GTA 6 Online Could Struggle To Pull Players Away From GTA Online, Says Valve Veteran

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Easily Rockstar's plans for GTA Online, and how it'll factor into the post-launch plans of GTA 6. As Valve veteran Chet Faliszek pointed out, Rockstar might be caught between a rock and a hard place. GTA Online continues to be a big money-maker for Rockstar and its parent group, Take-Two Interactive, but moving people to a GTA 6 online mode is a challenging prospect.

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• Considering just how consistently popular GTA Online has been for the developer, it is strange that Rockstar has yet to publicly comment on the anticipated multiplayer mode, as it has so far only focused on...
• As Faliszek explained, a lot of GTA Online players are heavily invested in the game, and thanks to GTA 5 regularly going on sale--or being given away for free through various programs--access to it has been...
• We can all look through recent history--without pointing fingers--and see some people who did it by total replacement.
• We can see people who tried to win people over, and when that didn't happen, shut down the other thing," Faliszek said.
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/21mhuwI60Tk Rockstar and Take-Two would likely want to move people over to the new GTA Online as soon as possible, but forcing people to make a fresh start could be an uphill...

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That could be a major problem for the franchise. As people have pointed out, major updates for GTA Online could slow as Rockstar instead focuses...

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