Scalpers are selling GTA 6 on eBay at an inflated price, despite regular pre-orders being widely available everywhere.
GTA 6 pre-orders opened last week and despite months of concern around how expensive it would be, the sequel’s price is surprisingly reasonable.
The standard edition costs £69.99 and the Ultimate Edition is £89.99 in the UK, which is in line with other AAA games like Call Of Duty. The most controversial element is the lack of disc in physical copies, with boxed versions coming with a download code instead.
Despite the all-digital nature of the game’s launch, scalpers are re-selling GTA 6 pre-orders on eBay at an inflated price, even though there’s absolutely no need to do so.
At time of writing, eBay listings show GTA 6 on PlayStation 5 being sold for £83.99, while an Xbox Series X/S listing is going for £95.99. Incredibly, there’s even one listing charging £156.70.
There are several pre-order listings on the US site as well. Currently, the highest is going for $168 (£127.17).
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People are actually buying these codes too, with one being sold for $120 (£90.85) last week, which is $40 higher than the standard US price.
To hammer the point home, there’s zero reason to buy GTA 6 at these higher prices. You can pre-order the standard or Ultimate Edition digitally through the PlayStation or Microsoft stores, and even if you want a boxed copy, Amazon, Currys, and Argos have plenty of stock.
It all begs the question of why anyone is turning to eBay to sell or buy copies of GTA 6. The practice of re-selling games before release is commonplace, but it’s usually for special editions which are more difficult to come by. As a digital game though, there’s no fear of GTA 6 selling out.
GTA 6 is set to launch worldwide across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 19, 2026.
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