GTA 5 Story DLC Was Scrapped in Favor of GTA On-line

As a lot enjoyable as gamers have had with Grand Theft Auto On-line through the years, it’s nonetheless unlucky that Rockstar Video games by no means launched any GTA 5 story DLC. Nonetheless, it seems that the studio was engaged on single-player content material at one level, and On-line’s success performed a task in its cancellation.

Why didn’t Rockstar make GTA 5 story DLC?

Former Rockstar developer Joe Robino not too long ago spoke with YouTuber StanInPlay concerning the canceled single-player add-on. As he defined, the studio was engaged on GTA On-line, Purple Useless Redemption 2, and the canceled GTA 5 story DLC concurrently. In accordance with Robino, the DLC venture was about midway achieved when Rockstar paused improvement to deal with On-line. The multiplayer mode’s success ultimately made it troublesome to justify persevering with to spend sources on new single-player content material.

“It was actually, actually good,” Robino stated concerning the canceled GTA 5 story DLC. “However when GTA On-line got here out it was a lot of a money cow, and folks have been loving it a lot that it was laborious to make an argument {that a} standalone DLC would outcompete that. I feel, trying again now, you might in all probability do each. However that was a enterprise resolution they made. I used to be a little bit upset about that.”

“That truly was loads of the explanation for me being a little bit bitter at the moment,” he provides. “As a result of I used to be like, yo, WTF guys? This s—’s superior. Let’s maintain going. Let’s end this s—.”

The silver lining is that Rockstar didn’t waste the whole lot from the unfinished GTA 5 story DLC. As a substitute, Robino says that loads of it will definitely made its method into On-line. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless fascinating for followers to think about what may have been.