There are AAAs that have nothing to envy of many AAs, but certain video game sagas how Rockstar moves mountains; We see this every day with GTA 6.
Interestingly, Dan Houser – who left his company behind in 2020 – now explains why he did so. The reason? Apparently it was because of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The man who headed the studio together with his brother now reveals these reasons, something that makes a lot of sense when looking at his next project.
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Houser is focused on his own work and not on large AAA litter box: “The magnitude of the last two (GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2) was beyond what you imagine“, he told BBC Radio 4.
“I worked with incredibly talented people, so I thought that this group, with my modest contribution to their vast talent, could do something incredible; That’s why I worked there“.
But it was too much both projects have hundreds of hours of gameplay and this tired Houser to the point that he had to leave the company.
“The projects were very long and difficult, they took a long time“, he replied when asked about leave Rockstar Games.
“It can be quite a difficult journey to finish things on this scale, with so many moving parts.
You have 450,000 lines of dialogue and the same number of bits of other stuff trying to fit together at the same time. It’s a huge production experience.“.
Rockstar co-founder left the studio for GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2
Lead the development of games the size of those produced by Rockstar “consumes all your time for many years“, he added.
“I don’t know if I would be able to create another game like this.“, so he made the decision. Considering that GTA 6’s budget seems astronomical, would you say he did the right thing?
He new GTA will arrive in 2026 – if it is not postponed again – and it does so 13 years after its predecessor, it will live up to the adventure of Trevor, Michael and Franklin?