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GTA VI Pricing: $79.99 Base Edition, Tokyo Tech News

Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Base edition $79.99, Ultimate $99.99. Physical copies include download codes only.

By Tokyo Tech Desk · Published July 20, 2026

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Game pricing and format details

Rockstar Games put a price tag on Grand Theft Auto VI on June 24th ahead of its scheduled November 19th release on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The base edition is listed at $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition at $99.99. The physical version of Grand Theft Auto VI won’t have a disc, instead containing a download code in the box.

Sales ratios from recent fiscal reports

Capcom reported that 93 percent of its game sales were for digital copies in its last fiscal year. Sony reported that the Full game software digital download ratio of games on PS4 and PS5 was 85 percent in the fourth quarter of its 2025 fiscal year. According to its last fiscal year report, digital makes up 54.6 percent of Nintendo game sales.

Jay Peters started buying games digitally with the Nintendo Switch in 2017.

Console hardware and production plans

Sony announced that, starting January 2028, it would not make physical discs for any new PlayStation games. The PS5 Pro does not come with a disc drive; that costs an additional $79. Following a recent price hike the PS5 Pro costs $899.99. Xbox will likely soon stop making physical discs for Xbox games according to The Verge’s Tom Warren. Frank Cifaldi is executive director of the Video Game History Foundation.

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