What we want to see in Grand Theft Auto 6 Collector's Edition

Good news, everyone. With Grand Theft Auto 6's release date confirmed and pre-orders starting next week, the video game industry can survive the next five months. Some people are expecting the game to sell over 45 million copies during launch, so this feels like a make-or-break situation for everyone.

We live in a wonderful time where if this game had sold 'only' 10 million copies at launch, the entire industry would have panicked. And it'll be interesting to see how it fares in September, with all the other big triple-A games panicking and fist-fighting each other for their last bit of free time before GTA 6.

But enough about the industry collapsing as Xbox (sorry, XBOX!!!) sorts out everyone who doesn't play an inexplicable live service shooter with the most annoying announcer on the planet or a great car game. Let's talk about something that isn't terrible or disappointing: Collector's Edition Bonuses! That's something that can never go wrong. Anyone who has shelled out $150 for the same game in a much larger box knows that they use the best materials, and that they rarely disappoint fans who like to make duffel bags out of material so thin that they tear apart like a grocery bag with too many cans in it.

And I don't know if you remember this, but there was actually a collector's edition of Grand Theft Auto 5 way back in 2013. There was a much better time in our distant history than now.

It's not a bad collector's edition, but it could be better. That's why we wanted to share some of the must-sees in Grand Theft Auto 6 Collector's Edition. If there's something I don't know because someone won't tell me anything.

Map of Vice City and surrounding areas

I'm from South Florida, based in Leonida, GTA. All of the trailers so far have been very accurate to the South Florida experience, even if it doesn't involve visiting grandparents living in identical-looking old houses in a neighborhood full of identical-looking houses built in 1995.

So I want a big old map that I can fold out and lay out the places in Florida that correspond to the different regions of Leonidas. Where is Hialeah? Are you playing Kendal? Or is this farm actually still named? Does everyone claim that the place south of the county line is Vice City? I want to know where everything is so I can be as tired as possible about my hometown.

Embarrassingly large character statues

Always a classic and I've mentioned my love for these before. There's nothing cooler in a collector's edition than a giant statue that you realize you can't put on your shelf without having to explain it to people over a Zoom call. Let's create two main characters! And bring it in your swimsuit from the trailer. Maybe it's a sexy pose. If you're going to give a statue to a video game fan, you need to make it as embarrassing as possible. I want to see my mom put her hand on my shoulder and ask, “Are you okay?”

Thumb drive I don't know what to do with

Ah, this is one of my favorites. I love the collector's edition, which gives you a thumb drive that you don't know what to do with in this year of 2026. I got so much out of so many games. Sometimes they have a full retail copy of the game, but that's rarer these days. Still, sometimes you get a weird-looking thumb drive that has almost 8GB of memory available, enough to store at least two movies. Enjoy it to your heart’s content. Let's make a thumb drive shaped like a car that lights up when you plug it in. Oh, your laptop no longer has a USB-A slot? Even better!

master chief helmet

This isn't related to GTA 6 in any way, but it just confuses people and honestly, it's fun to me.

An XL shirt that fits like an M and gets ruined if you throw it in the washing machine.

When I buy a collector's edition and buy a shirt, it has to fit my body in the worst way possible. Show me a world where every burrito eventually lived an afterlife. Although the tag says XL, Grand Theft Auto is made in Scotland, extra large in all other countries and children's small in the US.

I'd love to go out there wearing a GTA 6 shirt with a big logo on it and have everyone look at me and say “Yeah! That sure looks like someone who plays a lot of video games!” They don't even say it in a nice way. Not good at all. That's the shirt I need.

A baseball cap that is too old to wear

This is for people like me who were in their 20s when Grand Theft Auto 5 came out and are now staring down the long hallway of middle age. Hey, time flies when you're playing the same game across three console generations!

Give me a baseball cap with a design that looks like it was stolen from a nice young relative who runs a clinic that doesn't give me a discount. People who see it might think I'm a failed music executive past his prime but still trying to hire interns. There should be a smile in their hearts and a sad look in their eyes. A ritual of complete humiliation.

Real fucking video games

This is real. I swear, if I see another collector's edition that doesn't include the game at all – even digitally – I'll lose my mind. Just put your game there. In fact, this is the most important part of the collector's edition. game. please.

grand theft auto 5

released

September 17, 2013

ESRB

M Rated for adults 17+ due to blood and gore, intense violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language, excessive sexual content, drug and alcohol use

developer

rockstar north

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