Grand Theft Auto 6

NR7 said:
So potentially R1699 (normal edition?), R2299 (special edition?) and R3899 (collectors edition?)

Not terrible, unless they do something dumb like give the collectors edition early access or something.
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Well they gotta get back that (rumoured) 1-2 billion somehow and make a profit on top of that.
 
NR7 said:
So potentially R1699 (normal edition?), R2299 (special edition?) and R3899 (collectors edition?)

Not terrible, unless they do something dumb like give the collectors edition early access or something.
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So... $90, you may call it not bad, but that is setting the new ceiling. Also, given that mainstream publishers charge us more than the USD, expect the ZAR price to be 10-25% more.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
So... $90, you may call it not bad, but that is setting the new ceiling. Also, given that mainstream publishers charge us more than the USD, expect the ZAR price to be 10-25% more.
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$80/90 euros converted to ZAR based on the PS store pricing (Wolverine Deluxe for R1699 on our store is 90 Euros on the EU store)
 
NR7 said:
$80/90 euros converted to ZAR based on the PS store pricing (Wolverine Deluxe for R1699 on our store is 90 Euros on the EU store)
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Time will tell, but I have noticed some price changes, and the price parity rules are not being adhered very strictly (many court cases have impacted this, varying region to region, applicable to the PlayStation Store). Wolverine is a best case USD/EUR example, since the game is published by Sony.

Say the GTA 6 pricing rumours are true, then the standard edition should be R1799. Going by the trend that I am tracking.

However, GTA 6 will be published by Take-Two (well Rockstar being a subsidiary), and 2026 2K releases have us ~5% below the USD. Now, this is applicable to digital PC stores only, that enables strict ZAR pricing, so Epic and Steam. GOG is playing by their own rules, but I don't think GTA 6 is coming to them anytime soon. I can't say the same about XBOX/MS Store and PlayStation Store. For the latter two I expect R1799 going by a pattern. The game could be potentially priced less on Epic/Steam when it eventually comes to PC, though I won't hold my breath up.

To give you an example. WWE 2K26 is R1249 on Steam, and R1499 on PlayStation Store.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Time will tell, but I have noticed some price changes, and the price parity rules are not being adhered very strictly (many court cases have impacted this, varying region to region, applicable to the PlayStation Store). Wolverine is a best case USD/EUR example, since the game is published by Sony.

Say the GTA 6 pricing rumours are true, then the standard edition should be R1799. Going by the trend that I am tracking.

However, GTA 6 will be published by Take-Two (well Rockstar being a subsidiary), and 2026 2K releases have us ~5% below the USD. Now, this is applicable to digital PC stores only, that enables strict ZAR pricing, so Epic and Steam. GOG is playing by their own rules, but I don't think GTA 6 is coming to them anytime soon. I can't say the same about XBOX/MS Store and PlayStation Store. For the latter two I expect R1799 going by a pattern. The game could be potentially priced less on Epic/Steam when it eventually comes to PC, though I won't hold my breath up.

To give you an example. WWE 2K26 is R1249 on Steam, and R1499 on PlayStation Store.
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1499 on ms store as well
 
Lupus said:
1499 on ms store as well
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Assuming that GTA 6 could be potentially R1799 in ZAR, doing a rough calc going by data sampled during 2026, then on Steam/Epic the standard edition will cost R1399-R1499.

This is all an unknown at this time. The game still needs a sticker price, and we don't know when it will be coming to PC, though I think it will be sooner rather than later. So... perhaps within 6-12 months ballpark, but then we are in 2027 territory... I think at the top end, on PC (Steam/Epic) it will be no more than R1500 (base game).

Anyhow.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Time will tell, but I have noticed some price changes, and the price parity rules are not being adhered very strictly (many court cases have impacted this, varying region to region, applicable to the PlayStation Store). Wolverine is a best case USD/EUR example, since the game is published by Sony.

Say the GTA 6 pricing rumours are true, then the standard edition should be R1799. Going by the trend that I am tracking.

However, GTA 6 will be published by Take-Two (well Rockstar being a subsidiary), and 2026 2K releases have us ~5% below the USD. Now, this is applicable to digital PC stores only, that enables strict ZAR pricing, so Epic and Steam. GOG is playing by their own rules, but I don't think GTA 6 is coming to them anytime soon. I can't say the same about XBOX/MS Store and PlayStation Store. For the latter two I expect R1799 going by a pattern. The game could be potentially priced less on Epic/Steam when it eventually comes to PC, though I won't hold my breath up.

To give you an example. WWE 2K26 is R1249 on Steam, and R1499 on PlayStation Store.
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Your WWE 2K26 pricing is exactly as expected though? I don’t see any difference between that and a Sony first party.

It’s 80 euros, same as Wolverine Standard, and both are R1499.

PC pricing is irrelevant as the game is very clearly not coming to PC for some time.
 
NR7 said:
Your WWE 2K26 pricing is exactly as expected though? I don’t see any difference between that and a Sony first party.

It’s 80 euros, same as Wolverine Standard, and both are R1499.

PC pricing is irrelevant as the game is very clearly not coming to PC for some time.
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I gave you an example between Steam/Epic and XBOX-MS Store/PS Store. I disagreed that the GTA 6 base game will be priced at R1699, and that it will likely be R100 more. I can be wrong. Pre-order day will tell.
 
wbot said:
I never had the original big box versions of 1, 2 or London and never had their maps. :)
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I did, not London but 1 and 2. Back in the day when big box pc was still around. I picked up gta in the bargain bin at pnp northgate about 2 months after it's release. With some other game for R99.
 
Lupus said:
I did, not London but 1 and 2. Back in the day when big box pc was still around. I picked up gta in the bargain bin at pnp northgate about 2 months after it's release. With some other game for R99.
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I loved those bargain bins. Used to dig in the one at Game, and bought my games at CNA.
 
Lupus said:
I did, not London but 1 and 2. Back in the day when big box pc was still around. I picked up gta in the bargain bin at pnp northgate about 2 months after it's release. With some other game for R99.
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Back in those days my brother got the GTA 1 cd from one of his friends. Never heard of the game but he said it was the best thing he's ever played. GTA London and 2 were bought at a local shop that only sold pirated games lol. Was pretty normal in the 90s. Shops selling pirated games were everywhere.
 
wbot said:
Back in those days my brother got the GTA 1 cd from one of his friends. Never heard of the game but he said it was the best thing he's ever played. GTA London and 2 were bought at a local shop that only sold pirated games lol. Was pretty normal in the 90s. Shops selling pirated games were everywhere.
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For "TV games" sure, but not pc games. There were shops that did sell them, but you knew they only sold pirate games, covers were never right and were only the jewel case.
 
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