“Major Retailer” Issues Warning of Console Shortages Ahead of GTA 6 - IGN Daily Fix

[00:00] Happy Friday everybody. Max here with

[00:01] your fix of gaming news. Coming up,

[00:03] despite the rising prices of consoles,

[00:05] retailers are warning there might be a

[00:07] shortage by the time GTA 6 drops. Plus,

[00:10] some insight into how many of you are

[00:11] willing to shell out a h 100red bucks

[00:13] for that ultimate edition and a roundup

[00:15] of this week's biggest game releases.

[00:17] Let's get into it.

[00:28] Right now, consoles are not exactly

[00:30] flying off of shelves. Generally,

[00:31] raising the prices of things by several

[00:33] hundred dollars doesn't make people more

[00:35] inclined to go buy them, but if a recent

[00:37] report is to be believed, they might

[00:39] soon be in high demand. The game

[00:41] business reported that a senior buyer

[00:43] for a quote major retailer spoke

[00:45] anonymously to them about the likelihood

[00:47] of shortages later this year, claiming

[00:49] quote, "We've been informed that because

[00:51] of the ongoing issues around hardware

[00:53] component availability, we won't be

[00:55] getting the units we want ahead of GTA.

[00:57] Demand will likely outstrip supply

[01:00] during the year-end period." Now, as

[01:02] with all anonymous reports, take that

[01:03] with a grain of salt, but it's

[01:04] definitely not outside the realm of

[01:06] possibility. PlayStation raised hardware

[01:07] prices at the end of March and then Xbox

[01:09] announced yesterday that Xbox Series

[01:11] consoles would start going for $100 more

[01:13] starting August 1st. This has some folks

[01:15] worried that Sony might follow suit and

[01:17] raise their prices again. All that fear,

[01:19] plus the prospect of GTA could

[01:21] definitely see sales picking up. Of

[01:22] course, the chip shortage is expected to

[01:24] last through at least next year with

[01:25] some analysts predicting that it'll be

[01:27] an ongoing issue into 2030. This is the

[01:29] first console generation in history

[01:31] where prices have gone up since launch

[01:33] rather than getting price cuts. So, if

[01:35] you haven't jumped on a nextG console

[01:36] yet, it's probably better to do that

[01:38] sooner than later because I don't think

[01:40] they're going to get any cheaper anytime

[01:42] soon.

[01:44] We all spent months speculating about

[01:45] how much Rockstar would charge for Grand

[01:47] Theft Auto 6 with a lot of concern that

[01:49] it would retail for a whopping $100.

[01:52] Well, we learned this week that it's

[01:53] only, and I use that word very lightly,

[01:55] only $80 for the standard edition. And

[01:58] the only way it would be $100 is if you

[02:00] shelled out for the ultimate edition.

[02:02] Who would do such a thing? Well, it

[02:04] turns out a whole lot of you have no

[02:06] qualms about spending $100 on GTA 6.

[02:08] Yesterday, IGN ran a poll asking readers

[02:10] which version they intended to buy. And

[02:12] of the 4,370

[02:15] votes we received, 73.1% of them were

[02:18] for the Ultimate Edition. So, what

[02:20] gives? Well, as one Redditor put it, the

[02:22] Ultimate Edition is the default option

[02:24] for this game, and the $80 is the

[02:26] cheaper option. Because how else can you

[02:28] explain Rockstar priced the Ultimate

[02:29] Edition at only $100? Why not 120 or 140

[02:33] like other companies? $20 gap between

[02:36] standard and ultimate edition of a game

[02:37] of this magnitude is too odd to ignore.

[02:40] In the past, most publishers, including

[02:42] Rockstar, release a standard edition of

[02:43] a game and then a deluxe or special

[02:45] edition for roughly 10 bucks more, and

[02:47] then a third super premium collector's

[02:49] edition, usually with some kind of

[02:50] physical collectibles. Though, in recent

[02:52] years, a lot of those have just been

[02:53] digital bonuses. and collector's

[02:55] editions have stopped actually including

[02:56] the game, but still get announced

[02:57] alongside the rest of the pre-orders, as

[02:59] was the case with Red Dead Redemption 2,

[03:01] which got like a little special

[03:03] collector box. What strikes me as odd

[03:05] about GTA 6's pre-orders, aside from the

[03:07] fact that the physical edition only

[03:08] includes a download code or the fact

[03:10] that we haven't seen gameplay yet, is

[03:11] that there's been basically no mention

[03:13] of GTA Online. When GTA 5 and Red Dead 2

[03:16] were released, neither one had online

[03:17] multiplayer features on day one, but

[03:19] Rockstar still mentioned online bonuses

[03:21] were included when pre-orders went up.

