{"id":2098107,"date":"2026-08-17T10:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098107"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:12:53","slug":"grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-are-skewing-overwhelmingly-to-more-expensive-ultimate-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098107","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 preorders are skewing overwhelmingly to more expensive \u2018Ultimate Edition\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grand-Theft-Auto-6.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Gaming News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 preorders are skewing overwhelmingly to more expensive \u2018Ultimate Edition\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The vast majority of fan are opting for the game&#8217;s ultimate edition, which costs $20 (\u00a314.75) more <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Nick Levine<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-17T11:12:53+01:00\">17th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grand-Theft-Auto-6-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 is being boycotted by some game stores over physical release\" title=\"Grand Theft Auto 6\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">&#8216;Grand Theft Auto 6&#8217;. CREDIT: Rockstar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Nearly 90 per cent of preorders for <i>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/i> are for the more expensive <em>Ultimate<\/em> E<em>dition<\/em>, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Market research company Sensor Tower told <em>GamesIndustry.biz<\/em> that a massive 89 per cent of preorders are for the $100 (\u00a373.75) <em>Ultimate<\/em> edition as opposed to the $80 (\u00a359) <em>Standard<\/em> edition. Sensor Tower also confirmed that the <em>Ultimate<\/em><em>edition<\/em> is proving equally popular on Xbox Series X|S, where 90 per cent of preorders are for the more expensive version, and PlayStation 5, where 88.5 per cent of preorders are for the premium edition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Sensor Tower\u2019s SVP and GM of <em>Video Game Insights<\/em>, Karl Kontus, told the outlet that while premium editions \u201calways tend to perform well during the preorder period\u201d, this figure is still pretty unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat being said, I have never seen a 90% premium share before,\u201d he said. \u201cA 50% premium share during preorders is a great number. Typical premium shares for games tend to be at around 10\u201320%.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3951805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3951805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3951805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Art-GTA.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order release date teaser\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3951805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 cover art. CREDIT: Rockstar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans definitely have an incentive to fork out for the more expensive edition of the game. Earlier this year, Rockstar Games confirmed it would be making several in-game features exclusive to the more expensive <em>Ultimate<\/em> version of <i>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference between $80 \u2013 already higher than the industry standard $70 we see today \u2013 and $100 isn\u2019t that big, and the $100 [edition] comes with a lot of additional content,\u201d Kontus told <em>GamesIndustry.biz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Grand Theft Auto 6\u00a0<\/i>is set for release on November 19. In the meantime, an<i>\u00a0Extended Look<\/i> at the game will premiere on Netflix on August 27 at 8pm before being released more widely at 2am the following morning.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to lock this first-look content behind a streaming paywall has already angered some <em>GTA<\/em> fans, however. \u201c6 hours later? Guess I\u2019ll be watching some shit-ass quality re-upload on Discord,\u201d one fan wrote on Reddit. \u201cI am not ever going to pay a Netflix subscription just to watch the trailer,\u201d said another. \u201cI\u2019m not paying Netflix to specifically watch an ad, you guys have lost your freakin\u2019 minds,\u201d added a third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_93\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_93\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">How \u2018Diablo\u2019 continues to provide the definitive dark-fantasy game soundtrack<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">KATSEYE \u2013 \u2018Wild\u2019 EP review: global girl group struggle to find the sweet spot<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">This Is Lorelei was only meant to be a side project. 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Sensor Tower also confirmed that the <em>Ultimate<\/em><em>edition<\/em> is proving equally popular on Xbox Series X|S, where 90 per cent of preorders are for the more expensive version, and PlayStation 5, where 88.5 per cent of preorders are for the premium edition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Sensor Tower\u2019s SVP and GM of <em>Video Game Insights<\/em>, Karl Kontus, told the outlet that while premium editions \u201calways tend to perform well during the preorder period\u201d, this figure is still pretty unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat being said, I have never seen a 90% premium share before,\u201d he said. \u201cA 50% premium share during preorders is a great number. Typical premium shares for games tend to be at around 10\u201320%.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3951805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3951805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3951805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Art-GTA.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order release date teaser\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3951805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 cover art. CREDIT: Rockstar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans definitely have an incentive to fork out for the more expensive edition of the game. Earlier this year, Rockstar Games confirmed it would be making several in-game features exclusive to the more expensive <em>Ultimate<\/em> version of <i>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference between $80 \u2013 already higher than the industry standard $70 we see today \u2013 and $100 isn\u2019t that big, and the $100 [edition] comes with a lot of additional content,\u201d Kontus told <em>GamesIndustry.biz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Grand Theft Auto 6\u00a0<\/i>is set for release on November 19. In the meantime, an<i>\u00a0Extended Look<\/i> at the game will premiere on Netflix on August 27 at 8pm before being released more widely at 2am the following morning.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to lock this first-look content behind a streaming paywall has already angered some <em>GTA<\/em> fans, however. \u201c6 hours later? Guess I\u2019ll be watching some shit-ass quality re-upload on Discord,\u201d one fan wrote on Reddit. \u201cI am not ever going to pay a Netflix subscription just to watch the trailer,\u201d said another. \u201cI\u2019m not paying Netflix to specifically watch an ad, you guys have lost your freakin\u2019 minds,\u201d added a third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-ultimate-standard-edition-splits-3963126&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grand-Theft-Auto-6.jpg&#8221;] NewsGaming News \u2018Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019 preorders are skewing overwhelmingly to more expensive \u2018Ultimate Edition\u2019 The vast majority of fan are opting for the game&#8217;s ultimate edition, which costs $20 (\u00a314.75) more By Nick Levine 17th August 2026 &#8216;Grand Theft Auto 6&#8217;. CREDIT: Rockstar Nearly 90 per cent of preorders for Grand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2098107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2098107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2098107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2098107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2098107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}