Not to be cynical—I'm excited for the game, too—but Rockstar could segment GTA 6 into individual chapters at $30 a pop, and I'm sure it would still be the biggest launch in the industry's history. So, I'm not too surprised that a $20 price hike to unlock in-game stores and a code-in-a-box physical edition aren't denting the game's momentum, but it's bewildering that so many people are willing to look past these murky practices.
IGN surveyed over 3,000 gamers with a simple question: are you going to buy the $100 version? The answer was a resounding yes, with 70.7 percent of respondents planning to fork over the premium. It’s a staggering figure when you look at what the Ultimate Edition actually paywalls—locking single-player storefronts, vehicle mod shops, and side activities behind an extra $20 bill when the base edition already costs more than the industry standard.
Of course, this survey isn't representative of the hundreds of millions who will no doubt buy GTA 6, but it does offer an insight into what people are thinking. A divide as steep as 71:29 shows that the vast amount of exclusive content on offer in the Ultimate Edition...
