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'We Were All Positive It Was Going to Fail': Rockstar Devs Thought GTA Online Would Flop

"It was an afterthought." A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that the team thought GTA Online was going to fail before it launched. In an interview with Eldorado, ex-Rockstar Games developer Matt Freedman looked back on the success of GTA 5 and attributed a lot of it to GTA Online.

'We Were All Positive It Was Going to Fail': Rockstar Devs Thought GTA Online Would Flop

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"It was an afterthought." A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that the team thought GTA Online was going to fail before it launched.

In an interview with Eldorado, ex-Rockstar Games developer Matt Freedman looked back on the success of GTA 5 and attributed a lot of it to GTA Online.

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"It was an afterthought." A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that the team thought GTA Online was going to fail before it launched. In an interview with Eldorado, ex-Rockstar Games developer Matt Freedman looked back on the success of GTA 5 and attributed a lot of it to GTA Online.

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