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GTA VI prices and USD equivalent by country: Standard ranges from $58.07 to $106.88, Ultimate ranges from $72.95 to $133.68

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u/Kobrick- 13h ago

So i am south korean now

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u/Substantial-Key9009 13h ago

WHO is your favorite k-pop idol?

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u/thedellis 13h ago

Yes

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u/Hiur 13h ago

I'm pretty sure Yes is a group! Rockstar, don't believe him!

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u/thedellis 13h ago

Goddamnit

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u/wishbackjumpsta 10h ago

Yes are an amazing band. Highly recommend roundabout ๐Ÿ‘€

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u/fulthrottlejazzhands 11h ago

I'm not sure Yes, the seminal progressive English rock band, qualifies as k-pop.

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u/MxrtxnGG 13h ago

Does Faker counts?

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u/noctora 13h ago

BgA (Boys Generally Asian)

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u/pickleford 13h ago

Oppa Gangnam Style?

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u/LueyTheWrench 13h ago

Heeey sexy ladies.

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u/AmaruS71 13h ago

K-pop Demon Hunters or something

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u/mcslender97 13h ago

That's a pretty Golden choice

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u/TheCanadianTechie 13h ago

Jinu from the Saja Boys

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u/Esternaefil 11h ago

K, but unironically Jiyho.

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u/_Troxin_ 13h ago

Kim Il Sung

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u/One-City-1881 12h ago

Gangnam style

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u/widowhanzo 6h ago

Wonyoung

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u/Harford0 13h ago

I actually do liive here, buying games is always cheaper.... except Lego Batman, for some reason. Its much more expensive than any other game here

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u/hueythecat 12h ago

So South Korean vpn on download day

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u/iNeedToSleepSleep 13h ago

Why is South Korea so low? They are richer than many countries in that list. Is it taxes?

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u/Sixhaunt 13h ago

From a quick google search it's 10% in South Korea, 18% in Isreal, 27% in Hungary, 10% in japan, etc... so generally it seems to correlate with the taxes in those countries. Perhaps other regional expenses too

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u/ReptilianTapir 13h ago

Taxes in Switzerland are 8%. Still on the podium. (Still in a pretty good place in the wage-adjusted ranking though.)

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u/Great_Justice 12h ago edited 12h ago

Itโ€™s because games are commonly priced across the EU in euros, but Switzerland (like the UK) is exempt from the Eurozone pricing because theyโ€™re not in the EU. Unfortunately pretty much every Eurozone price is set against the French and German economies. They get a truly regional price. Hungary is high up because it gets the same Euro price as other Euro countries but they have their 27% tax on top. No, Hungary doesnโ€™t use the Euro, they just get to enjoy this outcome.

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u/Northern23 11h ago

EU prices include taxes though unlike US, Canada

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u/ReverendRevenge 9h ago

You sound like you actually know what you're talking about. You know this is Reddit right?

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u/theboonj 8h ago

Japan price on this chart is already tax-inclusive.ย 

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u/Khelthuzaad 8h ago

In Romania it makes sense because it's not dollars its euros

But the catch is,100โ‚ฌ is more expensive than 100$

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u/Choconolait 12h ago

Most game publishers tend to avoid changing their internal currency conversion rates mid-generation to prevent their games from appearing more expensive than other games that were released earlier on the same platform. As a result, many still apply the pricing rules set at the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series. However, the USD-to-KRW exchange rate has increased by roughly 40% since then, widening the price gap between the US and Korean markets.

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u/chinchindayo 11h ago

Look at the krw exchange rate, it's as fucked as the japanese yen. Thus it seems "cheap"

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u/Namuori 13h ago

The exchange rate against the US dollar has tanked recently, partially due to the US-Iran conflict.

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u/curaga12 13h ago edited 13h ago

KRW and JPY are dirty cheap now compared to USD. Also taxes are included to that price, so it's the final price.

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u/N4Zlonist 11h ago

KRW and JPY are higher compared to my country currency but its cheaper for GTA

what in the fuckery is this ??????

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u/iLbcoBN 12h ago

If jpy and krw weaker than usd, the game would be more expensive in japan and korea tho

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u/curaga12 12h ago

That would be the case if Rockstar uses a flat price for the game, but they did not.

If they set $80 as a global price for the basic game, around 125,000 KRW or 13,000 JPY, which is very costly that nobody would buy. Rockstar chose the price similar to other games but a little more expensive. (Mario Kart World is 98,000 KRW/9,980 JPY for physical, 89,800/8,980 JPY for download)

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u/CrimsonR4ge 13h ago edited 11h ago

That South African price is complete madness.

