Do you care if GTA6 jacks up the base price of games to $90 - $100?

Tbh I no longer buy games full price. I'm patient. In due time you can buy games you want to play at 70-90% less of its og price.

Recently I bought 4 PS5 games for less than the cost of one full priced game.

Devs can raise their prices all they want, they'll never see €80 from me for their one game

Nope! I don't play GTA games.😊

They can charge whatever they want.... Seriously. I'll still wait for my price or I won't play the game. Very few experiences feel new and fresh and the ones that do are usually cheaper indie titles... Easy pass on games at 60... Easy pass on games at 70.... Even easier at 100....

Not hyped so don’t care.

@uninspiredcup: I care because it could make other games jump in price.

However, I have absolutely zero interest in GTA games - so as long as its an isolated instance, I don't care.

This is exactly the intention and is what is going to happen.

You're suppose to not think about it.

I almost never buy at launch these days, so not a big thing for me. For GTA 6 I'll probably wait for PC version regardless. That kb/m goodness!

I honestly think games are pretty cheap and they have not kept up with inflation as some other commodities. I mean you could go to a faily mid restaurant in Sweden, eat a steak, drink some beer, have a desert and the bill is not that far from a AAA game, which is absurd imo.

I'm waiting for the PC version, so it wont be that much lol.

Honestly, people will buy it because it's GTA6

Yeah I definitely care. Games are already $90 here in Canada. With the 13% tax the total is slightly over $100. Certainly don’t want that price to go any higher. If GTA 6 pushes it then others will follow suit. Could say that I’ll just wait for a sale but then that “sale” price would likely just be the current price.

I’m hyped for GTA 6 but if they raise the price then **** them. They can go eat a ****.

Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC UK) launched at £54.99, and they actually upped the price to £59.99. This as released in 2019.

For context, games prior to this were around £44/49.

Stalker 2 for example is priced at £49.99.

I'd rather they not, but publishers give zero fuks about anyone with my spending habbits. I only buy games years later on a steep discount.

Of course I care. Gaming is already an expensive hobby.

Don’t care much tbh. Few games these days I care enough to buy at launch and those that I want I won’t care about the price! Luckily GTA6 isn’t one of them.. But yeah 100$ for a game feels wrong though

@uninspiredcup: "SF6 was the last"

Madden 2005 (Collection Edition) and GTA San Andreas were the last time I paid full price for a game.

That was 2004. Wait a minute, that's 20 years ago.

Please do

@uninspiredcup: I thought Rockstar North were Scottish people and that Scottish people were all nice. Did they become corrupted by money?

@vatususreturns: @uninspiredcup: "SF6 was the last"

Madden 2005 (Collection Edition) and GTA San Andreas were the last time I paid full price for a game.

That was 2004. Wait a minute, that's 20 years ago.

@vatususreturns: "Tbh I no longer buy games full price." @uninspiredcup: "SF6 was the last"

Madden 2005 (Collection Edition) and GTA San Andreas were the last time I paid full price for a game.

That was 2004. Wait a minute, that's 20 years ago.

I can't buy it at all. I would hate myself for being suckered into Rockstar's bad design and storytelling again.

Very strange, random anti-Scottish sentiment going on here. With abit of Macbeth.

You should watch Throne Of Blood, really good. Though maybe abit too cultured for SW (black and white/subs), very artistical.

Sure.... it could mean fewer games hitting the cheap prices I like to buy them at or taking longer to get there.

I've also seen a number pretty old games that used to get steep discounts , no longer hit the same prices they used to (Konami, Fromsoftware )

Getting squeezed no matter what .

Mannn I might get this if the PS5 Pro is enticing enough. I've always enjoyed the Grand Theft Auto games. If not, I'll wait for PC and buy it then

What if...GTA6 was bundle with PS5 Pro and costing $600 maybe? That would be a much better value for the money than buying it alone if it cost $100.

😂 You really think Sony is going to take a financial hit on a game guaranteed to sell on their non bundled systems?

@Pedro: Every console being sold always take a financial hit.

Yes! But, bundling a game like GTA6 is taking an additional hit.

@Pedro: If I'm gonna be honest about it. I can see PS5 Pro/GTA6 bundle for $700...at least. Paying just the standard GTA6 for $100 is really pushing it if you ask me. Word on the street is Sony is trying to talk with Take-Two on exclusive deal. The Pro is gonna need a flagship, GTA6 seems logical.

