Despite all the rumours, all the leaks, and everything else over the last year or so, Rockstar has effectively said that it's not working on any single-player content for Red Dead Redemption 2. In an interview with VG247, when asked about single-player DLC, lead online production associate Katie Pica said "We’re 100 per cent focused on online right now, because like I said, there’s just so much to do, and we’re just hoping to bring everything that a player can love about single-player into the online world."
While the comment doesn't rule out single-player stuff completely, it's clear that Rockstar is focused on the game's multiplayer component. And to be fair, the developer has done a lot to improve Red Dead Online since its launch.
Online producer Tarek Hamad added to Pica's reply: "We’ve said it before, but we all love single-player games, and Red Dead Redemption 2’s absolutely massive story and equally massive epilogue are hopefully evidence of that."
It's a weird one, because there's no doubt that a single-player expansion would be huge, but Rockstar's enjoyed an immense amount of success with GTA Online, and Red Dead Online continues to show promise. Still, it's difficult to forget about all the rumours and supposed leaks with regards to additional story stuff for Red Dead Redemption 2. Whether any of these things turn out to be true remains to be seen, but it's looking more and more unlikely as time goes on.
[source vg247.com]
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I don't mind them keep evolving the story they got going in RDO, especially if it gets past the story in RDR1 from a time standpoint just like what happened with GTA Online. I want them to add "horseless carriages" and hot air balloons!
It's disappointing, but not surprising. There's too much money to be made with online.
I play Red Dead Online daily so I'm cool with this but if they did add any story DLC I'd buy it faster than you can say boah.
As much as I would definitely prefer single-player DLC I've often thought it could be fun if they made the online zombie infested. As a separate mode all the NPC's (that aren't shops/quest givers) are zombies. Give it a bit more of an edge getting about, especially at night with low lighting.
Not surprising, they are doing the same thing with GTA V.
I guess I'll go play Undead Nightmare for the fourth time then.
I think they wanna create the impression they've given you 100% of SP instead of thinking they cut out some stuff for DLC. So it's fine, I haven't even found a quarter of Dinosaur Bones, Rock Carvings or a set of Cigarette Cards.
@TheArt That does not make sense because the zombie DLC clearly could not exist in the game's story. They just want to monetize more as expected.
@GodGamer It doesn't make sense either to think you're owed DLC by default.
Yeah, I wasn't really expecting any anyway to be honest. Especially after what happened with GTA V.
It's a real shame, but the main single player story is meaty enough to give more than enough value for money.
This was expected. I just hope for GTA 6, they give a deep single player experience similar to Red Dead 2 and not give us a weak one just so they can focus on the online portion.
Every game has zombies now!! I can't believe zombies aren't in Madden or Need for Speed yet. I f'n HATE zombies!! I hate them in Resident Evil. I hate them in Uncharted. I hate them in Call of Duty. I hate them in The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. I hate them in Red Dead Redemption. If they put them in RDR2 and GTA5 I'll hate them there too. I tolerate them in The Last of Us. F ZOMBIES!!
Expected but sad times, was the original new austin area from the first game just there for an online area? I only played a few online missions but really liked it. Might have to give it a try again
is anyone suprised with this? With the amount of monetization that goes on in their games these days singleplayer content will no longer be a priority for rockstar anymore.
Can’t say I’m interested in either. RDR2 was disappointing for me...
Of course, let’s not give the fan base what they really want and instead churn out RDR2O stuff instead... thanks rockstar 🙄
This is why I think gta6 will be kind of a single player online hybrid. I believe they will blur the lines between the two a lot in the next game to encourage players to be in their online world. For example, they could have an option to 'call in reinforcements' on hard missions, which is actually other players. So instead of leaving single player and going into online, it blend together seamlessly. News events on TVs or radio will talk about things that happen in the online world etc. Heck maybe even things you can earn for the SP mode, by using these online features.
By blurring that line it will get more people to try the money making online mode. The more online they get people to use, the less SP content they need to make in the first place. Its all about money now, doing all this makes sense.
@Gumbopudding we will never see a traditional gta game ever again, online mp is where rockstar make their money now, don't expect anything less from them.
I do recall an interview ahead of rdr2 having a final date (at that point),& the rockstar pr rep prattled on abt the missing gta V single player dlc as just "bad timing" due to the new-gen versions & that RDR 2 would be a completely different situation & they certainly hadn't abandoned single player dlc! Colour me shocked we're now told they're focused on RDR online... the old single player rockstar has long gone & is another 2k mtx live service games factory sadly!
Really disappointing but they already delivered a stellar single player as it is, so can't complain too much. Online is just too much of an easy cash grab, they're gonna milk it out till the very end, just look at GTA online.
I uninstalled Red Dead after I made more money delivering mail than doing bounty hunting so I guess when they make online worth playing I might try again. As of now, I'll keep playing GTA Online.
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