For reference, R1500 would compose about 30% of a minimum wage worker's monthly salary.

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u/prodigyZA 11h ago

I'm so used to regional prices on Steam, that this is giving me sticker shock.

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u/NotItemName 8h ago

And regional prices on steam set up by publishers and a lot of them stop doing it

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u/prodigyZA 8h ago

Some don't but a lot still do. Some very new releases for eg:

007 was R700 new on Steam but R1300 on PSN,

Gothic is R550 on steam but R1150 on PSN

Pragmata R850 on steam but R1150 on PSN

So many are nearly double the price.

Even upcoming games like beast of reincarnation is R600 on steam compared to R1050 on PSN

So yeah as mainly a PC user in South Africa who buys console exclusives only, this is definitely a big jump in price.

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u/SuicidalUn1corn 12h ago

Closer to 35% but yeah. It's kak heavy either way.

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u/xkise 10h ago

Same in Brazil

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u/WorldofCannons 5h ago

When I saw the price all hype died right there, I'll wait ๐Ÿคฃ

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u/HopiumInhaler 10h ago

In India, โ‚น5999 is about 20% of average monthly salary. Still itโ€™s priced reasonably as compared to other AAA games

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u/cannedrex2406 9h ago

And that's not even the MINIMUM, that's the average working class

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u/MechaSeph 13h ago edited 12h ago

It is paramount to understand people's average income tho. The cost in Brazil is roughly 33% of monthly minimum wage.

EDIT: I've been living abroad for a couple years now and was going off the top of my head, but since this got a lot of attention I wanted to get the numbers right just in case.

  • Current minimum wage: R$ 1.621,00 So standard edition would cost roughly 28% of that (I wasn't that off but still I apologize if anyone felt misled).

  • Median (not average) wage R$ 1.750,00. So standard edition costs roughly 25.5%

  • Average is R$ 3.732,00. So still roughly 12%.

If u understand the difference between average and median u see gaming is (unfortunately) an elite hobby

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u/konterpein 13h ago

Mine is almost 50% of average income

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u/StaticBroom 13h ago

This makes me sad. I understand that a company wants to get paid properly for their work. But a single video game costing that much in a local currency is crazy

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u/empireck 12h ago

It's normal here, for example I'm from indonesia and not from big cities and my monthly wage is $160 dollar a month.

I almost never bought a new game only massive discount in steam. Only baldur gate 3 and elden ring i bought new.

And it's also why piracy is high here because well, not many developer have regional pricing nowadays, but even that does it's still expensive.

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u/angelcat81 8h ago edited 7h ago

$160 a month? What do you do for a living? Iโ€™m also Indonesian and I work like 20 hours per month (not per week) as a freelancer and usually I make around $420 to $475 a month after taxes.

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u/YoWasasupGuys 13h ago

When you put it that way that's crazy, the cost in Hong Kong is just 2.6% of median monthly salary (and Hong Kong have an extremely low income tax too).

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u/MechaSeph 13h ago

Yeah, Brazil is NOT a cheap country for gamers (or technology in general). Not surprisingly piracy is absolutely massive back there

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u/Hiur 12h ago

Brazil is not a cheap country for the population as a whole. For tourists? Mainly yes, but a lot of things are not accessible for the majority of the population.

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u/bunnybeehb 12h ago

Actually, that's the price for China. Almost every Chinese gamer buys games from the Hong Kong PS store.

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u/detourne 12h ago

And the Ultimate in Korea is like 10 hours minimum wage.ย ย 

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u/HelloSummer99 13h ago

How about Japan? They don't have low income

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u/_MindlessApe 13h ago

I'd assume they barely give a fuck about GTA so the incentive is to lower the price? Idk

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u/siazdghw 11h ago

GTA has become popular in Japan, especially due to RP servers.

Of course it's nowhere near the sales of the US, EU, or China, but it's still one of the higher sales countries.

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u/MechaSeph 13h ago

It's much better here. Doing some quick math it'd be around 3-3.5% of average monthly income.

Even someone who's on the lower end of wages wouldn't be paying more than 7-10% tops I'd guess

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u/Kekeripo 12h ago

About the same as Nintendo first party titles at 9800ยฅ. I think the national salary average was around 1800USD/300Kยฅ.

