As Nintendo's new games swell to at least $80, players are starting to get worried that Rockstar's about to take its shot at a $100 GTA 6

GTA 6 reveal trailer screenshot showing a young blonde woman standing near a sunny rooftop pool, wearing a white and gold bikini
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Yesterday's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mario Kart World would cost a whopping $80 if you get it digitally, and in some territories the physical copy is even more expensive, so it could go up to $90. It's got people worried that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:GTA 6 really is going to be $100. Better start saving.

The burning question on everyone's mind is how much Take-Two and Rockstar will be charging for GTA 6. Some analysts "hope" it will start an industry shift and see more games reaching t🎃hat $100 price poi🏅nt, but obviously, fans aren't too keen.

It is true that video game prices haven't risen with inflation, and development costs and times have inc♔reased dramatically, but with rent and bills costing a lot more around the world, $100 doesn't go as far as it used to, so spending it on a single game is a very big investment.

Over on Tw🔯itter, pꦓeople have already begun sharing jokes about GTA 6's potential price.

One points out that it was actually Sony that began the shift toward $70 games, and believes "They absolutely are gonna start doing $80 PS5 ga𒅌mes if Nintendo gets away with it♍."

It should be noted that another 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Switch 2 game is going to be cheaper than 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mario Kart World. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Donkey Kong Bananaza will be $70, whic♕h is still pricier than we're used to for a Switch game, but it's at least a bit cheaper and should mean that only some flagship games wiꦯll bear that higher price tag.

"If Nintendo is really dropping games for $80, that will eventually become the new standard," one Twitter user. "Y'all already﷽ are gushing over GTA 6 possibly being $100. Yeah, inflati🌳on + tariffs = we're cooked."

The Switch 2 itself is $450, 50% more expensive than the original Switch was at launch. This almost perfectly lines up with the tariffs levied on Cambodia and Vietnam, where the console is manufactured. Japan will be getting an exclusive cheaper, Japanese-language only version that's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:around $110 less than the overseas variety.

It's unlikely games other than GTA, Mario, and Call of Duty could get away with charging💜 these kinds of prices, so hopefully they don't become the new standar💫d.

For now, check out all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Switch 2 games and hope they don't also go up to $80.

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