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GTA 6 will cost $80

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Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by crims0n »

stuxnet79 wrote: post #59
crims0n wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is speculation that the size on disk will be over 200Gb, so one advantage is preloading that.

Is this after aggressive optimization? Size inflation for AAA games has truly reached new heights. If it had to be released via physical media that would require 3-4 BD discs at minimum. I've been on a retro gaming binge lately because I strongly believe the constraints & limitations of older platforms yielded a better product imo.

It is just speculation at this point, no official numbers yet. Some leaks have suggested a size about that, and it seems to be in-part corroborated by the physical editions being download codes.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by stuxnet79 »

rwyinuse wrote: post #46
crims0n wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is Rockstar, they haven't missed in a couple of decades and this is their flagship product.

It's still possible they miss this time. Unlikely, but I rather wait for reviews before buying.

It will probably be an unoptimized hot mess for the first year. Same as the rest of the over hyped AAA titles. I'm sure devs are on a death match to hit the deadline.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by MarioMan »

justinsaccount wrote: post #47
crims0n wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which would be $94.29 in today's dollars.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 launch price was $69.99. in 1994. That's $159.89 in today's dollars.

And that was only half the planned game until you bought Sonic & Knuckles with Lock-On Technology.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by Maxatar »

Arainach wrote: post #44
mrmattyboy wrote: post #30

Some backstory - I like gaming quite a bit - but more of a personal archivalist. I have basically all games I've ever played on physical media and try to keep someway to play them offline - just jailbroke my 360 to be able to play games from HDD incase the DVD drive broke. Anyway... I saw the no DVD and was initially devastated. I'm in two minds - I saw one post that basically said "it won't contain a DVD at launch".…

Physical media doesn't work when modern games are 100GB or more. And to answer your question, most consumers don't care. The convenience of being able to buy with a few clicks and download immediately without going to a store or waiting for the mail is far more beneficial to most people than being able to locally archive or replay in 20 years.

PS5 and XBox support Blu-ray discs with capacities up to 100 GB. Both GTA V and GTA IV used multiple discs (there was an installation disc and a play disc). Heck the PC version of GTA V required 7 DVDs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/18hkrvj/you_c...

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by BadBadJellyBean »

maxwellito wrote: post #23

Excuse my silly question, but what's the point of pre-buying a game, if it will only exists as a downloadable copy. I get you want to gift it for xmas, but for the rest of players? The point of pre-sale is to make sure you will get one when it comes out?

It's for those people that can't wait a second after release. As if the game is any worse if you start playing it a few days later.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by NDizzle »

I think this is a reasonable compromise. Let's face it - they could have made this a $100 game (or even more) and many people would have bought it. I would have bought it. I'm not sure if it needs to go to Neo-Geo game costs ($200+?) but Rockstar has earned enough of my trust to buy in.

That said, I think I've bought GTA5 two or three times for various platforms over the years. I doubt we'll see GTA6 on sale for years.

As they say in the automotive industry, buy once, cry once. (Pay more for the known good thing, rather than buying the cheap third party things... I'm looking at you, $30 clockspringexperts.com that I have replaced 3 times in the past 4 years... instead of buying the $300 toyota part once)

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by MYEUHD »

Stitch4223 wrote: post #19
redbackthomson wrote: post #6

> Rockstar said physical copies of the game will contain a code for a digital download for the game inside a box, rather than a disc. So what's the point of that? Why waste all that money and energy shipping "physical copies" when it could just be an email

No disks large enough probably (100 gig for PS5). And still if they manage to squeeze some form of the game on it, a large day one patch would render it obsolete. A nice box with artwork like a map and other goodies is still great. I always found those maps useful and aesthetically pleasing. Having a playable version of a game physically is great and I’d buy a version with some physical storage medium if it ever hits…

A PS5 disk can hold as much as 100GB, and they could use multiple disks if necessary.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by jordemort »

It will be very interesting to see if this lives up to the hype and/or if it is able to recoup the enormous amount of money spent developing it. The expectations from everyone seem to be so high; it's a very long way to the bottom if it somehow flops.

Personally, things got a little too realistic for me around the time of GTA IV. The earlier games felt like cartoony fun but I started to feel bad about the stuff I was doing in IV. I tried V a year or two back (I think they've maybe remastered it since?) but it ran so terribly on the Steam Deck that I refunded it.

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