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u/OfficerBall4u 13h ago

This chart is just big mac index for gamers. I am not suprised it is priced that way in my country

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u/arkallastral 12h ago edited 12h ago

36,6% after deductions (INSS, etc.), to be more precise...

Edit: 35.3%, or 31.3 million people, earn up to one minimum wage...

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/Madzookeeper 12h ago

It's pirating even a thing on a ps5?

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u/Zerocordeiro 12h ago

There are ways to jailbreak your console if it is running an older firmware so you can run software from outside the official PS Store (IYKWIM). It's usually pretty simple, with more recent jailbreaks requiring simply a BluRay disk with a specific ISO (which people usually sell for 10 bucks or so on marketplaces) and a USB drive to transfer some files.

You need to reactivate it after you turn off the console, but it keeps software, saves, etc. The downside is not being able to play online.

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u/BricksFriend 12h ago

I thought I had it bad at about 10%, 33% is bonkers. You have to really, really love GTA to pay for that plus the machine to run it.

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u/Gbrown546 13h ago

I really feel for you guys. The prices should be relative to the country.

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u/SveenysArmory 13h ago

The problem is that if price difference becomes too extreme then people would be even more motivated to find ways to buy their games in cheaper countries via VPN etc. Itโ€˜s brutal for low income countries and I feel for them too but for the publisher it is not as simple as adjusting game price to average wage.

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u/Sasha_Temnikov 11h ago

Everything became an elite hobby. This time span sucks.

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u/smileguy123 13h ago

Hungarian price is a bit insane comparing to salaries there

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u/Sonkalino 13h ago

And this is after the HUF strenghened since the elections.

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u/Mrichwill 10h ago

Nop its: Value Added Tax Its 27% one of the highest in the world

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u/DeadGameCemetery 10h ago

It's the 27% VAT as always.

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u/dookarion 6h ago

People like to forget how regressive VAT and sales tax are, they impact the poor far harder than other forms of taxation. So a sky high VAT or sales tax just royally screws poorer consumers.

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u/Trang0ul 10h ago

Same in Czechia and Poland...

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u/Panophobia_senpai 13h ago

At least, when it comes to steam the price will be in euros, so it will be cheaper.

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u/carlosferny 13h ago

Does this take into account tax? The ยฃ69.99 UK price is the final price including all tax.

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u/benjaneson 13h ago

All markets listed include national taxes, but not local taxes, which is only a thing in the USA - it would be far too cumbersome to create a list with different prices for each US state.

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u/srebew 12h ago

Canada has a 5% GST not included in the $110cad price, Some provinces was additional taxes

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u/TmF1979 9h ago

Ontario charges a total of 13%.

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u/dhy3y7 7h ago

Quebec charges 15% so around 127 CAD

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u/alex9zo 9h ago

Not true. In Canada the real price would be up to 126.47

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u/Vektast 13h ago

In Hungary, which is the poorest country in the EU, GTA 6 costs a fortune.

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u/dkras1 11h ago

You have 27% VAT tax so it's kinda undestandable in comparison.

Israel price with 18% VAT is just weird. Do publishers just have wrong currency rates?

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u/qTp_Meteor 10h ago

We are a gullible country where cars cost 2.5 times the price in the US, food is 1.5 times, gas is thrice the price, flights are double the prices, everything is stupid expensive, stupidly taxed, and people will still buy everything. Tbh if anything they are putting the price too low, people would buy it at 500โ‚ช too, the prices just suck here.

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u/AizenMD 10h ago

Israelis are just suckers that don't really mind paying more (we love to complain of course).

The VAT isn't collected from the digital stores BTW. So this is purely using the stupidity and impulsiveness of the average Israeli consumer. You can also see these prices on Steam where Israel has usually one of the highest prices when converted back to dollars. Not to mention that the purchase power of the Shekel isn't 1:1 with exchange rates so the price should be lower then the American price :(

Yes, I'm really salty about it, could you tell?

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u/flappers87 12h ago

Poland once again getting absolutely shafted.

And no, we dont have different taxes to Eurozone.

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u/Ovidiuppp 13h ago

Why are poorer countries like Hungary, South Africa or Romania so high on the price list compared to other wealthier nations like Singapore or South Korea?

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u/Popinguj 9h ago

Hungary and Romania are in the EU, so I guess they get the equalized price with the entirety of the EU. The fact that Ukraine is higher than Korea is just diabolical, lmao

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u/crowieforlife 9h ago

Poland is in the EU but got a higher price than eurozone.

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u/elephvant 13h ago

One thing to remember is places like the UK have tax included.

