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GTA 6 Cost by Country 2026, Measured Against Local Pay
In India, the ₹5,999 game alone costs about a quarter of a month's average pay, but adding the cheapest new console raises the cost of joining on launch day to 2.5–3.3 months of pay.
- No. 1: India
- 9 places
- 8 AIs
01Final list
8 AIs built their own top-ten lists independently. Above is one combined result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, the AIs that included it and, where the AIs gave one, a source.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
India
A new console plus the game costs 2.5–3.3 months of average salaried pay. A console owner pays ₹5,999, about a quarter of a month's pay.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Ernie, MiMo.In their lists: Claude · Gemini: 1 · Kimi: 1 · DeepSeek: 2
What each AI noted 4
- Claude
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
- Geminiplace 1
A newcomer must sacrifice almost two full months of average earnings for a console and game, while an existing owner spends nearly a week's wages for the software alone.
- Kimiplace 1
A new PS5 plus GTA VI costs about two and a half months of the average salaried income — the game alone is a full week's pay.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
India has the third-cheapest GTA VI in the world at ₹5,999, but a new PS5 costs ₹69,990 — 26.3% of average monthly pay for the game alone and over 300% for the bundle.
Source ↗
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Brazil
The R$449.90 game is about 12% of monthly pay. With the cheapest console it rises to 112–136%, depending on whether that is a Series S or a PS5 Digital.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiMo. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Ernie.In their lists: Claude · Gemini: 4 · Kimi: 2 · DeepSeek: 3 · MiMo: 2
What each AI noted 5
- Claude
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
- Geminiplace 4
Persistent electronics import taxes mean buying a new console and game eats 105% of an average month's salary, cementing multi-month installment plans as the norm.
- Kimiplace 2
Joining launch day from scratch costs R$5,049.80 — about 136% of the record-high average monthly income.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
Brazil’s R$449.90 GTA VI is 12.6% of average monthly pay, but the cheapest console (Xbox Series S at R$3,329) pushes the bundle to over 100% of a month’s earnings.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 2
The game is 16% of an average month's pay; a console on top pushes a November 19 start past half a month's wages.
Source ↗
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Indonesia
Single-source estimate. The game alone is 36% of the Rp3.33M average wage, and with the cheapest PS5 the total is about 3.3 months of pay. If confirmed, it would rank #2.
Included it: Claude, MiMo. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Claude · MiMo: 4
What each AI noted 2
- Claude
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
- MiMoplace 4
Rp 1.19 million is the fourth-cheapest sticker in the world — and still one of the heaviest against local monthly pay.
Source ↗
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Argentina
Estimate. The game alone (ARS 113,299) is 25.2% of average net pay, the highest game-only share found. Console-plus-game figures disagree, ranging from 106% to about 1.8 months.
Included it: Gemini, MiMo. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Kimi, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Gemini: 3 · MiMo: 1
What each AI noted 2
- Geminiplace 3
Digital payment surcharges and hardware tariffs push the entry price past an entire month's median formal income.
- MiMoplace 1
One copy alone already costs 25.2% of the average monthly net pay — before anyone has bought a console.
Source ↗
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Ukraine
Single source. A PS5 from about UAH 22,000 plus the UAH 3,499 game is roughly 80% of the August 2026 average wage. Ukraine has no native Xbox store.
Included it: Kimi. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ernie, MiMo.In their lists: Kimi: 4
What each AI noted 1
- Kimiplace 4
A PS5 starts near UAH 22,000 in a country where the average monthly salary is UAH 31,892 — launch day costs about 80% of a month's pay.
Source ↗
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Mexico
A Series S (MXN 9,125) plus the MXN 1,499 game costs 64–70% of a month's pay. Console owners pay under 13%.
Included it: Gemini, Kimi, MiMo. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, DeepSeek, Ernie.In their lists: Gemini: 6 · Kimi: 5 · MiMo: 7
What each AI noted 3
- Geminiplace 6
Upgrading to a current-gen console and GTA VI requires over 70% of a typical month's pay, whereas current console owners pay less than 13%.
- Kimiplace 5
MXN 10,624 for a Series S plus GTA VI — nearly two-thirds of the average month's pay.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 7
MXN 1,499 sits mid-table on sticker price (~$85) — and well above the US once local pay is the yardstick.
Source ↗
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Romania
Single source. A RON 3,199.99 PS5 Slim Digital plus the RON 399.90 game is about half a month's gross pay. The game alone is 5.6%.
