GTA 6 Is $80, OpenAI Has a Chip, and Meta Wants to Predict the Future

Rockstar finally set a price for Grand Theft Auto 6: $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the ultimate edition, with pre-orders opening at midnight tonight. The game launches November 19th on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, more than a decade after GTA 5. Even the physical editions contain only a download code inside the box — no disc. Pre-orders and physical copies ship November 12th for preloading. Anyone who buys before November 20th gets the Vintage Vice City pack, a throwback to 2002's GTA Vice City that includes a sedan, garage, outfits, hairstyles, and a weapon skin. Digital pre-orders also net a free month of GTA Plus. The ultimate edition includes exclusive vehicles, weapons, outfits, and additional locations and activities absent from the base version. The $79.99 price tag is notable: gaming has steadily gotten pricier, with Nintendo nudging some Switch 2 game prices to $69 or even $79. GTA 6 launches over a decade after GTA 5, and its release date has been bumped back multiple times. It is expected to be so dominant that other games are planning their own launches to avoid it entirely. The diskless physical copies are a significant signal: if this console generation's biggest mass-market game is ditching physical media, the trend is accelerating. Even Nintendo is going diskless for