Hello everybody!

Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

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Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

I've heard that people found that pretty odd, given that the physical copies are code-in-box only.

I also heard that people were disappointed at it not being available on the PC.

For me? I haven't played the rest of the franchise, so don't know why I'd even consider it, at that price.

And even if I _were_ in the market, I'd probably wait and see if it was more like Baldur's Gate 3 (a game where they seemed to respect the player base), or more like a standard game where that $80 or $100 is just the start of them finding ways to extract more money.

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Re: Re: GTA VI
By: Adept to s2r on Fri Jun 26 2026 07:20 am

I've heard that people found that pretty odd, given that the physical copies are code-in-box only.

I feel like that's a weird way to sell a game. If I'm buying a boxed copy, I'd like it to have a disc; or these days, maybe a USB flash drive with the installer files on it or something.

I also heard that people were disappointed at it not being available on the PC.

That's disappointing.. But I've only ever played the first GTA. I remember playing that on my PC in 1998 or 1999, and it had a 3DFX version, which was pretty cool. I thought it was a fun game.
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Hello Adept!

26 Jun 26 07:20, you wrote to me:

For me? I haven't played the rest of the franchise, so don't know why
I'd even consider it, at that price.

I have played many of them in PC many years ago. When I bought a PS4 for my kids I bought GTA V and later GTA Online. Really like it. Then later Red Dead Redemption II however I haven't got enough time yet to properly discover it.

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Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

TBH - I'm certain GTA VI is going to be watered down BS; not the awesome-sauce GTA V we all WANT to be released... I've heard that Rockstar lost all its edgy programmers and is gonna be DEI BS; guess time will tell.

GTA isn't GTA w/o the raunchy speak and edgy missions - kinda like all the more recent GTA V packs that we've got... I bet 6 is a bunch of lame BS.



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I also heard that people were disappointed at it not being available the PC.

That's disappointing.. But I've only ever played the first GTA. I remember playing that on my PC in 1998 or 1999, and it had a 3DFX
version, which was pretty cool. I thought it was a fun game.

At least it will _eventually_ makes its way there, if not immediately.

Oh, and on the good side, I hear that they did not have something where people would pay for earlier access, and that likely left a bit of money on the table in the short term.

(Long term is a different question, as, "screws over customers" may drive people to only playing indies or the exceptions to that rule.)

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Hello paulie420!

26 Jun 26 19:45, you wrote to me:

GTA isn't GTA w/o the raunchy speak and edgy missions - kinda like all
the more recent GTA V packs that we've got... I bet 6 is a bunch of
lame BS.

If it hasn't got all of the politicaly incorrect things that characterized it would be an expensive flop.

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Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

I never really liked the style of the game since GTA III back in 2002.

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Hello everybody!

Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

What's the benefit of pre-ordering? It's a downloadable game.

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Hello niter3!

05 Jul 26 08:32, you wrote to me:

What's the benefit of pre-ordering? It's a downloadable game.

I don't get it either.

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Hey niter3!

On Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:32:12 -0400, you wrote:

What's the benefit of pre-ordering? It's a downloadable game.

Only a couple things I can think of..

1) Sometimes it's marked down in price a bit (not much) from what it would be when the game is "released".

2) Second, sometimes they offer an "early access beta" for pre-ordering; where they have a weekend or two before the release date they make it playable to pre-orders only (which also benefits them to do any minor/major adjustments before the release date they didn't catch).

3) Sometimes, pre-orders comes with some kind of add-on bundle, where you get custom skins or characters that you wouldn't get on the day of release.

All in all, nothing crazy except to get the die-hards more excited to buy the game early. I can't say I haven't done it before, but it's not much of a difference. ;)

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Re: GTA VI
By: s2r to All on Thu Jun 25 2026 11:10 pm

Hello everybody!

Anybody willing to pre order?
What do you think about the new pricing?
$80 and $100

First of all, I don't like GTA games much so I am not the target audience. However, lets be real:

They offered trailers but showed no gameplay.

You cannot buy disc copies and are forced into digital licensing. XBOX is a dying platform and Sony is one of the worst stores when it comes to customer service or safety so being forced to play the game through them is awful.

Word on the street is that the 100$ version is the full one and the $80 version is a lite version with existing content removed as a price-bait - price baiting is something fast food chains do, in which they offer you a product they don't want you to buy in order for the product they want to sell to you to look better.

