> still care about telling single player stories in videogames
Yeah, no. They released GTA V simply to use it as a platform for their microtransactions. They knew releasing an online-only game would not work.
This is why COD still has a half-assed campaign mode attached to it.
This is why Fallout 76 failed miserably.
I’m sorry but to pretend for even a second that both those titles didn’t include expertly crafted 50-100 hour single player worlds and stories is being extremely disingenuous.
Rockstar shipped twice what people are asking from valve, yes they tacked on online but they still shipped the single player experience many in this comment section are claiming they’d happily pay valve AAA prices for.
The difference is rockstar manages to do both and just because you dislike one doesn’t mean they didn’t ship the other.