From Dexerto · Callum Doyle · · 1m 10s
Rockstar co-founder avoids GTA 6 gameplay
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser skips GTA 6 gameplay to protect creative focus.
In brief
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser skips GTA 6 gameplay to protect creative focus. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser avoids watching GTA 6 gameplay to prevent creative disruption from comparisons. Originally reported by Dexerto.
Dan Houser's creative habit
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he plans to keep avoiding GTA 6, the first game in the series made without him, as part of a habit he’s kept his whole career.
Houser skips Netflix preview
Houser hasn’t seen the 27-minute extended look that premiered on Netflix in August and doesn’t intend to watch it.
Creative distraction risk
Houser says he always tries to avoid stuff that distracts or disrupts him creatively when working on games.
GTA 6 story not his
Houser wrote and produced every GTA up to GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 before leaving Rockstar in 2020, and previously said GTA 6’s story isn’t one he wrote.
Avoiding influences
Houser stopped watching Westerns once Red Dead Redemption began development and held off on The Sopranos until after leaving Rockstar.
GTA 6 comparison risk
Houser says watching GTA 6 gameplay would disrupt his creative process and distract from his current open-world game projects at Absurd Ventures.
The one thing
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser avoids watching GTA 6 gameplay to prevent creative disruption from comparisons.
