Discussion: GTA 6 was originally meant to develop alongside Red Dead Redemption 2

[GAMER2GO Newsroom]

Bloomberg says Rockstar once planned to build both games at once, a setup that likely would have put GTA 6 out years earlier.

Read the full story. What do you think?

[Erik_1989]

The biggest takeaway for me is that GTA 6 was not just 'late' in a simple sense. If the story really did not lock until 2019, then a lot of the wait was the game becoming the game, not just sitting in dev hell.

[manaSmoke]

Erik, sure, but that still leaves Rockstar with a giant gap between 'planning' and 'release.' Game scope keeps getting used as a shield when the real issue is management and priorities.

[Warlock]

I think both things can be true. Big projects need time, but Rockstar also clearly benefited from reusing systems they built for RDR2, like NPC interaction and other world details. That is why the report matters – it suggests the long wait was partly a design evolution, not only a deadline problem.

[muffinTryhard]

that is the best case for it, honestly. if all this extra time ends up in a better game, fine – just do not make us wait another decade for the next one

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