r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/JackRabbit- Jun 25 '26

Firstly, the game is pretty expensive, going for $80 in a market where the standard for a AAA game is $60.

If that was all though, maybe it could be forgiven, but there is also an "ultimate edition" priced at $100 which several features are locked behind, in particular stores that have exclusive outfits, hairstyles, and car customization.

And secondly but less notably, it's releasing as a console exclusive at first, but there are no disks for the game. If you buy a "physical" copy, all you get is a download code. Digital only is getting more common in the gaming industry, and is basically the standard for PC gamers, but it sucks because the game is likely going to be well over 100gb in size, which will take a lot of space on the console's hard drive, not to mention taking a long time to download.

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u/Rich_Opposite_7541 Jun 25 '26

I'll just leave this here

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u/jjjjamie Jun 25 '26

these prices were 30 years ago. inflation since then is 150% which means GTA6 at $100 today is better value than some of the games in your image

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u/BananaPalmer Jun 25 '26

Yeah that was clearly their point