**BREAKING: Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Will Cost $100 — And Fans Are Actually Cheering**

BREAKING: Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Will Cost $100 — And Fans Are Actually Cheering

In a move that shattered decades of gaming pricing norms, Rockstar Games officially announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch with a base price of $100 USD — a full $30 more than the current industry standard. But here’s the shocking twist: early polling shows 78% of fans support the hike.

The studio unveiled a tiered “Dynamic Economy” system, explaining that the higher price allows them to permanently remove all microtransactions from the single-player campaign, include 8 years of guaranteed free story DLC, and embed a real-time, stock-market-like inflation system that adjusts in-game prices based on actual player behavior.

“This isn’t about greed,” said Rockstar’s CEO in a pre-recorded statement. “It’s the end of the $70 loss leader. You buy the experience once. You own it forever.”

Industry analysts are calling it the “GTA Effect,” predicting that every major studio will follow suit by 2028, triggering what some are already calling the “Great Price Migration” — a future where $100 games become standard, but loot boxes and season passes become extinct. Wall Street is buzzing: Take-Two Interactive stock jumped 12% in after-hours trading.