GTA 6 Price, Editions & Pre-Orders: What's Confirmed

What is confirmed, in one block

Unlike most questions about this game, this one has real answers. Rockstar announced pre-orders on its Newswire on 24 June 2026 and opened them at midnight local time the following day.

• Standard edition: $79.99 (US).
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition: $99.99 (US).
• Two game editions, plus a separate collector’s box. The Vice City Collection does not include the game.
• Platforms: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Nothing else — see the platforms page and our PC guide.
• Storefronts: PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Rockstar Games Store, and retail.
• Physical is a code in a box, not a disc.
• Standard owners can buy the Ultimate Upgrade separately.
• A pre-order bonus pack unlocks on launch day for either edition.

What is in the Ultimate Edition

Rockstar Support lists the Ultimate Upgrade’s vehicles, weapons, clothing and other story items, which become available across chapters. Use its full item list to compare benefits with Standard.

Standard owners can buy the upgrade through PlayStation or Microsoft. Boxed-copy buyers must redeem their download code first.

The separate Vice City Collection

Announced September 24, this merchandise box arrives November 19 and excludes the game. The official store lists $399.99 in its US view as checked September 28. Read the announcement summary for contents and purchasing details.

The pre-order bonus

Rockstar has described a vintage Vice City themed pack that unlocks at launch, including a classic sedan and somewhere to keep it, period-appropriate outfits and hairstyles for both Jason and Lucia, and a decorative weapon finish. It applies to both editions.

One detail worth checking rather than assuming: reporting around the announcement indicated the pack was also available on digital purchases made shortly after launch, and on physical pre-orders while stock lasted. Eligibility rules of that kind are set per storefront and per region. Read the terms on the page you are actually buying from.

How this compares to Rockstar’s previous launches

The $79.99 figure generated a lot of noise, so here is the accurate historical comparison rather than a vibe.

Grand Theft Auto V, September 2013

Standard edition launched at $59.99 in the US on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A Special Edition sold at $79.99, adding a collector’s-style outer box, an art book, a map and in-game content. A Collector’s Edition sold at $149.99, adding physical goods including a branded bag and a cap. The 2014 re-release on the newer consoles and the 2015 PC release each returned to standard pricing for the base game.

Red Dead Redemption 2, October 2018

Standard edition launched at $59.99. A Special Edition sold at $79.99 with additional single-player content. An Ultimate Edition sold at $99.99, adding online-focused content on top of that. A separate Collector’s Box sold at around $99.98 and did not include the game at all — it was physical items only.

What the comparison actually shows

Two things, and they pull in opposite directions.

Against the price rise: the standard edition of a Rockstar flagship cost $59.99 in both 2013 and 2018. The base price here is a third higher than either.

For the price rise: the $79.99 and $99.99 price points are not new to Rockstar at all. Both existed on the previous two launches — they were just attached to special and ultimate tiers rather than to the base game. What has changed is the position of those numbers in the lineup, not their existence.

Take-Two’s CEO made a version of the second argument publicly around the company’s August 2026 results, framing the game as good value and arguing that game pricing has not kept pace with inflation over the period in question. That is the publisher’s argument; readers can decide what they think of it.

The speculation that preceded the announcement, clearly labelled

Before June 2026, a great deal was written about what this game would cost. Industry analysts floated figures at and above $100 for a standard edition, often reasoning from development cost, from the game’s expected sales volume, or from a general argument that a title of this scale could reset industry pricing. Some of that commentary was thoughtful and some was clickbait, but all of it was speculation, none of it came from Rockstar or Take-Two, and the eventual standard price came in below the higher end of it.

We mention this only because the speculation is still being cited in places as though it had been reporting. It was not. The only pricing numbers that matter are the ones in the block at the top of this page, and they come from Rockstar’s own announcement.

What is still not announced

• Regional pricing tables. Prices vary by market and are not uniform conversions of the US figures.
• Ultimate upgrade cost. No figure published.
• Any post-launch content pricing. No expansion, season pass, currency pack or subscription has been described.
• File size. Neither Rockstar nor the platform holders have published an install size. Pre-load timing, by contrast, is published: Rockstar Support lists local midnight on November 12, 2026. See our preload page and file size page.
• Anything at all about PC pricing, for the straightforward reason that there is no announced PC version.
• Any online-mode monetisation, because no online mode has been announced. See the FAQ for how we handle that question.

Practical notes before you order

Pre-orders on both console storefronts can be cancelled up to the point of charge under each platform’s standard policy; those policies are the platform holder’s, not Rockstar’s, and are worth reading rather than assuming. Because the physical edition is a code, it does not offer the resale or lending value a disc would. The Ultimate Upgrade is also sold separately; Standard owners can decide later, with physical buyers redeeming their game code first.

For everything around the launch itself — the delay history, what Take-Two has said about holding the date, and what could still move — see the release date page. For the world you are actually buying, start with the interactive map, the locations index or Vice City.