Online seems not to be included from the get go. THey might decide to sell it separatedly.

Meanwhile:

You can spend less than 30 bucks in BallisticNG and play the damn thing for months. Then you can spend less than 30 bucks on Distance and play the damn thing until your thumbs fall off. You get the idea.

Yeah I am the happy guy in all the parties.


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Re: Re: GTA VI
By: Nightfox to Adept on Fri Jun 26 2026 07:54 am

I feel like that's a weird way to sell a game. If I'm buying a boxed copy, I'd like it to have a disc; or these days, maybe a USB flash drive with the installer files on it or something.

That is because it is no way to sell a game. It is a way to license it.

Sony has declared they are done selling games on discs. They are phasing the practice out and closing the factories as we speak. The issue is they don't want to sell discs but they don't want to lose impulse buys from people grabbing the games from a shelf - which, contrary to what statistics might make you think, is a big driver of game sales for big titles.

Therefore, the best idea Sony could come up with was to have the game licenses for sale in stores, so kids at a market or store can pester their parents to buy the game for them. But then, there is no disc inside, which means no second hand market, no lending to friends and now Sony has leverage on you because you can only play your library of games through them.


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Re: Re: GTA VI
By: paulie420 to s2r on Fri Jun 26 2026 07:45 pm

TBH - I'm certain GTA VI is going to be watered down BS; not the awesome-sauce GTA V we all WANT to be released... I've heard that Rockstar lost all its edgy programmers and is gonna be DEI BS; guess time will tell.

GTA isn't GTA w/o the raunchy speak and edgy missions - kinda like all the more recent GTA V packs that we've got... I bet 6 is a bunch of lame BS.

I tend to agree it s not going to be the genuine thing. Then, I must say I didn't like the genuine thing. I don't like games that glorify the gansta' lifestyle and for all the edginess they boast, all the cheap shots go to collectives which are safe to mock.


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Re: GTA VI
By: s2r to paulie420 on Sat Jun 27 2026 08:35 am

If it hasn't got all of the politicaly incorrect things that characterized it would be an expensive flop.

Considering the amount of markettechnics that have been thrown behind the game, I think it is very unlikely the game will lose money. However, I think it is extremely likely it will not match the investor's expectations.

You know, much like when Apple says they are going to sell 12 million iPhones, they sell 11 instead and the stock crashes.

The problem is that with the information we have, we can conclude the budget thrown behind the game is massive and they need massive sales for it to ven break even. The issue is the PS5 is not as popular a console as previous PlayStations were and much less people have it, therefore I think they are counting on people buying new PS5 units specifically in order to play GTA VI in order for the numbers to make sense. With the current prices of hardware I think it is unlikely to happen in big enough numbers.

Also, I think the interest in the game is high but not as high as the marketing wants you to believe. People who are not gamers already are not going to buy a PS5 in order to play this game - in fact people who aren't gamers are unlikely to even know the game exists. People expecting this game are primarily existing GTA fans as far as I can tell. That is a solid base to work with - hence why I think the game won't flop - but I cannot see this pulling new gamers into the hobby - which is what the marketing material says this game is gonna do.


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Sony has declared they are done selling games on discs. They are phasing the practice out and closing the factories as we speak. The issue is

I'm fully in agreement with you here, though it makes me wonder about my usage of Steam.

Since I've purchased a variety of things for it, because they've made it so easy and reliable.

Obviously, Sony should not be trusted an inch, here, given that they "sold" movies, then took them away without a refund.

But I'm struggling with why I'm okay with digital distribution done right, even if reselling isn't really a thing.

And I buy plenty of digital books, so long as I wind up with an unencumbered version I can do what I want with.

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I didn't like the genuine thing. I don't like games that glorify the gansta' lifestyle and for all the edginess they boast, all the cheap
shots go to collectives which are safe to mock.

I'm a fan of escapism in entertainment, thus why I've found post-apocalyptic LARPs to be kinda fun, even though post-apocalyptic anything would be awful.

And, yeah, if I were the sort of person to play GTA, I would probably enjoy randomly beating people up and running people over with cars so long as there's nothing that takes me out of it by making me attach it to anything that happens in reality.

But, yeah, it probably is problematic on various levels, in various ways.

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