[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-gta-vi-will-cost-80-and-its-disc-box-has-no-disc":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},2199,"gta-vi-will-cost-80-and-its-disc-box-has-no-disc","GTA VI Will Cost $80 and Its Disc Box Has No Disc","Rockstar is pricing Grand Theft Auto VI at $80 at launch — $10 above the current AAA standard — and its physical edition ships without an actual disc.","Grand Theft Auto VI preorders opened this week, and the sticker shock is doing double duty.\n\nRockstar is charging $80 for GTA VI at launch, a $10 jump over the $70 price floor that became the AAA standard just a few years ago — itself a $10 jump over the previous $60 norm. The physical edition compounds the surprise: buyers who want a box will get one, but there is no disc inside, just a download code. That means the \"physical\" version is a collectible cardboard object that requires an internet connection to be a game.\n\nThe pricing move matters because GTA VI is probably the most-anticipated release in years, which gives Rockstar unusual leverage to test what the market will bear. If the $80 price holds without a meaningful sales dip, expect other major publishers to treat it as a permission slip. The no-disc physical release, meanwhile, quietly removes the last practical reason to buy a boxed copy — resale and lending — while keeping the shelf-presence marketing that still drives preorders.\n\nThe industry has spent years softening consumers to incremental price increases; this is the next increment. Whether it sticks will depend entirely on how badly people want to play this game, and Rockstar is betting the answer is: very.","[\"gaming\",\"rockstar\",\"gta\",\"pricing\"]","2026-06-24T22:47:03.000Z","2026-06-24T23:41:24.966Z","2026-06-24T23:41:27.869Z","published",null,[],"gaming",[24,26,27,28],"rockstar","gta","pricing",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fgaming\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fgrand-theft-auto-vi-will-cost-80-without-a-physical-disc\u002F",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,46,51,56,61,65,70,75,80,83,88,93,98],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",543,"2026-06-24T22:35:15.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Deals","deals",161,"2026-06-24T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Security","security",149,"2026-06-24T21:03:34.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy",109,"2026-06-24T22:30:36.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",87,"2026-06-24T14:22:56.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":59,"latest_published_at":64},"Hardware","hardware","2026-06-24T22:28:18.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Software","software",65,"2026-06-24T21:57:30.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",53,"2026-06-23T18:13:40.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",40,"2026-06-24T21:41:03.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":24,"count":82,"latest_published_at":18},"Gaming",37,{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Startups","startups",34,"2026-06-24T20:51:38.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"General","general",27,"2026-06-24T08:50:14.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]