Uh… How many of these did they actually MAKE vs just publishing?
They didn’t make Max Payne at the least. Regardless, this timeline is disheartening, but I think it might be a tad disingenuous.
testacc737
Bully 2 would be amazing.
Sjknight413
This list is not representative of the truth at all, a lot of the games here were just published by Rockstar.
They didn’t do Oni for example, Bungie did. A short lived branch of Rockstar called ‘Rockstar Canada’ just ported it to the PS2.
nico_arango
It’s sad not seeing them try to develop a new ip… but from a business perspective it makes sense. Gta V was such a cash cow that if I was an investor I wouldn’t want the company to focus on anything else
Morty777
Warriors was so good
Ok_Ocelot6425
GTA online really changed them.
Odd-Collection-2575
Did you mean to say 2000 – 2013?
ace23GB
what a decade between 2000 and 2010… if we compare it to today it is ridiculous
illHaveTwoNumbers9s
Back then they HAD to produce much games as possible to be profitable. Nowadays they just have to create one good to ok game, add microtransactions and they make the profit of their lifes while gamers waiting up to 10 years for a new game from Rockstar. Thats just so fucking sad
NCHouse
Milked the hell out of gta 5 didn’t they
ObviouslyTriggered
That’s because TTI acquired 2K in 2005 so it moved 3rd party game publishing to them.
Prior to that Rockstar was the main game publishing arm of TTI.
As you can see most of the games on that list were not developed by Rockstar.
ElectricCowboy95
I want another table tennis game. That one was so much fun
DecoyOne
They produced great games
If only they had produced more pixels, too
Pizannt
They realized they can make more money off of 1 legendary game that they milk for years vs multiple quality projects that can’t become “games as a service”.
I’ll give them props for GTAV and RDR2; I played the shit out of them, two of the best games ever, but never spent a cent to play online….briefly.
eyecandylab
Manhunt and Max Payne ❤️
Reeferologist-
My neighbors growing up owned a local video store. I remember they got GTA London a week or so early and one of my fondest gaming memories was playing it non stop for a couple days before a lot of other people could and feeling so cool lol
solidusreaper
Gta5 killed the awesomeness that was Rockstar.
darryledw
crazy to think we got 3 full blown GTA games in the period 2001-2004, but we got 1 in the period of 2013-2024 (and counting)
forgetful_waterfowl
top down GTA, smugglers run, Oni, gta 3, vice city, max payne, manhunt, red dead and bully were some of my all time favs
Relyst
It’s a shame they don’t make video games anymore
PeaceLovePositivity
Smugglers Run was such a fuckin sweet game that I forgot about. Thanks OP 🙂
Trickybuz93
Everything was ruined when GTA Online came out
LeFatalTaco
As good as GTA V was it really kinda ruined everything. Why take a risk on a new game when you can just milk the GTA Online cash cow forever?
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Uh… How many of these did they actually MAKE vs just publishing?
They didn’t make Max Payne at the least. Regardless, this timeline is disheartening, but I think it might be a tad disingenuous.
Bully 2 would be amazing.
This list is not representative of the truth at all, a lot of the games here were just published by Rockstar.
They didn’t do Oni for example, Bungie did. A short lived branch of Rockstar called ‘Rockstar Canada’ just ported it to the PS2.
It’s sad not seeing them try to develop a new ip… but from a business perspective it makes sense. Gta V was such a cash cow that if I was an investor I wouldn’t want the company to focus on anything else
Warriors was so good
GTA online really changed them.
Did you mean to say 2000 – 2013?
what a decade between 2000 and 2010… if we compare it to today it is ridiculous
Back then they HAD to produce much games as possible to be profitable. Nowadays they just have to create one good to ok game, add microtransactions and they make the profit of their lifes while gamers waiting up to 10 years for a new game from Rockstar. Thats just so fucking sad
Milked the hell out of gta 5 didn’t they
That’s because TTI acquired 2K in 2005 so it moved 3rd party game publishing to them.
Prior to that Rockstar was the main game publishing arm of TTI.
As you can see most of the games on that list were not developed by Rockstar.
I want another table tennis game. That one was so much fun
They produced great games
If only they had produced more pixels, too
They realized they can make more money off of 1 legendary game that they milk for years vs multiple quality projects that can’t become “games as a service”.
I’ll give them props for GTAV and RDR2; I played the shit out of them, two of the best games ever, but never spent a cent to play online….briefly.
Manhunt and Max Payne ❤️
My neighbors growing up owned a local video store. I remember they got GTA London a week or so early and one of my fondest gaming memories was playing it non stop for a couple days before a lot of other people could and feeling so cool lol
Gta5 killed the awesomeness that was Rockstar.
crazy to think we got 3 full blown GTA games in the period 2001-2004, but we got 1 in the period of 2013-2024 (and counting)
top down GTA, smugglers run, Oni, gta 3, vice city, max payne, manhunt, red dead and bully were some of my all time favs
It’s a shame they don’t make video games anymore
Smugglers Run was such a fuckin sweet game that I forgot about. Thanks OP 🙂
Everything was ruined when GTA Online came out
As good as GTA V was it really kinda ruined everything. Why take a risk on a new game when you can just milk the GTA Online cash cow forever?
*DMA Design
Then they learned about money.
And then games as a service ruined them.