GTA 6 has been a game that has left fans waiting with bated breath. The trailer highlighted the game’s single-player mode, featuring Lucia as a female protagonist.
However, given GTA Online’s success, the game is almost guaranteed to have a multiplayer mode. However, a former Rockstar employee has made some surprising revelations that might not appeal to fans.
Former Rockstar Employee Revealed That a Single-Player DLC for GTA 5 Was Cancelled Because of GTA Online
Rockstar Games is known to really up the ante of the entire industry regarding single-player content. The company even used actual gang members for San Andreas for hyper-realism in the game.
A former employee revealed the information above, but now another revelation might be woeful for fans. Former Rockstar employee Joe Robino revealed in an interview that a single-player DLC that was in development was later cancelled because of the ‘cash cow’ that was GTA Online.
Robino also stated the following:
It was really really good. But when GTA Online came out it was so much of a cash cow and people were loving it so much that it was hard to make an argument that a standalone DLC would outcompete that.
If this were the case and the upcoming game’s online mode proves as successful as the last one, fans may get less single-player content.
GTA 5’s Multiplayer Mode Allowed Rockstar to Stretch the Title Across 3 Console Generations
It is now common knowledge that Rockstar Games was only successful in porting GTA 5 across three different generations of consoles because of how invested players were in the multiplayer mode. The online mode also receives new content in microtransactions and expansion packs frequently, keeping things fresh.
One can also argue that the online game mode was so popular that fans never thought twice before purchasing the game again on their latest consoles. It was also reported recently that Rockstar had hired developers who built FiveM, the custom roleplaying mode available for the game on PC.
That means the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary will also pull out all the stops for the multiplayer mode in GTA 6. That isn’t confirmation that the single-player mode’s potential expansions or extra content will get cancelled.
However, it would only be logical for a company to make its decisions around profit and focus on the game’s online mode. What do you think of this information? Would you be okay with it if the studio cancels or doesn’t bring additional single-player content in exchange for multiplayer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