Included it: Kimi. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ernie, MiMo.In their lists: Kimi: 6
What each AI noted 1
- Kimiplace 6
Half a month's gross pay — RON 3,600 — stands between a Romanian without a console and Vice City.
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South Africa
With the cheapest Series S (R7,599), launch day costs about 34% of monthly pay; the PS5 route costs 49–52%. The R1,499 game alone is about 5%.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiMo. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Ernie.In their lists: Claude · Gemini: 7 · Kimi: 9 · DeepSeek: 1 · MiMo: 10
What each AI noted 5
- Claude
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
- Geminiplace 7
A brand new console bundle demands two-fifths of an average monthly paycheck, while the standalone R1,499 game takes roughly two days of labor.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 9
A Series S (R7,599) plus the R1,499 game is about a third of the average month's pay — and the PS5 route is nearly double that.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
The cheapest place to buy GTA VI is also one of the hardest to afford: R1,499 for the game alone is 5.1% of average monthly pay, and adding a console pushes it to 49.1%.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 10
Cheapest in the Express table at £22.95 — or three times that on other storefront tables; either way the console is the real purchase.
Source ↗
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Hungary
In dollars the game is among the priciest anywhere (HUF 31,990, about $102), but measured against pay it costs 3.9–4.5%. The console-plus-game share disagrees between sources: 20–41%.
Included it: Kimi, DeepSeek, MiMo. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Ernie.In their lists: Kimi: 7 · DeepSeek: 4 · MiMo: 6
What each AI noted 3
- Kimiplace 7
HUF 291,890 for console plus game — about 41% of the average gross monthly wage.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
Hungary has the second-most expensive GTA VI in dollar terms ($101.85), but at 3.9% of average monthly pay, it’s still far more affordable than India or Brazil.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 6
HUF 31,990 — the highest standard-edition price in Europe in USD terms, ahead of Israel's ILS 319 on the global table.
Source ↗
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02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
The console, not the game, sets the burden. In India the game alone is about a quarter of a month's pay, while a console plus the game is 2.5–3.3 months.
Consoles got dearer just before launch. Sony raised PS5 prices from April 2, 2026, and Microsoft raised the Series S to $499.99 in August.
Sticker price and affordability run almost opposite. The game is cheapest in dollars in South Korea (about $58), Japan (about $61) and India (about $63), yet India carries the heaviest burden against pay.
The UK tops Zero1's July excitement table, which combines several signals and is not Google Trends. Yet a copy costs British buyers only about 2.7% of average net monthly pay.
03Questions people ask
How much will GTA 6 cost in the UK?
The Standard Edition pre-order is £69.99. A first-time buyer also needs a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Source ↗How much will GTA 6 cost in South Africa?
The PlayStation Store lists the Standard Edition at R1,499, about 5% of average formal monthly pay. One Express table shows R499, which conflicts with the store listing.
Source ↗How much will GTA 6 cost to buy?
In the US the Standard Edition is $79.99 before tax. A console is extra if you don't already own one.
Source ↗How much will GTA 6 cost when it comes out?
At the November 19, 2026 launch it costs the same as the pre-order price: $79.99 for the Standard Edition in the US.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Countries Where GTA VI Costs the Most to Play, Measured Against Local Pay
2Why this topic
No store or statistics office publishes the game and console price beside local pay, so this shows where the excitement and the cost of joining are both highest.
3Where it applies
Countries where official PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S pre-orders for GTA VI are open
4What we looked at
- Only countries in the top half of Google Trends interest in GTA VI during launch-trailer week (October 15–21, 2026). This measures search attention, not the number of buyers.
- Rank by the local price of the cheapest new compatible console plus the standard edition of the game, divided by the latest average monthly employee earnings in that country.
- Show a second figure for people who already own a console: the game's price alone, also as a share of monthly earnings.
- Google Trends (Google) — GTA VI searches as a share of all searches in each country, on a 0–100 index. The October 15–21 week is still running, so the top-half filter could not be applied yet.
- Rockstar Games pre-order details — Countries where official pre-orders are open on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store
- PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store — Listed local price of the Standard Edition
- Sony price-change notice and local retailers — Cheapest new compatible console (PS5 Digital or Xbox Series S) after the April 2026 PS5 price rise
- ILOSTAT and national statistics offices — Average monthly earnings of employees. Where ILOSTAT could not be queried, national offices (IBGE, BPS, Stats SA, PLFS, Turkstat) were used, so the population
5Who ranked
8 AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Ernie, MiMo.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1India
A newcomer must sacrifice almost two full months of average earnings for a console and game, while an existing owner spends nearly a week's wages for the software alone.
