GTA 6 has been a hot topic for discussion. The developers have been working on this new installment for a long time and there have been numerous leaks too. All these combined, it has created a good amount of hype for the game.
Everyone freaking out about GTA 6 price tag.
I’d pay $500 for GTA 6 I do not care. pic.twitter.com/H4ww2ewnXi
— William Tyler (@TheMasterOfLuck) September 4, 2023
A few days back, a new leak came out that suggested that the game would cost a whopping $150. This is double the amount that most AAA titles come in for. CEO Strauss Zelnick of Take-Two Interactive was questioned about rival publishers offering AAA titles at a discount soon after release during the company’s earnings call with investors.
Will GTA 6 really cost $150?
One of several companies to begin asking $70 for games is his, and from what he can tell, there hasn’t been any “pushback” against the increased pricing. Take-Two Interactive’s 2022 earnings report and a press release were both posted on May 17; the press release seemed to suggest that GTA VI would be coming the following year.
The corporation also had a call with stakeholders as a component of this procedure, during which they inquired about Take-Two’s goals and previous success.
As reported by VGC, an analyst mentioned on the call that other, unnamed publishers have begun offering discounts on new AAA games. This is happening within days and weeks of their release. The additional publishers too have joined the $70 game club. Hence, the debate over game costs has been on the rise. Zelnick, though, asserted that customers don’t really care.
He said, “We’re not seeing a pushback on frontline price,” Zelnick said. “What we’re seeing is consumers are seeking to limit their spending by going either to the stuff they really, really care about, blockbusters, or to value, and sometimes it could be both. And the good news is, we have a bunch of blockbusters and we have a wonderful catalog.”
Zelnick basically thinks that players are simply purchasing fewer games and concentrating on purchasing a few huge ones. The pricey $70 blockbuster releases or are prepared to purchase older or smaller titles that cost less. It is weird that Zelnick is okay with customers being unable to afford additional games. Eventually, they have to “limit their spending” when the video game industry is still reeling with layoffs and huge games unable to sell well.
Zelnick should read the comments on any article about these expensive games. Despite the vociferous opposition from players, publishers are still going to release these expensive games. And it seems obvious that, pushback or not, we are genuinely in the era of $70 games. Microsoft, Sega, and other corporations affirm that future games will cost $10 more than the previous $60 pricing range.