Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost $79.99 in the United States for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition when it launches on 19 November 2026, but a widely-shared comparison of regional PlayStation Store prices shows players in some countries paying nearly double what others do. The standard edition ranges from roughly $58 in South Korea, the cheapest market, to about $107 at the top end, a near-2x global spread for the same game.

Rockstar Games confirmed the official US pricing on 24 June, a day before pre-orders open at midnight local time on 25 June. The per-country figures below come from a player compilation posted to r/gaming, which converted regional PlayStation Store pre-order prices into US dollars. They are not an official Rockstar regional price list, and the dollar equivalents shift with daily exchange rates, but they line up with confirmed local listings and lay out the scale of the gap.

GTA 6 Prices By Country, Standard And Ultimate Edition

South Korea sits at the bottom of the list at the equivalent of $58.07 for the standard edition, with Japan close behind at $60.61. At the other end, the most expensive markets clear $100, with the top entry landing at $106.88. The United States price of $79.99 falls in the lower-middle of the table once national taxes elsewhere are factored in, since most listed markets include VAT in the sticker price while the US figure does not. The Ultimate Edition tracks the same order, sitting roughly $15 to $27 above the standard price in each market, from $72.95 in South Korea up to $133.68 at the top.

Rank	Country / Market	Standard Local	Standard USD	Ultimate Local	Ultimate USD
1	Israel	ILS 319.00	$106.88	ILS 399.00	$133.68
2	Hungary	HUF 31,990	$101.85	HUF 39,990	$127.32
3	Switzerland	CHF 79.90	$98.31	CHF 99.90	$122.92
4	Czech Republic	CZK 2,009	$93.98	CZK 2,499	$116.88
5	Poland	PLN 349.00	$92.30	PLN 429.00	$113.45
6	United Kingdom	£69.99	$92.11	£89.99	$118.43
7	Sweden	SEK 899.00	$91.97	SEK 1,149.00	$117.54
8	Denmark	DKK 599.00	$90.87	DKK 749.00	$113.61
9	Euro-price markets	€79.99	$90.71	€99.99	$113.39
10	South Africa	ZAR 1,499.00	$90.23	ZAR 1,899.00	$114.31
11	Australia	AUD 129.95	$89.66	AUD 159.95	$110.35
12	Romania	RON 399.90	$86.58	RON 499.90	$108.23
13	Brazil	BRL 449.90	$86.53	BRL 549.90	$105.76
14	Turkey	TRY 3,999.00	$86.02	TRY 4,999.00	$107.53
15	Mexico	MXN 1,499.00	$85.08	MXN 1,879.00	$106.63
16	Singapore	SGD 109.00	$83.96	SGD 136.00	$104.75
17	Malaysia	MYR 339.00	$81.92	MYR 419.00	$101.25
18	Thailand	THB 2,690.00	$80.47	THB 3,390.00	$101.43
19	United States	$79.99	$79.99	$99.99	$99.99
19	Saudi Arabia	$79.99	$79.99	$99.99	$99.99
19	United Arab Emirates	$79.99	$79.99	$99.99	$99.99
22	New Zealand	NZD 139.95	$78.97	NZD 174.95	$98.72
23	Ukraine	UAH 3,499.00	$77.98	UAH 4,299.00	$95.82
24	Canada	CAD 109.99	$77.28	CAD 139.99	$98.35
25	Hong Kong	HKD 568.00	$72.45	HKD 708.00	$90.30
26	Indonesia	IDR 1,190,000	$66.20	IDR 1,490,000	$82.88
27	India	INR 5,999	$63.36	INR 7,499	$79.20
28	Japan	¥9,800	$60.61	¥12,280	$75.95
29	South Korea	₩89,800	$58.07	₩112,800	$72.95

Ranking is by standard edition USD equivalent. The United States, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates share rank 19 on an identical $79.99 listing, as the PlayStation stores in both Gulf markets price GTA 6 in US dollars rather than local currency.

Why GTA 6 Is Cheaper In South Korea And Japan

The explanation players have put forward centres on exchange rates. Publishers typically lock their regional pricing tiers when a console generation launches and avoid changing the internal conversion rates mid-generation, since a sudden hike would make new games look more expensive than older titles on the same platform. Those tiers were set at the start of the PS5 and Xbox Series era in 2020, and the Korean won and Japanese yen have both weakened sharply against the US dollar since then. With the won down roughly 40% over that span, the unchanged local price now converts to far fewer dollars than it did at launch.

A low US-dollar figure does not mean the game is cheap for locals, though, and players in those markets were quick to point that out. Japan’s ¥9,800 standard price still represents a meaningful share of a median monthly wage there, with the yen’s slide cutting local spending power even as the dollar conversion flatters the price. The same caveat undercuts the popular suggestion of simply switching store regions to Korea or Japan to save money, since the saving is real only when measured in dollars from a stronger economy.

Why Some Countries Pay More Than The US

At the expensive end, the pattern is driven heavily by tax. Several markets that show up near the top, including Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic, are charged the standard euro-market price and then have their own national sales tax stacked on top. Hungary carries a 27% VAT rate, the highest in the European Union, which pushes its standard edition past $100 despite the country being one of the bloc’s lower-income members. Hungary does not use the euro, but its PlayStation Store pricing still tracks the euro-market figure before that tax is applied.

The gap looks even wider measured against local incomes rather than dollars. Players in Brazil noted the standard edition runs at roughly a quarter to a third of the national monthly minimum wage, while in South Africa the ZAR 1,499 price works out to close to 30% of a minimum-wage worker’s monthly salary. Wealthier markets such as Hong Kong, by contrast, see the same game land at a small fraction of a median monthly income. The result is a list where relative affordability bears little relation to the dollar ranking, and where some lower-income countries pay more in absolute terms than richer ones.

No Disc, Just A Download Code In The Box

The regional pricing stings harder because there is no cheap physical workaround. Rockstar has confirmed the boxed editions of GTA 6 will not contain a disc, shipping instead with a download code, which removes the option of importing a cheaper physical copy from another region or reselling it second-hand. Buyers are tied to the digital price in their own store account, making the regional figures above the effective floor for most players rather than a starting point for bargain-hunting.

Pre-orders open at midnight local time on 25 June across all regions, locking in these prices for anyone deciding which store to buy from ahead of the 19 November launch. The open question for PC players is whether the eventual Steam release will mirror this regional structure or undercut it, a possibility some are already weighing as they decide whether to commit now or wait.

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