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GTA 5’s story DLC was scrapped because GTA Online was a ‘cash cow’, cinematics editor claims (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When your core audience are a bunch of 13 year old kids, you don’t really need to worry much about story. Just give them rocket powered cars and floating pipes in the sky and watch the cash roll in.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Plus the ability to grief constantly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They could have done this many GTAs ago, but they still gave plenty of great stories.