Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has revealed he has not played GTA 6 and generally avoids open-world games, including those from his former studio. In a recent interview, Houser explained that his distance from the genre stems from a desire to avoid unintentional influence on his current creative work at Absurd Ventures. His comments offer rare insight into how industry veterans navigate creative boundaries after leaving landmark franchises.
Former Rockstar Games co-boss Dan Houser revealed he deliberately avoids playing open-world games and has no plans to play GTA 6. Speaking at LA Comic-Con, Houser explained that consuming similar creative work disrupts his process at his new studio Absurd Ventures, where he is developing two original game projects alongside graphic novel American Caper and book A Better Paradise.
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser reveals the studio's longstanding goal to increase story completion rates in their open-world games, starting with GTA 3. Despite the challenges, their efforts have shown improvement, with nearly half of Red Dead Redemption 2 players completing the story. Houser discusses the balance between narrative and the allure of open-world gameplay systems.
