{"id":3073,"date":"2024-07-05T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/07\/05\/gta-5s-kick-ass-story-dlc-scrapped-because-gta-online-was-so-much-of-a-cash-cow-ex-rockstar-dev-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:19:02","slug":"gta-5s-kick-ass-story-dlc-scrapped-because-gta-online-was-so-much-of-a-cash-cow-ex-rockstar-dev-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/07\/05\/gta-5s-kick-ass-story-dlc-scrapped-because-gta-online-was-so-much-of-a-cash-cow-ex-rockstar-dev-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 5\u2019s \u2018Kick Ass\u2019 Story DLC Scrapped Because GTA Online \u2018Was So Much of a Cash Cow\u2019, Ex-Rockstar Dev Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Rockstar developer has said the company canceled a standalone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto-v\">Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a> story DLC because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto-online\">GTA Online<\/a> emerged as a \u201ccash cow&#8221; soon after launch.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Robino, who was a senior camera artist and virtual cinematographer working at Rockstar\u2019s New York office from 2010 to 2016, spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uikfph7oQoE?feature=shared\">the SanInPlay YouTube channel<\/a> about why this much-rumored GTA 5 story DLC fell by the wayside after GTA 5 came out in September 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the team went to do Red Dead Redemption 2 right away and I took on this other project that was a standalone DLC for GTA that never came out and it was kick ass,\u201d Robino revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was my thing. I was one of the main editors, camera artists, and on-stage stuff. We split our teams into two. I stayed on GTA Online and then this DLC, which Steven Ogg [the actor who played Trevor Philips] was a very important part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then some of the team overlapped and went to RDR2 early on, and then we just kind of did this [flipped motion], because when that game got shelved, we spent so much money\u2026 a lot of that stuff though did end up making it I believe into later iterations of GTA Online, I think. So it\u2019s not like they wasted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really really good. But when GTA Online came out it was so much of a cash cow and people were loving it so much that it was hard to make an argument that a standalone DLC would outcompete that. I think looking back now you could probably do both. But that was a business decision they made. I was a little upset about that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat actually was a lot of the reason for me being a little sour at that time. Because I was like yo, WTF guys? This s**t\u2019s awesome. Let\u2019s keep going. Let\u2019s finish this s**t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IGN has asked Rockstar for comment.<\/p>\n<p>I was like yo, WTF guys? This shit\u2019s awesome. Let\u2019s keep going. Let\u2019s finish this s**t.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have had snippets of information about GTA 5\u2019s fabled story DLC over the years. Indeed, Steven Ogg has spoken about it and what it would have involved. \u201cTrevor was going to be undercover, he was working with the feds,\u201d Ogg has said. \u201cWe did shoot some of that stuff with \u2018James Bond Trevor\u2019, where he\u2019s still kind of a f**k-up, but he\u2019s doing his best. 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