RDR2 was a guaranteed hit. Even if it sucked, it still would have sold a million copies. R* could have delayed it by a year a la Cyberpunk and still been fine.

RDR2 was a guaranteed hit. Even if it sucked, it still would have sold a million copies. R* could have delayed it by a year a la Cyberpunk and still been fine. The fear is when you’re in a company where your project might lose funding if you don’t complete eight months’ worth of work in two months time. That’s when the games industry goes from abusive to masochistic.