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Rockstar Developer: The success of GTA Online has surprised us and exceeded our expectations.
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The success story of GTA Online is one that the gaming industry will remember forever. The game broke sales and fandom records, something that the game's design director admitted in a new interview where he said it was a success so big that the team could not even dream of.
He said Scott BouchardRockstar North Design Director for GamesRadar. When they first started working on GTA Online, they didn'tThey thought it was going to last 10 years. He confirmed once again that the game was just a multiplayer mode for them before it became a standalone game. What made it so is that it was handled on that basis by them and the players.
GTA Online's success has exceeded all expectations
GTA Online was a completely new experience for Rockstar Games, which had a history of making single-player cop games. Bouchard says that when the team first started working on the online game, which originally came with GTA V, the developers were “still on their feet.”
In fact, it was the additions of Heist that really helped the aforementioned online mode gain fame and reach the top. 10 years later, its community is stronger than ever. Bouchard added that Rockstar's goal is to continue releasing free updates for players, which will make the game more accessible to everyone, whether the player is playing alone or with a group of players. He added:
“It’s really important to us that players find new ways to connect with each other. Whether that’s through the events we create or by giving them the tools to create their own moments.”
Staying in the context of the series, the famous singer 50 Cent started to hint at his presence in the game GTA 6. The singer started making posts hinting at this and deleting them which could indicate his work on the game's music or we could actually see him as a character in it. More details here.
We don't know how Rockstar will perceive the online phase that will be launched with its next game in the series, and whether it will be an extension of the same current game with more expanded content, or it will be a completely separate new experience, and that's what we hope.
We're still waiting a long time for answers, but all Rockstar gives us now is wait and patience, nothing more.
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