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They don't need to do that to make massive profits. If anything that would cause then to price out a lot of people, and the demand for this game is massive. There's actually no need to increase the price either because it's just a download or a cheap disc. It Doesn't cost much to distribute it.

To just up the price and tax the consumer would be a bad business move they leaves a bad taste in the consumers mouth when they already have a best guaranteed success.

At $70 it'll be priced competitively. When the mass droves come to buy the game at $70, they'll choose GTA 6 instead of the competitors.

If it's priced at $100 and they see other games priced at $70, some price conscious consumers or family with lower budgets will wind up passing leading to lower sales.

If anything they'll be helping other companies get more sales and lowering their own if they do something like this.

You'll have situations where Little Timmy will wind up getting Watch Dogs 4, or some other game instead of this one when his Mother brings him to Gamestop