- 2Colombia
At 111% of typical monthly earnings, setting foot in Vice City from scratch requires financing or second-hand consoles despite surging trailer interest.
- 3Argentina
Digital payment surcharges and hardware tariffs push the entry price past an entire month's median formal income.
- 4Brazil
Persistent electronics import taxes mean buying a new console and game eats 105% of an average month's salary, cementing multi-month installment plans as the norm.
- 5Turkey
Special consumption taxes and currency depreciation force Turkish newcomers to surrender more than an entire month's net earnings just to join launch day.
- 6Mexico
Upgrading to a current-gen console and GTA VI requires over 70% of a typical month's pay, whereas current console owners pay less than 13%.
- 7South Africa
A brand new console bundle demands two-fifths of an average monthly paycheck, while the standalone R1,499 game takes roughly two days of labor.
Source ↗ - 8Poland
Central Europe's premier gaming hub charges roughly one week of salary for the console and game, but only one day and a half of work for the disc alone.
- 9United Kingdom
A British newcomer spends barely 11% of monthly pay on hardware and software combined, while console owners need less than 2.5% of their monthly wage.
- 10United States
At only 8% of average monthly pay for both console and game, Rockstar Games' domestic market offers the lowest economic barrier in the world.
What Gemini noticed
The economic barrier to entry spans a twenty-three-fold gap: buying the console and game consumes 186% of monthly wages in India versus just 8% in the United States.
Hardware is the definitive gatekeeper: existing console owners in almost every country spend under 15% of monthly income on the game alone, but first-time buyers in emerging markets face multi-month salary commitments.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1India
A new PS5 plus GTA VI costs about two and a half months of the average salaried income — the game alone is a full week's pay.
Source ↗ - 2Brazil
Joining launch day from scratch costs R$5,049.80 — about 136% of the record-high average monthly income.
Source ↗ - 3Turkey
The cheapest Xbox Series S (₺25,899, listed today) plus the game (₺3,999) is 117% of the last officially published average monthly salary.
Source ↗ - 4Ukraine
A PS5 starts near UAH 22,000 in a country where the average monthly salary is UAH 31,892 — launch day costs about 80% of a month's pay.
Source ↗ - 5Mexico
MXN 10,624 for a Series S plus GTA VI — nearly two-thirds of the average month's pay.
Source ↗ - 6Romania
Half a month's gross pay — RON 3,600 — stands between a Romanian without a console and Vice City.
- 7Hungary
HUF 291,890 for console plus game — about 41% of the average gross monthly wage.
Source ↗ - 8Czechia
Top-half search passion (Google Trends index 80), and launch day still costs 40% of the average month's pay.
Source ↗ - 9South Africa
A Series S (R7,599) plus the R1,499 game is about a third of the average month's pay — and the PS5 route is nearly double that.
Source ↗ - 10Poland
Google Trends passion index 86 — the highest in this top 10 — yet a console plus GTA VI still runs about 29% of the average month's pay.
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What Kimi noticed
The hardware gap dwarfs the software gap. The $79.99 game alone costs about 5-6% of average monthly pay in South Africa, Romania and Hungary, but around 25% in India — and adding the cheapest console pushes India to roughly 250% of a month's pay versus about 9% in the US ($579.98 for Series S + game against $6,228 average monthly earnings).
Consoles got more expensive as the generation aged, not cheaper: Sony raised the PS5 by $100/€100/£90 in April 2026 and Microsoft lifted the Xbox Series S 512GB to $499.99 in August 2026, both blaming an AI-driven memory shortage — so first-time GTA VI buyers face the priciest entry point in the console's life.
In US-dollar terms the game is actually cheapest in South Korea (≈$58), Japan (≈$61) and India (≈$63), and priciest in Israel (≈$107) and Switzerland (≈$98) — yet measured against local pay, India is the most expensive place in this ranking to play it. Sticker price and affordability rank almost inversely.
Rockstar's own door is wide open almost everywhere: pre-orders run through the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store and Rockstar Store, with PlayStation listing exclusions only for Bahrain, China, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Russia and Taiwan.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1South Africa
The cheapest place to buy GTA VI is also one of the hardest to afford: R1,499 for the game alone is 5.1% of average monthly pay, and adding a console pushes it to 49.1%.
Source ↗ - 2India
India has the third-cheapest GTA VI in the world at ₹5,999, but a new PS5 costs ₹69,990 — 26.3% of average monthly pay for the game alone and over 300% for the bundle.
