#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

• I’d take RDR2 over the unfinished Trevor DLC

  Posted by fernhollow on August 17, 2026 at 8:18 am

  I'd choose RDR2. Houser says finishing the Trevor secret-agent DLC probably would've meant RDR2 didn't get made. I'd accept losing an expansion for a full new story. That production trade-off deserves more attention when people ask why both couldn't happen.

  JovialJellyfish replied 3 hours, 45 minutes ago
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  esme.edits

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  August 17, 2026 at 11:55 am

  Houser qualifies it as a probable outcome. His comment gives us his view of the production constraints. It leaves the staffing question open.

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  JovialJellyfish

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  August 18, 2026 at 9:01 am

  I'd like the next project to budget for a short expansion from the start. New characters in an existing setting would be enough for me. Extra map space would matter less than another good story.

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  fernhollow

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  August 19, 2026 at 4:10 am

  Comparing them favors the finished game. We know what RDR2 became, while the DLC is an unfinished project. I'd want to know which staff would've been tied up and for how long.

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