Arguably the most anticipated AAA title of all time, GTA 6 could cost as much as $100 making it the highest base price for any video game launched by Rockstar or any other developer.
GTA 6 has been in development for over a decade and as things stand, Rockstar will release the game later this year for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S while the wait will continue for PC gamers. While Rockstar promised a reasonable price earlier, Epyllion CEO Matthew Ball suggested that it could be priced as high as $100 to battle the development costs and inflation.
Ball claimed that with an average price of $91 adjusted for inflation, GTA 6 would be the “cheapest” game in the franchise if it were priced at $70. Goes without saying that there is more than a decade’s worth of difference between the two games so a crazy price should not come as a surprise.
Releasing a game for $100 will not only set new pricing standards for the gaming industry, but if the game fails to deliver, its high price might backfire and we will have nothing but one of the biggest debacles in the video game industry.
While Rockstar has gone silent about how far along the game has come as the release date approaches. Only time will tell how Rockstar price their biggest game ever but hoping for it to match the current industry standard might not be the best thing to do.
