollar.

So Nintendo is not the only one in fact Nintendo Switch games are for some fucking reason Cheaper than PlayStation
Demon souls remake is still after so many years 899 Kroner or 92.25 dollar.


You American´s need to remember not EVRYTHING is about USA if people say it´s 80 dollar well it is 80 dollar if you convert from one currency in to US.


But if I shall be petty as fuck ALL AAA games are 120+ Dollar becuse you also blowing 30+ for fucking DLCs making all AAA game cost more than they are worth most of the time.

And with high hardware prices gaming might end up being a luxury for the rich.

 

[BrawlMan]

If it does happen, then I won't be buying at launch, and there are plenty of indie games to take their place. A majority of them, I won't even be touching.

 

[Stare best girl]

2 Billion dollars of budget but zero money for discs