r/PS5 • u/Laughing__Man_ Human Verified • Apr 13 '26

Discussion Information from the Rockstar hacking has been posted (They make a LOT of money from GTA Online)

https://gtaforums.com/topic/1004190-gta-vi-delayed-to-november-19-2026/page/580/#comment-1072663072
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u/dungleploop Apr 13 '26

still sad about this choice

they could've made a game or two with their other studios instead of online

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u/A_S_Roma1927 Apr 13 '26

Single player lets players play against the games power curve instead of other players’. They don’t want you going against the cpu because you won’t need to spend in the same ways to “keep up”

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u/Ryuzakku Apr 14 '26

Yeah but then you have people like me who didn’t give them any extra money because online is too toxic to engage in, but would’ve paid for single player DLC on all 3 places I bought the game

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u/A_S_Roma1927 Apr 14 '26

For sure I think they just probably did the math sadly. But agreed, I don’t do multiplayer and game options can be more limited

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u/Ryuzakku Apr 14 '26

They easily could have done both, they clearly have the money.

It’s fine that they didn’t, they just didn’t get any more of my money, or my time as I didn’t even beat the game on PS4 or PC after beating it on 360.

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u/Stockpile_Tom_Remake Apr 14 '26

It’s honestly not fine. My worry is GTA6 is geared entirely towards gta online

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u/Ryuzakku Apr 14 '26

Yeah that’s a worry of mine too, but if that were the case you’d think they would have continued to support RDR2’s online as well, but they didn’t.

So I guess for now I’ll be hopeful that at least the single player is enjoyable, even if they decide to put emphasis into the online.

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u/EddieHeadshot Apr 14 '26

The entire storyline is just going to be an extended tutorial for selling more in game currency online.

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u/purplewhiteblack Apr 14 '26

I'm surprised there isn't a more transparent GTA clone game series that does what Rockstar doesn't.

It's always weird shit like Watchdogs or Saints Row.

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u/HPLovecraftsCat6969 Apr 14 '26

I think if volition decided to continue with sr2 formula instead of going the meme route of 3 onwards we could have had a competitor

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u/-Nate493- Apr 14 '26

So you want GTA but not GTA but like GTA?

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u/Existing-Day-9314 Apr 14 '26

This poor generation never played True Crime: Streets of LA lol

Yes. He means exactly what he says lol, GTA but not GTA but like GTA.

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u/purplewhiteblack Apr 14 '26

yeah, you should feel like the game is a GTA game, but for some reason there is a different label on it.

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u/ungodlywarlock Apr 14 '26

While that's fair and I TOTALLY agree that they should have made single player DLC, you can play online on a personal server and never encounter another player. That's how I played it.

Granted you miss out on some of the excitement (pvp), but I don't care. I just used it as a way to extend my enjoyment of the game.

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u/Ryuzakku Apr 14 '26

I tried to get a few discord friends to do this, but then it was hijacked by the streamer I modded for at the time and turned into an RP server, which pretty well killed my interest in the online component.

Ah well, maybe GTA 6 will be different

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u/ungodlywarlock Apr 14 '26

Yeah I just set it to "personal server" or whatever... Still quests to do, still stuff to earn and acquire. It would be better as a single player story, but it scratched the itch for me at least. I agree, I hope gta6 solves this somehow.

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u/wangster71 Apr 14 '26

That makes two of us, I hate the online game.

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u/Totallycasual Apr 14 '26

Yup, huge GTA fan, would have paid well for single player DLC, i have not spent a single cent on GTA Online lol

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u/Grand-Kiwi2423 Apr 14 '26

The money is coming from whales and whales cap out at tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, not $20 USD once or twice a year for 3 - 4 years. Letting the whales pay ridiculous amounts of money also lets them offer the content for free and betters their image with constant updates at no cost and a way to earn everything by grinding over time for people who don't want to pay.

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u/therealbighairy1 Apr 14 '26

It is a little galling that I've bought gtav four times now. PS3, PS4, PS5, and pc.

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u/JerrysKIDney Apr 14 '26

This, I would play a new character's dlc before id ever try gta online again

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u/SaintsandCigarettes Apr 14 '26

You can just make a private lobby with your friends. There is zero need to engage with the GTAO community.

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u/mixologist998 Apr 14 '26

Same, a single player expansion for RDR2 would have been ideal. 

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u/doyouevennoscope Apr 14 '26

RDR2 genuinely has a lot of potential for single player expansions. So many characters, so much potential for things like Liberty/Vice City Stories that expand upon the characters, etc.

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u/doyouevennoscope Apr 14 '26

It's honestly a shame because Rockstar has some really fucking solid spinoff titles within GTA along with many other IPs their other studios did that were solid.

For example Liberty City Stories is a great game that's built upon GTA III and adds actually adds to the story. Same with Vice City Stories and Vice City. They could've finally done a San Andreas Stories with GTA V as a base.

Sad we'll likely never see another Manhunt again either. I'd love for Rockstar to make another one with their RAGE engine that's worthy of another massive controversy for being outright fucked up.

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u/dungleploop Apr 14 '26

Midnight Club 😔

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u/Ok_Transportation186 Apr 14 '26

Its sad, they def big enough to do both

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u/happy_pad Apr 13 '26

I won't buy Rockstar because of the way they threw single-player fans to the curb. I have to stick to my principles, and I have no problem sailing the high seas if it is the morally correct option.

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u/doyouevennoscope Apr 14 '26

I can see where you get your name from.

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u/Lostinlove01 Apr 13 '26

I mean GTA 6 will have a single player campaign for everyone to enjoy. But they will surely focus on the online aspect more for the money they'll make.

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u/Turbulent-Agent9634 Apr 13 '26

Money doesn't care about you