Let's face it, in 2025 one release will dominate the gaming industry: Grand Theft Auto VI. According to current plans, Rockstar's open-world title is scheduled to appear in the fall, which is already making the competition break out in a sweat of fear. But the blockbuster could not only have disadvantages.
Nobody really believes that yetwill actually be released in fall 2025. But Rockstar Games maintains that the open-world hit is launching an attack on our free time and all competing studios this year.
There's even a ton of insider information that says other development studios are deliberately holding back the release dates of their titles so as not to clash with GTA 6. But there also seems to be something related to Rockstar's game that other companies could benefit from.
Matthew Ball from Epyllion explains this in his report “State of Gaming 2025”. Accordingly, there is hope in the gaming industry that Grand Theft Auto VI will be significantly more expensive. That's right, after the purchase price for video games has remained largely stable in recent years, GTA 6 could be the trigger for rising prices for end consumers.
Ball said the game will sell well regardless of the price Take-Two Interactive charges. Assuming Grand Theft Auto VI cost 100 euros, would you grab it? Many people probably do, and if this course is established for Blockbuster, other studios will certainly follow suit.
In any case, a general price increase would not be surprising. As is well known, the production costs of video games have risen massively in recent years. If questionable mechanics such as microtransactions are not to be used, we will have to accept higher one-off payments.
