Rockstar’s arguably “been putting out a new GTA release a couple of times a year,” says Take-Two CEO who reckons GTA Online updates could count as “standalone” games

Rockstar Games isn’t pumping out new games nearly as often as it used to, but parent company Take-Two’s CEO reckons some of the developer’s online updates are so “robust,” they would’ve been considered “standalone” titles a few console generations ago.

Once upon a time, we lived in an era where Rockstar Games would release a new, big game almost annually. Bully, Manhunt 2, GTA 4, GTA Chinatown Wars, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Max Payne 3, and GTA 5 all came out in back-to-back years, in between other expansions and re-releases, no less, as wild as that would be these days. But it’s now been eight years since Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption 2 and 12 years in between GTA 5 and GTA 6.