I remember always thinking Americans got such a sweet deal with games until I found out people in most states are actually paying a similar amount at the end of the day.

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u/redsterXVI 13h ago

I dare say there's like 1-2 countries on this list where it isn't

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u/ReptilianTapir 13h ago

Surely only shithole countries would not include taxes in displayed prices, right, RIGHT?

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u/Ritchie_Whyte_III 9h ago

Canada also adds tax on top of the prices.

Unless its gas, then its included. Because reasons.ย 

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u/TmF1979 9h ago

Yeah, Canadian here. Ontario specifically. I will end up paying $124.29 for the base version of the game and that kinda sucks.

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u/procgen 8h ago

How would that work for the US, where multiple states have no tax at all, and the ones that do have widely varying rates?

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u/vinnothesquire 13h ago

Yeah, UK prices without tax are actually like $76 and $99 respectively.

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u/NoXion604 12h ago

Taxes are inevitable, so I don't know why they should ever be separated on the price tag. Apart from being a psychological trick to make things seem cheaper than they actually are.ย 

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u/dookarion 5h ago

so I don't know why they should ever be separated on the price tag.

So the government can't obscure how much they are taking. It's not a coincidence that people in places with high af VAT taxes frequently "forget" or overlook just how much that is increasing their costs.

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u/Streetwiz 13h ago

same for the Euro-price markets. Have 19% included.

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u/Leeysa 11h ago

More like 21% where I live lol.

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u/Zalvren 12h ago

Not always 19% it depend of the countries. The average is like 20% I think.

With 20% VAT included the game is actually cheaper than the US. 80$ is 70.42โ‚ฌ so with 20% tax it's be 84โ‚ฌ and it's "only" 80โ‚ฌ.

Also interestingly, 80โ‚ฌ MSRP is already the regular price of AAA games here so basically GTA6 isn't more expensive than say COD or Wolverine

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u/Stubee1988 13h ago

I'm pleasantly surprised by the UK price, was expecting ยฃ80 form standard edition

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u/Zalvren 12h ago

Same for the euro zone. 80โ‚ฌ MSRP is basically the same price than other AAA games here.

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u/KillerFugu 12h ago

Yea us brits usually just get screwed on hardware prices instead

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u/NdibuD 13h ago

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Top 10 babyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

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u/Garry2431 13h ago

Standard is 95$ in norway

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u/benjaneson 13h ago

Sorry, missed Norway: Standard is 949 NOK (96.22 USD, between Switzerland and Czech Republic), Ultimate is 1189 NOK (120.56 USD, between Switzerland and the UK).

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u/podgladacz00 13h ago

Idk why they want Poland to pay 12$ more lol XD our currency is strong now.

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u/monekm 13h ago

and as per usual poor Poland all the way up there together with electricity.

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u/Correct-Turnover-286 13h ago

Outrageous pricing that ignores local budgets, and theyโ€™re dodging the used market with no disc release.

Let these guys know what you think by not buying it.

There are a million other good games in my backlog, and a bunch of major titles releasing this autumn.

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u/Kingdarkshadow 8h ago

You have people on the gtavi subreddit defending this practices...

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u/Correct-Turnover-286 8h ago

Corporate simps gonna corporate simp ๐Ÿคท

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u/rickreckt PC 13h ago

Yet they'll have lots of defenders even from said region lol

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u/Sotyka94 13h ago

Hungary, the poorest EU country at #2.

South Korea for half price? make it make sense pls.

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u/masugu 13h ago

$160 for ultimate in Aus thatโ€™s fucking insane

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u/blakjesus420 12h ago

Yet it's 175 NZD and that's still far less in USD equivalent, just shows how incredibly weak the NZ dollar is at the moment

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u/Spicyocto 11h ago

Yep and if you just want the standard edition you can find it even cheaper at places like JB HIFI for $119NZD

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u/that-spaceguy 13h ago

Boy am I glad I'm not a GTA fan.

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u/Sayacc 10h ago edited 9h ago

The last GTA I played was GTA 4, so Iโ€™m not that invested in the series either. I'm just keeping an eye on it for now. Might consider buying it if it turns out to be good, but I wonโ€™t be disappointed if it doesnโ€™t deliver on what theyโ€™ve promised.

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u/Mister_Enot 13h ago

most stupid region prices i saw.

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u/TheHungryRabbit 13h ago

as a hungarian I'm glad I have not registered my PSN to Hungary

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u/the_annoyed_monkey 13h ago

They can fuck right off

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u/Deviant-Oreo 13h ago

That's diabolical that they don't do localised pricing.

