Rockstar has announced the editions. There are two: Standard at $79.99 and Ultimate at $99.99, both launching November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. This page previously forecast a three-tier Standard/Special/Collector's structure at $69.99–$249.99, built on Rockstar's GTA V and RDR2 patterns. That forecast was wrong on both the tier count and the base price. The page below has been rebuilt on Rockstar's own announcement. For how badly the predictions missed and why, read Pricing Predictions vs. Reality.
The Two Editions
Rockstar's June 24 announcement named two SKUs and no others. Both are the same game; the difference is a bundle of extra single-player content. Prices are US dollars on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S — Rockstar has not announced a PC version or a PC date.
- ✓ The complete single-player game — Jason and Lucia's story across Leonida
- ✓ Vintage Vice City Pack, if you buy before Nov 20
- ✓ Free month of GTA+ on digital pre-orders
- ✓ Pre-load from Nov 12
- — No Ultimate bonus vehicles, weapons, apparel or shops
Nothing in the campaign is locked behind the higher tier. Rockstar describes Ultimate as content added to this, not content withheld from it.
- ✓ Everything in Standard
- ✓ "An exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story" — Rockstar's wording
- ✓ '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy + Paradise Garage in Watson Bay
- ✓ '95 Grotti Cheetah
- ✓ Ultimate-only in-game shops, garages and vendors
- ✓ Items unlock chapter by chapter as the story progresses
$20 for extras spread through one playthrough. Worth it if you're a car collector or a completionist; skippable if you're here for the story.
On the Collector's Edition
There isn't one — yet. Rockstar announced two editions and said nothing about a Deluxe, Special, or Collector's tier. That is not the same as ruling one out. GTA V shipped with two editions in 2013 and physical collector's sets appeared through separate announcements. If a boxed set is coming, it hasn't been announced. We'll say so here the day it is, and not before.
The Vintage Vice City Pack — Free, With a Deadline
This is the part most edition comparisons bury, and it's the one with an actual clock on it. Rockstar's announcement is unambiguous: all pre-orders and purchases before November 20, 2026 include the Vintage Vice City Pack. Not the Ultimate tier. Not pre-orders only. Any copy, either edition, bought before the day after launch.
That deadline matters more than the edition choice for most buyers. It also means the usual pre-order urgency doesn't apply here: you can decide on launch day and still get the pack.
- '55 Vapid Stanier and the Shore Court garage. A two-tone vintage sedan, plus a personal garage on Shore Court near Ocean Beach. Rockstar's copy notes it works like other personal garages in Leonida — a weapon locker for loadouts, and a stash for goods you want to move through a Fence.
- Outfits and hairstyles for both leads. A pastel linen suit and period cut for Jason; a red sequin mini dress and curls for Lucia.
- A weapon pattern. A tropical print for most guns, styled after Tommy Vercetti's palm-tree shirt from the original Vice City.
Items unlock as Jason and Lucia progress rather than appearing in your inventory at the start. Physical copies get the pack on pre-order while stocks last, per retailer messaging — the clean guarantee is the digital one.
There Is No Disc
The physical version of GTA 6 contains a download code in the box. Rockstar said so directly. There is no disc-based release announced, and the boxed version arrives November 12 — a week before launch — specifically so boxed buyers can pre-load like everyone else.
Three consequences worth knowing before you buy:
- You cannot resell or lend it. A code is a code. If trading games in is part of how you buy them, this changes the math on the $79.99.
- The free GTA+ month is digital-only. Rockstar's announcement pairs the GTA+ month specifically with digital pre-orders. Buy the box, skip the month.
- It's a bad gift unless the recipient knows. A wrapped box that turns out to be a code has ruined a few Christmases already. Worth mentioning to whoever's buying for you.
The Dates That Matter
November 12, 2026 — Pre-load opens
Digital pre-orders can begin downloading. Physical copies hit shelves the same day, carrying the code that lets boxed buyers pre-load too. File size has not been announced.
November 19, 2026 — Launch
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar describes the launch version as featuring "a single-player experience." No online mode has been announced for day one — see our GTA 6 Online page for what that phrasing does and doesn't establish.
November 20, 2026 — Vintage Vice City Pack deadline
The last day to buy and still receive the bonus pack is November 19; Rockstar's wording is "purchases before November 20, 2026." Buy on launch day and you're inside it.
Which One to Buy
Standard, for most people. The campaign is identical. Ultimate adds cars, guns, clothes and shops to a game that already contains all of its story, map and mechanics. If you'd have to think about the extra $20, that's your answer.
Ultimate, if you collect. The honest case for $99.99 is narrow but real: if you're the player who photographs every car and reruns the story to see everything, Ultimate's content is threaded through the campaign you're going to play twice anyway. Buying it later as an upgrade has not been announced as an option, so this is a decision you make up front.
Digital, unless you specifically want the box. The box holds a code, not a disc — so you're paying for cardboard and losing the GTA+ month. The one argument for physical is that a boxed copy can be gifted or shelved.
What's Still Unknown
Everything above is from Rockstar's own announcement. These are not:
- Regional pricing outside the US. Rockstar published USD figures. Local prices land at the storefronts.
- File size. Not announced. Our storage calculator works from comparable titles, and says so.
- Whether Ultimate has a boxed version. Reported as digital-only; Rockstar's announcement doesn't address it. We're not asserting it either way.
- PC. No version, no date, no announcement.
- Any Collector's tier. See above. Not announced ≠ not coming.
Sources: Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive, "Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI," press release, June 24, 2026; Rockstar Newswire, "Pre-Order Grand Theft Auto VI on June 25." Vintage Vice City Pack and Ultimate Edition item descriptions are Rockstar's own copy as published on rockstargames.com/VI. Last verified July 16, 2026.