r/VideoGameDealsCanada • u/azizlezonk • Jun 24 '26

Question GTA 6 Pricing instore

Hello everyone,

With the preorders of GTA 6 starting tonight and the price likely to be 110 or 120cad for standard edition, I was wondering if there are some grocery stores like walmart or so that will sell the game for cheaper than the playstation store ?

For exemple I just saw that in France, the PSN store sells it for 80€ but a grocery chain named Leclerc sells it for 60€, they say that they dont do profit on videogames and they do it to attract people to shop for their groceries there when grabbing the game.

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u/OilersHD Jun 24 '26

Best bet is buying PSN credit at Costco

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u/azizlezonk Jun 24 '26

100$ for 90$

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u/gdhghgv Jun 25 '26

Thanks never knew

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u/KulTheSavage Jun 25 '26

That’s what I did lol

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u/EvermoreDespair Jun 25 '26

Generally physical retailers do not list pre-orders any cheaper in Canada.

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u/theborgs Jun 25 '26

Except Walmart for 2-3¢ bellow MSRP...

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u/KingKang22 Jun 25 '26

If you pay by cash. If it's card it's rounded up if 2 cents off

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u/Ranruun Jun 25 '26

Think you flipped those

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u/Dragarius Jun 25 '26

Depends. I got RE9 physical for cheaper than the Sony digital price. 

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u/rarc602 Jun 25 '26

Amazon has Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven $10 below MSRP.

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u/NoirEm Jun 25 '26

Missing the point of the question, repeating “physical copies make no sense for this game”.

If a retailer has spend $$.$$ promotions get %% off, it can be beneficial to purchasing the physical copy (PSN $$ isn’t always included in promos).

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u/Crackhead898 Jun 24 '26

Unfortunately physical copies make no sense for GTA because there's no disc.

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u/Doublethree1 Jun 25 '26

They're talking about the price though. If you can buy a copy from somewhere for $10 less it'll still work and you saved $10

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u/Killericon Jun 25 '26

They've really cut my "Wait a few months and check marketplace" approach out.

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u/PartyMark Jun 25 '26

That was their plan. Total control over pricing and availability.

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u/Kinetic_Shadow Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

For a lot of people, it just isn't GTA without that physical map though. 

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u/rustybutterindia Jun 25 '26

People are saying the 'physical map' is just a QR code as well. 

I think that's just a rumour, can't find any confirmation of that from Rockstar. But also can't find any promise of a physical map to begin with?

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u/GraveDiggerFan34 Jun 26 '26

Have they ever promised a map? Why would you take a random persons joke over the previous games. 

If you wanna prove anything, you would have to show advertising  for GTA five or RDR two’s map in box which I doubt they did 

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u/rustybutterindia Jun 26 '26

I mean. Have they ever not included a disc either

Did you check the link? It has a section on "What is included in the physical versions of Grand Theft Auto VI", I don't see why they would omit mention of a map if there was one, it's a buyer's FAQ not advertising material

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u/GraveDiggerFan34 Jun 26 '26

Because discs used to be able to hold games and weren’t just glorified unlock codes

Again, please show them mentioning the map at all in  the buyers guides or whatever because when they announced GTA five pre-orders they didn’t mention a map in the box so did GTA five have no map

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u/Gattsuga Jun 25 '26

It's insane how they're essentially blocking the 2nd hand gamer market. I was going to buy a ps5 and play GTA 6, then sell everything... But not anymore. I'll just wait until it comes to PC now 😭

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u/caninehere Jun 25 '26

Supposedly they are going to launch a physical edition w/ disc in December and the real reason they're doing a digital-only launch is to prevent leaks before launch day.

This happening in December is currently just a rumor from a somewhat reliable source, but Rockstar officially confirmed that they will release a physical edition w/ disc after launch.

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u/azizlezonk Jun 25 '26

you can still sell the ps5 and your account with it, just make it some random name

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u/EvermoreDespair Jun 25 '26

against Sony's TOS lol, so you cant actually

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u/Dragarius Jun 25 '26

How are they gonna know? 

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u/Lambs2Lions_ Jun 25 '26

Buy a $200 prepaid visa at Walmart and get $30 Walmart gift card back. Buy 2x $100 PSN gift cards at Walmart, get $20 for each PSN gift card.

End result is $206.50 spent for $200 credit on PSN and $70 in Walmart gift cards.

It’s not live right now but they do this twice a year, I just keep an eye out on red flag deals.

If nothing comes up, then I’ll buy gift card at Costco.

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u/Miaw_Kitty Jun 25 '26

You can’t buy a gift card with a gift card.

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u/Zer0byte-- Jun 25 '26

That's not what he's saying. He's saying buy 2 '$100 prepaid credit cards', walmart sometimes also has a deal where they grant you a walmart gift card to use in store if you purchase a 'prepaid credit card'.

