Anna Daniels
Rockstar pumped a lot of care and attention into GTA Online, and it paid remarkable dividends. Grand Theft Auto 5 has been around for several years, and it remains extremely popular — as of this writing, it is the sixth most popular game on Steam, behind only Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, ARK: Survival Evolved, and PUBG. Considering the nature of Red Dead Redemption, it seems unlikely that its counterpart, Red Dead Online, will reach that same level of popularity. That said, it’s something Rockstar is trying to make happen.
A Destructoid article from September 2019 claims Rockstar has no single-player DLC planned for Red Dead Redemption 2, and instead is “100% focused on online.” It put much of its development muscle into making the single-player experience a fully realized game that wouldn’t need much tweaking once released into the wild. Instead, it wants to incorporate the type of storytelling found in the single-player game into the multiplayer aspect.
GTA Online and Red Dead Online may be the true future of Rockstar Games, as they continue to sell copies and breathe new life into the titles as they age.
Written by: Looper
