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Too Big to Succeed: GTA 6's Price Problem

Too Big to Succeed: GTA 6's Price Problem25 jun13 min

<p>GTA 6 finally has a price: $80 standard, $100 Ultimate, and a &quot;physical&quot; edition that&#39;s just a download code in a box. Adam unpacks why the number matters less than what it signals, why GTA&#39;s discount-driven history makes an $80 launch a tougher sell than it is for Nintendo, why the AAA industry might be too big to succeed, and why even a record-shattering launch could still set off alarm bells across the industry. Plus: why GTA 6 isn&#39;t competing with GTA 5, it&#39;s competing with twelve years of the version players built in their heads.</p>