GTA 5 Xbox Series X price spotted online - and it's cheaper than expected
The price of the GTA 5 Xbox Series X/S remaster has been spotted online, giving us our first look at how much the latest version of Rockstar’s acclaimed open-world shooter will cost.
A listing for the Xbox Series X/S version of Grand Theft Auto V was spotted on the Australian official Xbox store by prolific gaming deal tweeter Wario64. The game is listed for AU$ 59.95 — which equates to about $44.00 / £33.50 — and is currently discounted to AU$29.97 — about $22.00 / £16.73.
Meanwhile, the Xbox Series X/S version of Grand Theft Auto Online, GTA 5’s multiplayer component, can be bought separately for AU$30.95 — about $23.00 / £17.30 — and is also currently discounted to half price.
According to the page’s description, the 50% discount will be live until June 14, 2022. That's a long time, given the next-gen versions of GTA 5 are planned to release later this month on March 15.
In the run-up to that launch date, Rockstar has been feeding fans more details about the remaster, including GTA 5’s PS5 and Xbox Series X/S graphics options. You’ll be able to choose from three graphics modes: Fidelity, which offers 4k resolution and ray-tracing at 30fps; Performance, which drops ray-tracing for 60fps and 4k resolutions; and Performance RT, that’s a hybrid selection of the other two modes.
Given that GTA 5 was released almost a decade ago, and has already received one next-gen port to the PS4 and Xbox One, we’d expect this latest remaster to launch with a healthy price cut. The vicinity of $20 to $25 seems appropriate, although those that don’t snap up the game before June will be stuck paying double that figure once the discount ends. That’s not a small amount, considering many will have already played through the game several times
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