[03:23] So, my hunch is that Rockstar will

[03:25] announce another edition or additions of

[03:27] this game later on. I don't know if

[03:29] that's alongside an eventual unconfirmed

[03:31] physical version that actually includes

[03:33] a disc or when they start talking about

[03:35] online or if they roll out some super

[03:36] premium collector's edition that

[03:38] includes a bunch of stuff, but this roll

[03:40] out does feel a little bit odd. 73% of

[03:42] the people who answered that poll are

[03:44] springing for the $100 edition. How many

[03:46] of you are holding out for something

[03:48] even more expensive? Let me know in the

[03:50] comments below.

[03:52] Finally, if you're looking for something

[03:53] new to play this weekend that's actually

[03:55] out, here's a quick roundup of some

[03:56] noteworthy games that dropped in the

[03:58] last week. It's a big one for Switch 2

[04:00] owners. Star Fox is the big game, and it

[04:02] might be a remake of sorts, but Nintendo

[04:04] definitely did enough to make it look

[04:05] brand new. And my good pal Jada Griffin

[04:07] had lots of nice things to say about it

[04:09] in her 8 out of 10 review if you're on

[04:11] the fence. If you're a Switch 2 owner

[04:12] but not a Star Fox fan, you're in luck

[04:14] because Switch 2 versions of a couple

[04:16] other colorful animal games also

[04:18] dropped. There's Sonic Frontiers, The

[04:19] Blue Blur's 2022 open-ish world outing,

[04:22] and then The Gecko Gods, which is a

[04:24] chill- looking indie puzzle adventure

[04:25] about those little lizards. If you're

[04:27] more of a human hater than an animal

[04:29] lover, there's Destroy All Humans. And

[04:30] if you want something even edgier than

[04:32] that, there's DMC 5's Devil Hunter

[04:34] Edition. If you want something a little

[04:36] more laid-back, Wander Stop is about a

[04:38] former adventurer running a tea shop,

[04:39] and that one is on Switch One as well as

[04:41] Switch 2. Also on Switch One as well as

[04:43] PC is Dark Scrolls, which is a fantasy

[04:46] schmut platformer with rog light

[04:47] progression. A few games got updates.

[04:49] Delta Rune Chapter 5 dropped as a free

[04:51] update on all platforms and Frost Punk

[04:53] 2's Breach of Trust expansion dropped

[04:55] for 13 bucks wherever you can already

[04:56] play Frost Punk 2. And finally, Dead or

[04:58] Alive 6 has been out since 2019, but if

[05:00] you want to play the definitive final

[05:02] Ultimate Edition, DOA 6 Last Round is

[05:05] out for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC. and

[05:07] it's got a roster of like 29 characters

[05:09] and they have all sorts of silly

[05:11] costumes and the graphics are sweatier

[05:13] than ever. So, give it a shot. If you

[05:15] want to look ahead at what's coming out

[05:16] in July, keep an eye out for our biggest

[05:18] game releases video, which is going up

[05:19] tomorrow. We thought we'd try out a

[05:21] little byite-size look back to close out

[05:22] the Friday fix and give you some weekend

[05:24] gaming wrecks. What do you think? Should

[05:25] we keep doing it? Let me know in the

[05:27] comments.

[05:29] If you want something to play right now

[05:30] for dirt cheap that supports a great

[05:32] cause, go grab this month's Humble

[05:33] Choice bundle. It includes Octopath

[05:35] Traveler 2, The Rift Breaker, Like the

[05:37] Strange, Double Exposure, Indica,

[05:39] Citizen Sleeper 2, Starward Vector,

[05:41] Construction Simulator, Hellclock, and

[05:43] Overlooting. This month's charity is It

[05:46] Gets Better, a nonprofit organization

[05:48] with a mission to uplift, empower, and

[05:50] connect LGBTQ youth around the globe.

[05:52] Head over to humblebundle.com between

[05:54] now and July 6th and grab these games

[05:56] before they're gone. That is your fix

[05:58] for Friday, June 26th, 2026. As always,

[06:01] for all things gaming, keep it locked to

[06:02] IGN. And more importantly, have a great

[06:05] weekend everybody. Go play some video

[06:06] games.