Grand Theft Auto 6 preorder buyers can cut the cost of Rockstar’s $99.99 Ultimate Edition by buying discounted digital store credit through Newegg, according to IGN. The one-day promotion lowers the effective price by $11 on PS5 and $10 on Xbox Series X|S, and it comes less than a month before the game’s release on both consoles.
The deal is not a direct checkout discount on the game itself. Instead, buyers purchase a discounted digital gift card, redeem it in the relevant storefront, and then use the wallet balance to buy GTA 6. IGN says Newegg is selling a $100 PlayStation Store gift card for $89 and a $100 Xbox gift card for $90. Since the Ultimate Edition costs $99.99 on both platforms, the math works out to the reported savings.
How the Newegg promotion works
IGN lays out a three-step process. First, shoppers buy a discounted digital gift card from Newegg. Second, they redeem the code on PlayStation Store or Xbox. Third, they purchase the game with the account balance. The story says the promo code must be entered at checkout or the discount will not apply, and that customers receive the redeemable code by email after the order is placed.
The promo code for the PlayStation Store gift card is GTWF822. The code for the Xbox gift card is GTWF792. IGN says the promotion is available only for one day, and that Newegg has offered similar PlayStation Store and Xbox Store gift card discounts repeatedly while GTA 6 has been available for preorder. According to the article, those sales tend to appear roughly every week or two and always last a single day.
After redemption, the money lands in the user’s digital wallet. On PlayStation, buyers would then have enough to cover the Ultimate Edition with a little room left over. On Xbox, the discounted card still gets the buyer most of the way there, though the article’s figures leave the balance a dollar shy of the game price before taxes.
- PS5: $100 PlayStation Store card for $89 with promo code GTWF822
- Xbox Series X|S: $100 Xbox card for $90 with promo code GTWF792
- GTA 6 price: Ultimate Edition at $99.99 on both platforms
What the preorder editions include
IGN also restated what players get with each edition. The standard edition includes the game, the Vintage Vice City Pack and one month of GTA+. The Ultimate Edition includes everything in the standard edition, plus “an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story.”
That extra content explains why the discounted gift card deal fits the Ultimate Edition especially well. The preorder promotion is built around a $100 wallet balance, and Rockstar has priced the higher tier just under that number. Buyers who only want the base game do not get the same clean fit: at $79.99, the standard edition leaves more unused credit in the account after purchase.
When preorders first went live, reports suggested that more people were buying the Ultimate Edition than the standard edition. IGN attributed that to early buyers being the biggest fans, the kind of players most likely to pay more upfront for the premium version. That pattern gives the current deal a ready audience among people who already planned to spend near the top of the preorder range.
The article does not say how many copies have sold, but it does place the discount in the context of steady preorder demand and frequent short-term gift card promotions. For buyers who have already picked a platform, the timing is straightforward: use the one-day Newegg sale now, redeem the credit, and wait for release.
Preload starts November 12
IGN says anyone who preorders Grand Theft Auto 6 will be able to preload the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S starting November 12. That is a week before release, which means buyers can have the download ready ahead of launch day instead of waiting through a full install when the game unlocks.
The article also notes that launch access will be limited at first. At release, players will only have the GTA 6 campaign. Rockstar has not announced when GTA Online will be available. The story says the studio has not given a date for the multiplayer side yet, so anyone planning around online play still has no public timeline to work with.
That makes the current preorder window more specific than a broad sales push: it is a one-day credit discount tied to an exact release schedule. The game is less than a month away, the preload date is set, and the only advertised launch content so far is the single-player campaign. For buyers who already intended to preorder, the Newegg sale offers a small but concrete way to reduce the cost before the game arrives.
GAMER2GO has followed a range of GTA 6 reports in recent months, including stories on the game’s dense traffic, the studio’s internal workload, weapon-wheel testing and launch-trailer clues about Jason’s past. Those earlier reports focused on the game itself; this one is about the money players can save if they buy the right gift card before the sale expires. More on the broader release picture is available in our earlier preorder report.
With the clock running on the Newegg offer, the setup is simple: purchase the discounted card, redeem it through the correct storefront, and apply the wallet balance toward GTA 6. For PS5 buyers, the promotion saves $11 on the Ultimate Edition. For Xbox buyers, it saves $10. After that, the waiting period is just the stretch between the preorder and November 12.
If players miss this sale, IGN says similar discounts have been showing up about every week or two while the game remains on preorder. Each one lasts a day, which means the current offer is only one of several short windows before Grand Theft Auto 6 reaches PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
So if I’m reading this right, the real change is just buying the wallet credit cheaper, not a direct price cut on GTA 6 itself. Does that actually feel worth it for people who were going Ultimate Edition anyway, or is $10-11 too small once you factor in the hassle? I’m curious if anyone here ever bothers with these store-credit detours.
I do it for PS wallet sometimes
Not for a tenner though. That’s basically lunch money after the extra steps
Yeah, that’s kind of where I’m at too. If someone already had $100 sitting to spend, sure, but for most people this feels more like shaving a tiny bit off than a real preorder deal.
One-day promo, classic
Not really. One day means most people miss it and pay full price anyway.
True, but the fact they keep doing these weekly-ish makes it less random. Still annoying, just not exactly rare.