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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2026 · 1H 14M

GTA 6 Is $80, Has No Disc & Consoles Are Getting Too Expensive

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Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheGamingDuoThe price of being a gamer just went up again.This week on The Gaming Duo, Rockstar officially confirmed GTA 6 will cost $79.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition and the physical box won't have a disc in it. We break down what you're actually getting at each price tier, why locking five in-game shops and a side mission behind a $20 paywall has players heated, and whether Rockstar gets a pass that no other publisher would. Then we shift to the hardware side: Microsoft just announced its third Xbox price hike in 14 months, pushing the Series X to $799.99 and the Series S to $499.99. Add it all up console plus game and the cost of entry to play the biggest release of the generation is approaching $900. At what point does gaming stop being for everyone?Where Friendships Are Built Through Gaming.

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