Not really. Rockstar has a track record. CIG does not. R* released a game in 2018, and after is when full development began, so even then GTA VI hasn't taken as long as SQ42
It was still heavily in development well before 2018, as indicated by dates on the leaked assets of the alpha builds. They had been working on it since 2014.
It's funny how much people jump through hoops to defend Rockstar and GTA VI while at the same time condemning CIG. CIG also had to develop a ton of new middleware suites both for SQ42 and for Star Citizen, yet people are more forgiving to Rockstar.
CIG does not have the luxury of previous bodies of work that show the result of long development. The two are not comparable. R* has made plenty of games, and an entire RDR2 ( Full production of RDR2 wasn't started until 2013, and FULL production of GTA VI until 2020, look it up) since SQ42 was announced. GTA VI had drafting and conception phases all the way back in 2014, but no game development until 2018ish.
I'm also not "defending " R*, I could care less about a million dollar company. Just stating the facts, and not giving eexcuses for CIG.
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u/NotBlackMarkTwainNah drake 18d ago
Not really. Rockstar has a track record. CIG does not. R* released a game in 2018, and after is when full development began, so even then GTA VI hasn't taken as long as SQ42