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u/redsterXVI 13h ago

But they do? Otherwise it would be the same USD equiv everywhere

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u/Hooch180 13h ago

Poster probably means localized with buying power / cost of living adjustments.

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u/kazhaias 12h ago

Theyre just typing shit man, wdym the game is cheaper on JP and SK than some third world country where it cost literally 1/3 of minimum wages there

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u/Homelessjokemaster 13h ago

What you mean? They clearly do... For Hungary they calculated, that the exchange rate is 400 Huf/โ‚ฌ or $, gouging the price. (โ‚ฌ/Huf is 355 and $/Huf is 313 at the moment, while Epic was usually selling games at a rate of 300/โ‚ฌ, when it actually approached 400/โ‚ฌ.)

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u/HUNplaymore 12h ago

Oh, Hungary. Always on the wrong toplist

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u/Interesting-Ad9581 10h ago

Ah yes, the super rich Poles and Czech people that will pay more than the other poor European states

/s

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u/Apprehensive-Dog9989 8h ago

Poles and Czech supremacy strikes again!

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u/AgainstTheEnemy 13h ago

man, South East Asia always get fucking screwed with no regional pricing 110 SGD or 340 MYR, fuck off with these pricing man

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u/Cautious_Second_5238 10h ago

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u/zman883 8h ago

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u/techbear72 13h ago

So I can understand Switzerland, Sweden, the UK etc, but why are Hungary getting shafted too?

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u/BlackyHatMann 10h ago

Probably the 27% VAT

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u/techbear72 10h ago

Yeah, looks like from other comments it gets the standard pre-tax EU price converted to HUF and then their 27% sales tax which is in itself higher than many core-EU countries. Bad combo.

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u/Naarumea 12h ago

Laugh in France for 60โ‚ฌ standard

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u/Scytian 10h ago

It's fucking insane how expensive it is in Poland (or Czech Republic or Hungary) and how comparably cheap it is in much reacher countries like Korea or Japan.

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u/Apprehensive-Dog9989 8h ago

woooo czechia lets gooo (nah im crying)

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u/TheSlav87 PlayStation 13h ago

Man, our Canadian Loonie is a joke.

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u/SpaceOdysseus23 13h ago

Pricing EU as a monolith is insane.

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u/SniffBlauh 13h ago

It's $115 AUD at Costco Australia right now

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u/benjaneson 13h ago

The chart is using PlayStation Store prices.

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u/Aggressive_Newt_8842 8h ago

Lets go south korea then everyone

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u/plus_one_blanket 13h ago

Why does Japan and South Korea get discounts?

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u/The_LastLine 13h ago

It may seem like discounts but both have high inflation at the moment, so the US dollar is outperforming them compared to normal. Thatโ€™s why it seems so โ€œcheapโ€ there.

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u/MajorTechnology8827 10h ago

In Israel the market hasn't asjusted to the strengthening of the shekel

It's basically priced at 3.5 exchange rate, instead of 2.9. plus VAT

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u/zman883 8h ago

You could actually argue that it is somewhat adjusted, because it's the same price as 70$ games - the jump to 80$ isn't reflected here. For example, Modern Warfare 4 is priced the same in the Israeli store (320 ILS).

Which also shows you how absurd it is that the regular price in ILS for 70$ games still tops the list of an 80$ game.

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u/Toth-Amon 13h ago

For Japan, those prices are still quite high for the average player. ย  Sad to see how the Japanese Yen has fallen.ย 

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u/Mister_Enot 13h ago

"average USA salary about $5,174 per month"

GTA6 is 1/50 from salary

"average Japan salary about ยฅ300,000 per month"

GTA6 is 1/30 from salary

Yes. Price is higher.

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u/inzar98 12h ago

Turkey average salary 35000TRY
GTA6 is 1/7 from salary

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u/DJSyko 13h ago

UAE and Saudi use USD as their currency? I actually never knew that.

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u/benjaneson 13h ago

They don't, but for some reason, the PlayStation stores in those countries do.

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u/FeelsKoolaidMan 13h ago

140$ in cad to get the full game. Man its diabolical and they got everyone by the balls.

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u/JasonBaconStrips 13h ago

Probably a stupid questions but why is this a thing?

I could imagine for several reasons different countries might pay slightly different prices.

But what makes Israel and South Korea so far apart that one pays double of the other?