Source ↗ - 3Brazil
Brazil’s R$449.90 GTA VI is 12.6% of average monthly pay, but the cheapest console (Xbox Series S at R$3,329) pushes the bundle to over 100% of a month’s earnings.
Source ↗ - 4Hungary
Hungary has the second-most expensive GTA VI in dollar terms ($101.85), but at 3.9% of average monthly pay, it’s still far more affordable than India or Brazil.
Source ↗ - 5United Kingdom
The UK is the most GTA VI-obsessed country by Google search share, yet at £69.99 the game is only 2.5% of average monthly pay — the console bundle is another 20.2%.
Source ↗ - 6Switzerland
Switzerland has the third-priciest GTA VI at CHF 79.90, but with average monthly earnings over CHF 7,000, it’s only 1.1% of a month’s pay — the console bundle adds 10.2%.
Source ↗ - 7Australia
Australia’s AUD 129.95 GTA VI is 3.2% of average monthly pay, and the Xbox Series S bundle adds another 16.5% — a relatively light lift for a top-five Google Trends country.
Source ↗ - 8Canada
Canada’s CAD 109.99 GTA VI is 2.9% of average monthly pay, and the Xbox Series S adds 13.2% — one of the more affordable bundles among high-interest countries.
Source ↗ - 9United States
The US has the cheapest console-and-game bundle relative to pay among high-interest countries: $79.99 for the game is 1.9% of average monthly pay, and the $499.99 Xbox Series S adds 11.9%.
Source ↗ - 10Japan
Japan has the second-cheapest GTA VI at ¥9,800, but a new PS5 costs ¥55,000 for the Japan-only model — the game alone is just 2.9% of average monthly pay, while the bundle jumps to 19.0%.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
The UK is the most GTA VI-obsessed country by Google search share, with a perfect 100 on the index and 14.8 million monthly searches, yet its game price relative to pay is among the lowest in this ranking.
A Japan-only PS5 Digital costs about $350, roughly half the price of a region-free Xbox Series S, but it is locked to Japanese language and a Japan PSN account, making it impractical for most buyers outside Japan.
For console owners, the game alone costs between 1.1% and 26.3% of monthly pay across these ten countries; for first-time buyers, the bundle ranges from 8.1% to over 300%, a gap of up to 25 times depending on the country.
Rockstar priced GTA VI at $79.99 in the US, but the same game costs the equivalent of $106.88 in Israel and $101.85 in Hungary — a difference of nearly 34% — even before factoring in local earnings.
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Argentina
One copy alone already costs 25.2% of the average monthly net pay — before anyone has bought a console.
Source ↗ - 2Brazil
The game is 16% of an average month's pay; a console on top pushes a November 19 start past half a month's wages.
Source ↗ - 3India
Among the cheapest converted prices in the world (~$63) — still a very different purchase against Indian monthly pay than in Seoul or London.
Source ↗ - 4Indonesia
Rp 1.19 million is the fourth-cheapest sticker in the world — and still one of the heaviest against local monthly pay.
Source ↗ - 5Turkey
₺3,999 buys the same $80 game at ~$86 — in a currency that has been repricing consoles and games all year.
Source ↗ - 6Hungary
HUF 31,990 — the highest standard-edition price in Europe in USD terms, ahead of Israel's ILS 319 on the global table.
Source ↗ - 7Mexico
MXN 1,499 sits mid-table on sticker price (~$85) — and well above the US once local pay is the yardstick.
Source ↗ - 8Czechia
CZK 2,009 converts to ~$94 — richer-world sticker, middle-of-Europe pay packet.
Source ↗ - 9Poland
PLN 349 (£70.22) beats the UK on nothing but the currency label — Brits pay £69.99 for the same code-in-box copy.
Source ↗ - 10South Africa
Cheapest in the Express table at £22.95 — or three times that on other storefront tables; either way the console is the real purchase.
Source ↗
What MiMo noticed
The country that is most excited about GTA VI is not the one that pays the most for it: the UK tops the hype table at score 100 with 14.8m monthly searches, yet Brits give up only 2.7% of average net monthly pay for a copy — versus 25.2% in Argentina.
South Korea has the cheapest converted standard price in the world (~$58) and one of the lightest burdens (2.2% of monthly net income) — the mirror image of Argentina's quarter-of-a-month copy.
For anyone who does not already own a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S, 2026 console price hikes matter more than the game price: a Series S-class console is reported at roughly 67% above its $299 launch, so hardware is about six times the cost of the copy.
Pre-orders are not universal: Taiwan and Malaysia are blocked on rating grounds and Ukraine has no native Xbox store, so 'how much is GTA 6' has no single answer in those markets.