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Best Buy Plus/Total Members: Grand Theft Auto VI (PS5 / XSX / XSS) $80 + Get 10% Rewards + Free S/H
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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has Grand Theft Auto VI for pre-order at $79.99 for both PlayStation 5 [bestbuy.com] and Xbox Series X|S [bestbuy.com]. Shipping is free, or select free pickup on release date.
My Best Buy Plus/Total members get 10x points (10% back in points) on this pre-order — that's an extra 9% on top of the standard 1% member rate, worth roughly $7.99 in points on the $79.99 price.
Terms for the 10x points offer:
My Best Buy Plus/Total members get 10x points (10% back in points) on this pre-order — that's an extra 9% on top of the standard 1% member rate, worth roughly $7.99 in points on the $79.99 price.
Terms for the 10x points offer:
- Offer valid through Wednesday, 11/18/26 for new and existing My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total members.
- Must have an active My Best Buy account and be signed in before placing the qualifying pre-order
- Applies to the pre-order purchase only — earns 5 points per $1 spent
- 10% back in points is inclusive of the standard 1% member rate (1% + 9% bonus = 10% total)
- Points post to your account ~15 days after the game ships/fulfills
- Nontransferable; excludes tax, shipping/delivery fees, and Best Buy Gift Cards
- Subject to My Best Buy Program Terms
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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has Grand Theft Auto VI for pre-order at $79.99 for both PlayStation 5 [bestbuy.com] and Xbox Series X|S [bestbuy.com]. Shipping is free, or select free pickup on release date.
My Best Buy Plus/Total members get 10x points (10% back in points) on this pre-order — that's an extra 9% on top of the standard 1% member rate, worth roughly $7.99 in points on the $79.99 price.
Terms for the 10x points offer:
My Best Buy Plus/Total members get 10x points (10% back in points) on this pre-order — that's an extra 9% on top of the standard 1% member rate, worth roughly $7.99 in points on the $79.99 price.
Terms for the 10x points offer:
- Offer valid through Wednesday, 11/18/26 for new and existing My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total members.
- Must have an active My Best Buy account and be signed in before placing the qualifying pre-order
- Applies to the pre-order purchase only — earns 5 points per $1 spent
- 10% back in points is inclusive of the standard 1% member rate (1% + 9% bonus = 10% total)
- Points post to your account ~15 days after the game ships/fulfills
- Nontransferable; excludes tax, shipping/delivery fees, and Best Buy Gift Cards
- Subject to My Best Buy Program Terms
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Grand Theft Auto VI for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S is being sold as a download code in a box, so there is no disc to resell or lend. The comments frame that as a digital-only move tied to the game's huge size and day-one patches, and they note that Rockstar has used code-in-box releases before. The main drawback is the loss of physical ownership and the secondary market, which has some waiting for a disc version instead. It is a straightforward preorder for players who are fine with digital access.
The deal includes a download-code-in-a-box format, which avoids needing a PS5 or Xbox disc drive for play.
The large install size and day-one patches make a disc less practical for this release format.
Target has offered 20% off GTA VI pre-orders for military and for college students or teachers, which can beat Best Buy Plus value.
The Xbox disc-to-digital approach is presented as a consumer-friendly model that can reduce the resale tradeoff of digital-only releases.
The release is described as code-in-a-box with no disc, which can limit ownership feelings compared with a physical version.
Best Buy Plus value is questioned because Target has run 20% off promotions that may provide a better discount for pre-orders.
The comments argue that digital-only availability can eliminate the secondary market and keep digital pricing higher over time.
Some guidance recommends waiting for a physical disc version because pre-ordering now is viewed as not worth it without a disc.
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Makes sense since the game is gonna be like 200gb plus day one patches
The main argument against that though is you're no longer able to resell them :/
I think XBOX has the best approach where the disc gives you access to the digital version.
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The main argument against that though is you're no longer able to resell them :/
I think XBOX has the best approach where the disc gives you access to the digital version.
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With that, yes, loving what xbox is doing, if they weren't shooting themselves in the foot 50 other ways they would be making a comeback.
With that, yes, loving what xbox is doing, if they weren't shooting themselves in the foot 50 other ways they would be making a comeback.
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Makes sense since the game is gonna be like 200gb plus day one patches
This is more for them to prevent reselling the disc, and maintaining higher margins throughout the game's lifetime. GTA5 can be found really cheap nowadays since it's an old 13-year game, but 13 years after GTA6, you will not find GTA6 so cheaply since there is no physical version available to drive the digital price down. They eliminate the secondary market which brings them no profits, and hold control over the pricing since it's a digital only game with no other competitors.
That's what makes sense.
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I'm not sure if you saw the Nex Playground but it's basically a budget Kinect but it came with a bunch of games and my kids were having a blast with it. If a game like that came with the bundled Kinect and they demoed that in stores it would have done so much better.
With all that, yes, a lot of people were still loyal to Xbox but were looking over the fence at PlayStation and after that announcement where they oozed greed and said you need to give them more money if you wanna let your friend borrow your game and you can't play without internet that destroyed that loyalty and the PS4 sold far better and it was over at that point.
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