GTA 6 could be more expensive than every other AAA game on the market when it releases according to Baldur’s Gate 3’s Director of Publishing.
There has been a lot of discussion about the game’s pricing, with some rumors even suggesting GTA VI willretail for a whopping $150, more than double the price of a standard AAA game at $69.99.
It turns out, players aren’t the only ones who suspect GTA 6 will be more expensive. Michael Douse, the Director of Publishing for Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, Rockstar could set a new industry trend with how it prices the next Grand Theft Auto.
According to Douse, games should be priced based on their “quality, breadth & depth,” but noted that all titles should actually cost more because of how much money goes into making them.
“Almost all games should cost more at a base level because the cost of making them (inflation, for one) is outpacing pricing trends. But I don’t think we’ll get there with DLC promises so much as quality and communication. Everyone’s just waiting for GTA 6 to do it.”
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Almost all games should cost more at a base level because the cost of making them (inflation, for one) is outpacing pricing trends. But I don’t think we’ll get there with DLC promises so much as quality & communication. Everyone’s just waiting for GTA6 to do it lol.
“We’re so focused on delivering more value than what we charge. And that’s the sort of rubric. And any time we establish a price, we want to make sure that it’s good news for the consumer; that the experience vastly over-delivers in the context of the cost. That’s the goal,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnicksaid.
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