{"id":1615582,"date":"2026-06-24T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HQ6peKbUUEvvAmqBTn44Xg"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:16:18","slug":"after-months-of-rumours-gta-6-wont-be-100-after-all-except-rockstar-is-locking-plenty-of-exclusive-items-behind-that-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/after-months-of-rumours-gta-6-wont-be-100-after-all-except-rockstar-is-locking-plenty-of-exclusive-items-behind-that-price-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"After months of rumours, GTA 6 won’t be $100 after all\u2026 except Rockstar is locking plenty of exclusive items behind that price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

Turns out, we were both right. Kinda.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of pre-orders going live on June 25\u2014here’s when that’ll be for wherever you are in the world<\/a>\u2014Rockstar has already laid out how much you can expect to pay<\/a>. 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 <\/em>edition, if Rockstar’s insane marketing on the big hundo version is anything to go by.<\/p>\n

That’s because the Ultimate Edition is set to contain “an\u202fexclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia\u2019s 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”.<\/p>\n

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Whether these are customisation options you can only <\/em>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 <\/em>on locking away some of the coolest things about the series behind an extra 20 bucks.<\/p>\n

I really can’t help but feel like $100 is the price Rockstar (or at least the big wigs) want <\/em>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\u2014literally, the pre-order news says it “amplifies the deepest and most immersive GTA experience yet”.<\/p>\n