Summary
- Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida discusses concerns around GTA 6's rumored price tag.
- GTA 6 was delayed to 2026, with industry-wide game price increases potentially impacting its final cost.
- Little is known about GTA 6, with fans eagerly awaiting more information.
Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida has recently talked about the concerns regarding Grand Theft Auto 6’s price, which has been rumored to be $100. With recent increases in game prices, it’s expected that Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost at least $80, but the official price tag is still unknown.
GTA 6 was originally announced back in 2023 when it received its first and only trailer. Gamers have speculated about essentially all aspects of the title since then, and as expected by some people in the industry, Grand Theft Auto 6 was recently delayed to 2026. In recent months, big publishers like Nintendo and Microsoft have increased the price of their games, which will likely affect the official pricing of GTA 6 when it finally comes out.
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In a recent interview with PlayStation Inside, Shuhei Yoshida talked about the price of the upcoming GTA 6, saying that price hikes would happen sooner or later because of inflation. He also explained that games are “more advanced and technologically demanding,” which is another factor in prices going up lately. However, he’s not sure if Rockstar will sell GTA 6 for $100, as “a balance must be found between production costs and game prices.” Yoshida cited Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a successful and critically well-regarded title made by a small studio that costs only $50, as an example of why companies can’t simply keep raising prices.
Former PlayStation Boss Thinks GTA 6 Needs to Find Balance to Avoid $100 Price
In any case, GTA 6 is one of the biggest gaming projects ever made. Reports indicated that not even the developers at Rockstar believed that GTA 6 would come out in 2025 due to the large scope of the project, so it’s likely that Rockstar will try to get as much revenue as possible to pay for these high development costs.
Some rumors indicate that a potential $100 price tag for GTA 6 could mean a bundle for the offline and online versions of the game, which would also make sense. With the base edition of the game costing $80 and the bundle being sold for $100, most fans would likely not be so upset about the high price.
Unfortunately, not much is known about Grand Theft Auto 6. While the trailer has shown the protagonists and confirmed that the story will be set in Vice City, Rockstar has been incredibly silent about the project lately. So, gamers will need to wait until Rockstar ramps up its marketing to finally get more information about GTA 6’s story, gameplay, and price.
OpenCritic Reviews
- Released
- November 19, 2026
- ESRB
- Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.
Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
- Engine
- Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)
- Prequel(s)
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 19, 2026
- PS5 Release Date
- November 19, 2026
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