At that price point, there is no additional burn to Sony. I don't see how Sony can pull off the cost GTA6 being exclusive but they did buy Bungie.😏

Easy. The game obv going to be 30% better with 30% less bugs and devs will get paid and treated properly 🤣

....

Yeah I'm not buying another R* game. I always end up getting bored and dropping them quick.

yeah, games will probably follow.

Even though I rarely buy games at full price, when they start from a higher starting point it will take longer to reduce in sales to a value that's more affordable.

Yeah, in that it'd be a disgusting move.

No, in that I'm not buying the game either way.

Got GTA5 for free, still haven't played it.

I don't pay full price for any games so even if it did go up over $100, I will wait when the price drops.

Same. I'll wait for the price drop.

I will not be playing their games, so they could cost 1000usd for all I care.

I'll get it when it becomes 30 bucks on PC anyway

I'll just wait until Tim gives if for free on EGS.

sony sells their games for £69.99 here ($92) and have done since the ps5 launch in 2020. going up to $100 is only a few quid extra, can't see it ruffling too many feathers.

i've never paid £69.99 for a game. can't say i wouldn't be tempted if gta6 sp reviews well which it almost certainly will. if it's anymore though then i will pass on it. probably.

doesn't necessarily mean every other publisher will jump on the hike prices bandwagon as well, not really seen that so far this gen. elden ring launched at £44.99 in 2022, only a few weeks after forbidden west launched at £69.99

Not interested in any GTA games. Not at all.

I don't know why this question keeps popping up... they might have a special 100 dollar version like many games do, but it isn't going to cost that at a base level..

The bump on this is going to be regrettable.

Gonna have to disagree. Partly my shitty translation of $ to appeal to the hot dog eating Americans.

Since you're UK, be £60 to something like £80 or £90 they are swinging for.

On PC, as soon as games jumped from £34/£39/£44/£49/£54/£59, immediately the usual suspects jumped board.

Just checking Call Of Doody, the benchmark for marks, gullible fools etc...

£69.99. For the base edition, not all the scammy wank crap they throw in for dummies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1938090/Call_of_Duty/

Of course, can't even link properly because the forum is terribly designed. Wiping your arse becomes climbing Everest.

@uninspiredcup: i can't see them going £80 for the base game. they'll do all the super duper editions with collectibles and exclusive content for that and upwards, but i cant see the base game going higher than £70. maybe if they launch it around xmas. but it wouldn't surprise me to see it at £60. at £60-£65 it'll be the highest selling gta game of all time, eventually. £80+... not sure, it's a gamble.

they may do the classic drug dealer ploy and get customers with a good entry price, then once addicted bleed them dry overtime with ten years of pay to win / preen multiplayer

I have zero interest in the game but I kinda hope they jack up the price for the laughs.

I am only going to get it when it drops to 10-20 bucks.

Zero interest in GTA6. Bring on Next Mafia.

No buy

Anyway, people will buy because of hype

I care personally but nobody else will and it will sell bucket loads.

I am of two minds:

1. Games have, relative to other products, more or less remained at a steady price. In the 1990's I bought games for $50-60. This is physical, large box-and-manual stuff. Games now cost essentially the same. Conclusion? We are "due" for a cost increase as consumers. That's a hot take I admit but you know a Big Mac meal at McDonalds was like $6 20 years ago now you can't get out of McDonalds for less than $15, so...

2. AAA game quality has gone down hill pretty much across the board. Often to the point where not only is the game somewhat mediocre, but the technical aspects of it--how well it runs, how often does it crash, etc--is pretty bad that we ask (and receive!) refunds quite regularly. Refunds for digital kids up until a few years ago were quite rare until we had some bad releases, now it seems pretty standard. Conclusion: I don't think we should reward shoddy craftmanship and corrupt business practices with more money.

Game prices have gone up, it's just less noticable.

Think about it, you bought a SNES game in the 90s for 60 and it came with everything the game had to offer.

Now the game will split up its content on top of having deluxe, gold, complete editions.

If you want the base game that'll be 70 but that's far from the complete picture

Then there are even more things like buying advanced access

Sure, all of that stuff is not tempting for me (having to have extra content, or having the game earlier), but I fear they will just keep doing this until it is tempting.

I do understand game costs going up. GTA IV's city had more detail in it than GTA 3, and GTA VI's will have more detail going into it than GTA IV (night life is a big example).

But I just don't want to have the feeling that I'm just spending extra on eye candy, you know? If it was something more than that like also having deeper games than sure... Maybe I'd be tempted to spend $100

But not how the current industry is doing it.