Rockstar has finally given a price to Grand Theft Auto 6, setting pre-orders at $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Deluxe, with both now available at Amazon and Walmart for PlayStation and Xbox. The number lands near the top of what a major release now costs, yet it stops short of the $100 base price that rumors had suggested. The launch itself will be single-player, and nothing yet confirms whether the studio's long-running online world will return in a new form. For now, the existing GTA Online remains running, and the question of what comes next is left hanging.
GTA 6 Launches Single-Player Only at $79.99, With Online Play Unconfirmed Beyond Current GTA Online
Rockstar has finally given a price to Grand Theft Auto 6, setting pre-orders at $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Deluxe, with both now available at Amazon and Walmart for PlayStation and Xbox. The number lands near the top of what a major release now costs, yet it stops short of the $100 base price that rumors had suggested. The launch itself will be single-player, and nothing yet confirms whether the studio's long-running online world will return in a new form. For now, the existing GTA Online remains running, and the question of what comes next is left hanging.
Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are now live at Amazon and Walmart for PS5 and Xbox, and Rockstar has finally attached a price to the game: $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Deluxe. The listings went up the same day the story broke, and while the price sits near the top of the market for a major release, it falls short of the $100 base figure that rumors had floated.
The Deluxe edition now has a defined set of extras, though the reporting does not itemize them. Some players are likely to grumble that those additions are locked behind the higher tier.
The bigger worry for many fans is online play. Rockstar has not made a definitive statement about the future of a new GTA 6 Online, but it has described the launch product as single-player, and the PlayStation Store FAQ says the same. That wording points to no new online component at launch, though it does not rule one out for later. The existing GTA Online is expected to stay live for now, and a possible upgrade or connected GTA world could arrive next year, though that timing is speculation rather than a studio commitment.
Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are now live at Amazon and Walmart, for both PS5 and Xbox, and Rockstar has finally put a number on the game: $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Deluxe.
The pricing landed on the same day the story first broke, when pre-orders were still expected to open later that night. The listings have since gone up at both retailers. That puts the game at about the top of what a major release costs these days, though the reporting notes it could have been worse. Rumors had pointed to a $100 starting price for the base game, and that did not happen.
The Deluxe edition at $99.99 now has a defined contents list, since Rockstar has spelled out what the extra $20 buys. The source does not itemize those extras, but it does flag that some players will be unhappy that those additions sit behind the premium tier.
The larger question hanging over the launch is online play. Plenty of people preparing to return to Vice City have been asking whether a new GTA 6 Online will arrive with the game. So far Rockstar has not made a definitive statement about its future plans for one. What it has said is that the game will be a single-player experience on launch day. The FAQ on the PlayStation Store says the same.
That wording is the basis for the conclusion that no new online component will be available at launch. It is worth being careful here: the conclusion comes from what Rockstar has described the launch product as, not from any announcement ruling online out for good. The source states plainly that this does not mean a GTA 6-based online experience is off the table.
In the meantime, the existing GTA Online is expected to stay live. The reporting suggests it will likely remain in place into next year, which is when Rockstar might reveal an upgrade to it or an entirely new connected GTA world. That timing is a hope on the part of the writer, not a commitment from the studio.
So the picture today is a $79.99 single-player game, a $99.99 Deluxe version with its own locked extras, and a live GTA Online that continues for now. What to watch next is whether Rockstar says anything formal about a connected GTA 6 world, which so far it has not.
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