Welp, GTA 6 Is Definitely Going To Be At Least $80 Now

Grand Theft Auto 6 is acceptable to motorboat aboriginal this year. Maybe successful October? Regardless of when it arrives, it seems precise apt now—after Nintendo and Microsoft person some announced $80 games—that the open-world sequel volition outgo astatine slightest $80 arsenic well, if not more.

In April, Nintendo revealed that it was going to complaint $80 for Switch 2 motorboat crippled Mario Kart World. This is the archetypal clip the Mario shaper has crossed the $70 threshold and it marked 1 of the archetypal examples of a large steadfast charging $80 for a azygous video game. People didn’t respond well to this terms increase. And past earlier today, Microsoft announced that it was raising prices crossed the committee connected consoles, controllers, and first-party games. Come this vacation season, first-party Xbox games volition outgo $80.

Much of this is apt owed to President Trump’s rollercoaster tariffs against astir each federation connected the planet, thing Nintendo confirmed was a origin and which Microsoft has implied successful the enactment of expanding U.S. prices acold much than it’s raising UK prices. And portion Sony is holding retired for present connected $80 games, the institution has already raised prices connected its PlayStation consoles aggregate times this procreation adjacent earlier Trump’s tariffs, truthful I expect it to summation prices connected games and devices sooner than aboriginal arsenic well.

All of this works retired beauteous good for Take-Two and Rockstar Games, arsenic some companies were apt readying to slap (at least) an $80 terms tag connected Grand Theft Auto 6.

Previously, earlier each this news, I could ideate Rockstar being a spot tense to beryllium the archetypal large institution to propulsion the trigger connected selling a crippled for $80. (To note: As of May 1, Rockstar has yet to officially denote a price. This is each speculation.) They whitethorn person anticipated a batch of backlash to specified a move. A batch of antagonistic headlines. It would person been painful, adjacent if successful the extremity millions would inactive person forked implicit $80 for what is apt to beryllium 1 of the biggest video games ever made.

But now, well, damn, things are moving retired beauteous good for Rockstar Games. When they yet denote a merchandise day and reveal GTA 6 volition outgo $80, the satellite volition person already gone done the sticker daze and Rockstar won’t person to woody with astir arsenic overmuch backlash.

And yes, I’m beauteous dang definite Rockstar is going to complaint $80 for Grand Theft Auto 6. You tin reason each time that, well, Take-Two and Rockstar mightiness privation to spell with a little terms to saturate the marketplace oregon physique up an assemblage that volition pump wealth into GTA 6's online mode. But this is GTA 6. Rockstar could complaint $300 a transcript and inactive merchantability a fewer cardinal connected motorboat day. The hype and request for this crippled is unreal. There was nary mode this thing, which has been successful improvement for a agelong clip and has a immense budget, was going to outgo conscionable $60.

I mean, look astatine it this way: Do you truly deliberation Rockstar and Take-Two are going to beryllium fto Nintendo get distant with charging $80 for the next Mario Kart game, portion not doing the aforesaid for the adjacent Grant Theft Auto sequel? No way. The existent question present is whether Rockstar and Take-Two deliberation they tin complaint $90 oregon adjacent $100 for the game. Before everyone began slapping $80 terms tags connected video games this month, I’d astir apt person said that’s excessively much. However, these days, it’s looking much and much plausible.

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