GTA Online’s subscription service GTA+ gets first price hike

GTA+, the monthly subscription service part of GTA Online, has received its first price increase since it launched two years ago. The already controversial optional purchase will now cost more than previously.

Rockstar Games have adding quite a bit more content into the membership over the past few months. Due to the new GTA Online content and classic Rockstar titles like Red Dead Redemption becoming perks of paying, I had theorised Rockstar could introduce a price increase when I analysed GTA+ in-depth.

GTA+ now costs more every month

The price hike was first spotted by Reddit user mercadess550owner who posted screenshots of the service’s listing on both the Xbox and PlayStation stores. The Xbox Store first showed a price rise. It has since changed on the PlayStation Store too. Both listings have gone from $5.99 / £4.99 / €5,99 a month to $7.99 / £6.99 / €7,99 a month.

This is a raise of $2 per month starting now for new members. Existing members will be charged the new fee from June 11th. This means if you pay for GTA+ in May, you’ll still get the lower price for that month.

The price increase could be down to how Rockstar perceives the value. The service now has two exclusive locations in GTA Online plus full price games like the GTA Trilogy and Red Dead Redemption included. With how the corporate world is going, increases in price have become the norm in the past year or so.

Also, Rockstar Games revealed this month that starting now through August, GTA+ members will receive an extra $1m cash each month. This means all players get a total of $1.5m per month over the usual half a million. That’s an bonus of 5 million over five months and a total of $7.5m.

Fans who were already against the idea of GTA Online’s monthly subscription service will be unsurprised by this news. Meanwhile it will be interesting to hear from those who currently have an active GTA+ membership. Will some cancel and will the hike impact subscriber numbers that much? It will be interesting to see if possible.

Take-Two Interactive’s upcoming investor call will take place in about a month. In the previous meeting with investors, the company said member numbers were “notably up” with growth continuing over the past year.

GTA+ has grown in more ways than one

In more other recent GTA+ news, Rockstar Games announced this month both Bully and L.A. Noire would be playable as part of the membership later this year. This followed last month when Red Dead Redemption, including the PS5 60FPS re-release, joined the service to bolster its value.

Want to take a look at what GTA+ has on offer this month? Check everything out here our comprehensive article.

If you’re interested in learning about GTA+’s history, how it has changed and what it is now, be sure to read my article on the service here. If you want to know how to join GTA+, check out our guide here. How do you feel about the price incrase? Let us know down in the comments.

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