Grand Theft Auto 6 is just nine months away from launch, and there's still no word on its price. Publishers allegedly "hope" that it will cost as much as $100, allowing them to raise prices themselves, but all that Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick had to say was that the company has always adopted a "variable pricing" policy.
Whatever the price ends up being, $80 has already proven controversial, with Xbox walking back plans to sell its flagship exclusives at that figure due to mounting backlash. Gearbox—after much controversy around CEO Randy Pitchford's comments—likewise stuck with the standard $70 for Borderlands 4. Yet, surprisingly, a new survey (translated by ResetEra user nolifebr) revealed that one in three Brazilians believes $100 would be a "fair" price for GTA 6.
To put that into perspective, Trading Economics reports that the average Brazilian makes roughly $639 per month. So, if GTA 6 were to be priced at $100, it would equal around 15 percent of their income. Games are also far more expensive in Brazil than in the US, and already saw a price increase earlier this year, with Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 rising from R$349 to R$449, i.e. from $64 to...