Following Matthew Balls report that big-league AAA game studios hope Rockstar and Take-Two price the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI at $100 to set a precedent that would allow them to hike prices for their own games with clear conscience, another industry analyst now predicts the next GTA installment wont settle for the industry-standard $70 and will include incentives for buyers to spend triple-digit sums on the game.RockstarThats according to Managing Director of Equity Research at Wedbush Securities Michael Pachter, who, in his latest research note seen by VGC, stated that they have reasons to believe GTA 6 could be priced at $100 or more.In the report, Pachter suggested that integrating GTA Online into the game could help Rockstar justify the price increase, similar to how Activision handled Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty Mobile ahead of the annual Call of Duty premium release. As an additional incentive, the developers could offer players a large amount of in-game currency for GTA Online, making the price increase seem less outrageous to buyers.We think the company has plans to sell the game at a previously unheard of price point, and suspect that management can offer consumers an incentive to pay $100 or more per unit by rewarding them with a large amount of in-game currency to be spent in GTA Online, the note reads. There is precedent for integrating an online game experience with a premium game, as Activision did so with both Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty Mobile content prior to the release of its annual Call of Duty premium installment.In Activisions case, the integration led to a 40% increase in sales of Call of Duty premium; in Take-Twos case, we think a successful integration of GTA Online and GTA VI can lead to a $100 price point for the premium gameWhile speculation and the will-they-wont-they debate surrounding GTA 6s price have been a major discussion topic online for the past couple of months not surprisingly given that the game is perhaps the most anticipated title currently on the market there are reasons not to add this particular prediction to the list of arguments supporting the idea of a potential price hike, considering the history of the individual who has made it.While Pachter has been an analyst for longer than many of us have been alive since at least 1982, according to his LinkedIn historically, his track record for predictions has been more akin to a coin flip, slightly weighted toward the wrong side.Over the years, he has certainly proven hes no Nostradamus, making claims such as Nintendo and Sonys business models being inferior to Xboxs, that the late Satoru Iwata should have been ousted from his position as Nintendos CEO in 2013, and that PlayStation had no chance of competing with Xbox. His past predictions also include the PS3/Xbox 360 being the last console generation, that Nintendo should ditch Switch, The Elder Scrolls 6 releasing in 2017, and Xbox One outselling PlayStation 4 just to name a few.Regarding Grand Theft Auto future-telling in particular, Pachter is also on record for being off the mark, having predicted in 2009 that GTA 5 would launch in 2010 or 2011. While not directly related to the gaming industry, the analysts success rank on TipRanks a platform that helps investors make better decisions stands at 43%, with a rating of 0.26/5, further calling his authority into question. Ultimately, whether to take Pachters latest research note seriously is for each person to decide for themselves, but using it as an argument in an online debate is definitely not recommended.Dont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Another Analyst Thinks GTA 6 Will Cost $100, But Should We Believe Him? appeared first on CG SHARES.