Baldur's Gate 3 developer responds to GTA 6 $100 price hopes

GTA 6 will likely be the biggest game of 2025 – assuming it isn't delayed and Half-Life 3 doesn't come out. There is no doubt that GTA 6 will set some standards for the next generation of video games. However, we recently learned from an industry analyst that there are some who are “hoping” that GTA 6 would set the precedent for a $100 price tag.

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Most triple-A games already cost $70, and just a game as big and anticipated as GTA 6 could potentially cause an industry-wide price change. Even though neither developer Rockstar nor parent company Take-Two Interactive have commented on the matter, the prediction is causing quite a stir in the industry. Even Michael Douse, the publishing director of Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian, commented on an “inconvenient truth.”

The Inconvenient Truth of the Video Game Industry

“Don't say that out loud!!!!” Douse wrote while retweeting VGC's report about the $100 price tag. “A good company increases salaries according to inflation so their employees don't die or something, but the prices of games haven't increased with inflation. That's not why the industry is in shit right now, but it's an inconvenient truth.

“On the other hand, a game developer's responsibility is to ensure that the game they show delivers on that promise and the player's investment,” he continued. “I won’t always say things you love, but I will always say things that express love.”

Of course, just because a publisher decides to set the price of a game at $100 doesn't mean the development team will get a raise. In fact, despite rising profits, the video game industry has seen layoffs after layoffs, with new studios downsizing or closing every day.

When it comes to GTA 6, it is perhaps the only game that can dictate a price of $100, because no matter what happens, everyone will buy it. Rockstar and Take Two have already made a name for themselves thanks to GTA Online, and you can bet there's a revamp planned too.

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