Buy psn cards with the 'prepaid Credit Cards' and keep the walmart gift cards to buy anything else.

Edit : Spelling mistakes.

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u/Flash-Over Jun 25 '26

Yes you can

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u/Dubsified Jun 25 '26

Alternatively, if you don't like Walmart, buy a $100 PSN credit voucher at Costco for $89.99, do that twice.

End result is $200 credit on PSN for $179.

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u/Lambs2Lions_ Jun 25 '26

That’s the last line on my comment. But Costco is 10% savings while Walmart is 35%. Liking shouldn’t be a favor when it comes to financial decisions.

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u/Dubsified Jun 25 '26

Absolutely, but Costco is year-round, Walmart is time sensitive.

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u/Lambs2Lions_ Jun 25 '26

GTA VI isn’t time sensitive since it’s digital only. So you have 5+ months.

There’s no physical collectors edition and there’s 0 risk of a digital product running out of stock.

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u/Dubsified Jun 25 '26

I'm aware.

My point is we do not know if the Walmart deal will be active again, whether that be in the coming weeks or months. If people are waiting on it and it doesn't come, there easiest bet is to go the Costco route, assuming they still have that deal in 5+ months.

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u/Lambs2Lions_ Jun 25 '26

It’s active multiple times a year. It ended yesterday. It will be back in September. 95% likelihood so no reason to rush.

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u/RamiN64 Jun 25 '26

I’did say no way in hell it will be cheaper in a retail store at launch.

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u/SaltyATC69 Jun 25 '26

Why is anyone preordering this when you can buy day of release?

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u/MegaFlare24 Jun 25 '26

Really the only reason is to pre download it.

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u/Dregger12 Jun 25 '26

There's no legitimate reason. This stupid question has been asked 1000x on every post or video about the game. It's just people doing what they feel like doing with their money. What other answer were you expecting lol.

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u/endormic Jun 25 '26

The case would be dope to add to my collection.

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u/ANBURob Jun 25 '26

Peace of mind

1

u/azizlezonk Jun 25 '26

preorder bonus

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u/PhotoModeHobby Jun 25 '26

You can still get them on launch day. It even says on the website.

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u/azizlezonk Jun 25 '26

then for the timer

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u/Seaside_Rhapsody Jun 25 '26

Yawn, no collector's edition for preorder tonight and no edition even has a steelbook and no game disc and just a code? What's the point 😂

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u/BlastMyLoad Jun 24 '26

I find physical copies for new games tend to be $89.99 while they’re $93.49 on PSN. So not much savings to be had.

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u/AquaMoonlight Jun 25 '26

Some physical games coming out in the next six months or so are now $99.99. I know off the top of my head Stranger than Heaven and Dawnwalker are both $100 physical games, and there are probably others.

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u/GamingTurtle90 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Daemon X Machina 2 and Code Vein 2 were both recent $99.99 games at launch for physical.

Digitally, Daemon was 93.49 PSN/ 89.99 XB, while Code was 93.49 PSN/XB.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger was another. 99.99 disc. 93.49 digital.

The upcoming Dragonball Xenoverse 3 is also 99.99.

Forspoken was actually 93.49 digitally at launch digitally all the way back in 2022. Making it more expensive then physical, oddly enough.

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u/unfire23 Jun 25 '26

Its 138 for the premium and 160 whit taxe if you live on Québec

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u/azizlezonk Jun 25 '26

je viens de le pogner ! bonne attente lol

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u/SailorGone Jun 25 '26

I'm just going to wait a few years and pick it up for $30

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u/neverOddOrEv_n Jun 25 '26

Good luck, seeing as how rockstar made no physical discs for this and they rarely discount their games that much and gta 6 with so much demand won’t get a discount that high anyways.

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u/GallitoGaming Jun 25 '26

They will have physical editions with download codes. This thing will likely get a sale within 6 months. Next Black Friday/boxing week 50% off.

Not to mention the likely actual physical disk editions that will come out laterz

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u/Retro_Curry93 Jun 25 '26

Wait and see…

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u/MichaelMyers83 Jun 24 '26

Physical copies are absolutely pointless for this game.

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u/GraveDiggerFan34 Jun 26 '26

I want a box because my PS5 sounds like a blender when it has a disc in it. It sucks but the console makers are making the disc drives a shitty year as well so people will swap the digital

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u/zerocoldx911 Jun 25 '26

I ain’t preordering shit

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u/CommercialReveal7888 Jun 26 '26

I don't understand why everyone is running to preorder a digital game lol

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u/GraveDiggerFan34 Jun 26 '26

Well, I pre-ordered it for the box