Why GTA Studio Co-Founder Is Avoiding GTA 6–And All Open-World Games

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser said he did not watch the "Extended Look" trailer for GTA 6 and does not plan to, because he avoids consuming things that would "disrupt me creatively." Now running Absurd Ventures, he said he also rarely plays open-world games since he deconstructs other teams' strengths and weaknesses in real time, and that he avoided Western films while developing Red Dead Redemption and HBO's The Sopranos while working on GTA.