Rockstar hasn’t even launched a second trailer but for Grand Theft Auto VI, however that is not stopping analysts from once more predicting that the extremely anticipated recreation ought to retail for not less than $100. This time, Wedbush Securities–alongside well-known analyst Michael Pacter–are arguing this premium worth level may benefit gamers as effectively by bundling in GTA On-line forex.
In a Wedbush trade observe, a prediction is made that Take-Two will promote GTA VI “at a beforehand exceptional worth level.” The sport firm “can provide customers an incentive to pay $100 or extra per unit by rewarding them with a considerable amount of in-game forex to be spent in GTA On-line,” write Pachter, Alicia Reese, and Kade Barr. What’s intriguing about this proposal is the very fact it is unknown what occurs with GTA On-line as soon as GTA VI launches. Final month, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick instructed that GTA On-line may proceed with GTA VI’s launch, however theoretically alluded to it as a “legacy title.” In the meantime, GTA V simply acquired an enhanced upgraded on PC earlier this month, with the previous model subtitled Legacy.
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The Wedbush analysts level to how Name of Obligation: Warzone (and cellular) have helped lead “to a 40% enhance in gross sales of Name of Obligation premium,” although Activision and Microsoft have not confirmed these figures. As such, Take-Two can make the most of comparable integration to spice up GTA VI gross sales. The Wedbush group is not the primary to posit that GTA VI may price $100, although proposing this excessive price may reward gamers appears new. Moreover, final 12 months Larian Studios director of publishing Michael Douse famous that GTA VI may immediate a shift to dearer video games. One factor often not noted of this dialogue is the very fact many big-name new video games already price extra at launch with deluxe and collector’s editions.
Analysis firm DFC Intelligence believes GTA VI may promote 40 thousands and thousands copies inside 12 months of launch, resulting in $3.2 billion for Take-Two. The sport’s launch together with Nintendo Swap 2’s launch ought to assist the online game trade rebound total this 12 months, per Circana.
GTA VI continues to be on observe for Fall 2025, however Zelnick notes delays are at all times a risk. A extra particular launch date might be coming into focus after Take-Two revealed Borderlands 4 will launch September 23; principally, October and November appear seemingly as launch months for GTA VI. Pachter believes GTA VI may launch on Halloween, October 31, following the same launch sample to GTA III, Vice Metropolis, and San Andreas. These three video games additionally got here out in October, however they have been over 20 years in the past, too.