GTA 6 LIVE: Price 'way too little' says analyst

GTA 6 price 'way too little' says analyst

A gaming industry analyst has said the price Rockstar Games has set for GTA 6 is "way too little".

GTA 6 standard edition pre-orders are priced at $79 (£69) with ultimate editions $99 (£89).

But analyst Ben Thompson, author and founder of Stratechery, says GTA 6 should cost more than double its retail price.

He told TBPN: "They [Rockstar] should be charging like $200 for this game! GTA 6 is the last great game.

"It was mostly all made pre-AI. It is the pinnacle of AAA craftsmanship, years and years and years of blood, sweat and tears to the extent where you have Twitter analysts counting cigarette butts outside Rockstar's offices to see how much crunch they're in.

"I feel compelled to buy GTA 6, just in honour of it existing even if I don't know if I'm ever going to play it. I'd be happy to pay $200, $80 is ridiculous, they should charge more."

New GTA Online heist is now live

GTA Online: The Kortz Center Heist is now available for free for GTA 5 and GTA Online players.

Players can work with a professional counterfeiter to infiltrate Los Santos' premier cultural centre and burglarise the Albert Crisp Collection - a rotating set of valuable, handcrafted artworks ranging from antiques to contemporary masterworks.

Players will secure a bonus for their first successfully stolen and sold Primary Target each week and to mark the occasion, the same weekly first-time bonus has been extended to other Heists and updates.

There are seven new vehicles, including the Benefactor LRC GT (Super) and the Grotti Cartuccia GT (Sports), alongside the Vapid Caracara (Armored) which can be earned for free by completing all of The Kortz Center Heist's Tier 4 Career Progress challenges.

There are new additions to the Rockstar Mission creator, including zombies, sliding and rotating props, warp points, comprehensive cutscene enhancements and new stealth systems such as disguises and CCTV cameras.

There are special rewards for players who reached Elitist status in the Fine Art Collector Program Rewards before 13 July, including a GTA$1,000,000 discount on the Art Studio expansion, a free Vault Keypad upgrade, a free Annihilator Stealth helicopter from Warstock, a unique Sculpture and the opportunity to steal a Unique High-Value Primary Target Painting.

Rockstar Games there will be more to come over the coming weeks and months too.

GTA 6 won't help console decline says analyst

A gaming industry analyst does not think GTA 6 will help a projected decline in console sales.

A report from S&P Global Market Intelligence expects console shipments to fall 19.5 per cent this year to 33.9m units, reports Gamesindustry.biz.

And S&P analyst Neil Barbour does not think GTA 6 will be able to stop this because of hardware prices unprecedentedly going up because of key component shortages.

"That framing does not inspire confidence for 2027 or beyond," he said.

GTA 6 release date confusion as pre-orders reveal early access

I will be playing GTA the 18th of November
by u/Upstairs-Set8394 in GTA6

In the GTA 6 Subreddit, Redditor Upstairs-Set8394 has posted a screenshot of their PS5 pre-order showing that they will be able to play the game at 9pm on 18 November in Western Australia.

Although pre-loads can start from 12 November, the game's release date is 19 November.

It's not currently known if Rockstar Games will do a global or local release for it, in other words ensuring the game releases at the same time for everyone in the world or making the game available at certain times in specific time zones.

GTA 6 pre-orders became available at midnight in each different time zone, meaning this was available to gamers at different times across the world depending on where they were situated.

Rockstar Games also released Red Dead Redemption 2 at midnight in local times zones too, meaning Australia and New Zealand gamers got to play the games before those in the US or the UK.

So it seems Rockstar may do the same with GTA 6 given this track record - but there's confusion as the countdown timer for Upstairs-Set8394 seems to make the game available at 9pm on 18 November in Western Australia.

Upstairs-Set8394 said: "Is my countdown correct? According to it, I'll be able to play the game on 18 November at 9pm in Western Australia. So that would mean it's 8am on 18 November in New York, for example. Is that correct? Does that mean we get to play the game earlier in Australia? I thought a game like this would be released simultaneously worldwide."

And others have been commenting with their thoughts.

Alfakennyone said: "It depends whether it's 12am local / region or a worldwide launch. I would assume they would do the latter. Currently shows 9pm PST 18 November for me in the USA on the PlayStation Store."

ByronLazar155 said: "If so then you, myself and a lot of other WA Aussies and Aussies in general are ruining the good vibes of Vice City early."

went2college said: "Something tells me their servers will crash day one."

Gorillainabikini said: "It's just counting down till the actual date. It'll most likely change when the time is released."

TriathlonTommy8 said: "In Australia the release will be at 12am AEDT (Sydney time) across the entire country, so yes that's correct."

GTA 6's release time has not yet been confirmed by Rockstar Games at the time of writing.