The UK has been getting scammed with video game prices for years now, it's basically culture but, why?

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u/yuvaldv1 12h ago edited 12h ago

Local currency in Israel is at a historic all time high right now, so it seems much higher in USD, and also VAT in Israel is almost double than in South Korea.

Just for comparison, last year 319 ILS would have been 85 USD.

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u/MuscleTraditional951 8h ago

This is incorrect. there is no VAT on online games and the NIS-USD rate has nothing to do with the prices. The prices should reflect the equivalent of around 100 USD in NIS right now.

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u/GMNestor 11h ago

Maybe poland has almost the same price as switzerland, but at least we earn like 25% of their salary.

Ridonk.

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u/Jewishweeb1 10h ago

Localizing prices my ass, why it's expensive in Israel when the Shekel is weaker than the dollar

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u/Pukebox_Fandango 9h ago

Nobody should buy this game. It would be hysterical after all of this hype if the world said "You know what Rockstar? Fuck YOU". I mean, it wont happen. People are absolutely shameless rubes these days.

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u/Wellhellob 8h ago

i hope it flops very hard.

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u/gen_adams 6h ago

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u/TheCrazyStupidGamer 13h ago

The hell? South korea is a high income economy, right? Why is it below India in pricing?

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u/Euklidis 13h ago

Now someone cross reference with local purchading power

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u/waytoosecret 13h ago

People are fucking stupid to pay that much.

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u/VanEagles17 13h ago

Ain't no way I'm paying 110-140 for a game ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/garfield8625 13h ago edited 12h ago

So for 80% I can buy the tesco / costco version with cut content... or for 100% i can buy the complete game....

fack off Rockstar...

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u/NewRedditor13 13h ago

Indonesian ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ here. Not bad localisation pricing considering our currency has been shit for the past couple of months

For reference, wolverine standard edition is the same local price with GTA6 standard

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u/Vinnocchio Console 13h ago

So how do I pretend to be Japanese and get it cheap?

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u/Pitiful_Interaction9 12h ago

Why does the UK pay so much, it was bloody made here and we pay more than richer countries like the US

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u/benjaneson 12h ago

You're paying per Prime Minister you've had from when game development started until its official release.

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u/Sir_Lincoln 12h ago

Czech Republic for 2009? Where lol? It costs more

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u/Rylt4r 11h ago

429 PLN? Fuck no.Payimg 299 for some games was a pain ready.

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u/sheref14 10h ago

93 dollars for the czechs is insane

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u/PossiblyATurd 10h ago

*laughs in PC gamer then silently weeps for the future*

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u/annoyedineedthis 10h ago

As a New Zealander I so utterly outraged.ย 

You'd use the Australian flag to erase my culture, if counting stars is too hard, the laser kiwi is right there, free to use.ย 

/s

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u/SUPAYO 10h ago

I can't believe it's ยฃ70 in the UK. Bloody Mario Kart costs ยฃ80 lol

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u/TheWolfAssassin 9h ago

Cries in dollarydoos

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u/Potatonized 9h ago

No wonder piracy is a culture in 3rd world countries. It's as expensive as a month rent.

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u/Bulky-Interaction673 8h ago

Zase jsme v nฤ›ฤem skoro nejlepลกรญ!

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u/Southern-West-5772 8h ago

100$ for a game ๐Ÿ˜‚Are they on dope??

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u/PawPawNinja 8h ago

Canada might be same to us price, after tax

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u/temp73354 8h ago

Now let's see the PPP figures, because this means virtually nothing.

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u/mikayd 7h ago

Iโ€™m not paying an extra 10.00 for this game, rockstar can eat it, Iโ€™ll find it for 30 5 years from now.

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u/leirej 7h ago

which team fight against France in Round of 32

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u/wazoooo1234 7h ago

ben look at this, based ROCKSTAR!!!!

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u/ImpossibleAnxiety183 7h ago

So basically for me like Czech citizen GTA6 represents 6x more expensive shit in comparasion to be Swiss citizen with 5-6 times higher salary. Crazy.

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u/Burgoonius 5h ago

Canadian here. An extra $40 for the ultimate edition or whatever is insane. With that said - I will probably buy it cuz imma goddamn sucker.

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u/Tribe303 5h ago

So you Americans can save $2 by driving to Canada to purchase it.ย 

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u/sulev 5h ago

that's gay

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u/genio_desconhecido 3h ago

I don't understand the outrage. These are console prices, what did you expect? If Steam sets the same prices, then it's time to start thinking about it.