7 Ways Rockstar And Nintendo Are Exactly The Same

7. They Know How To Space Out Beloved Franchises

So this year saw the announcement of Red Dead Redemption 2 with a gorgeous trailer not unlike the first Grand Theft Auto IV trailer way back when. It is (finally) due for release in the latter months of 2017.

The first Red Dead Redemption saw release in 2010 and the previous game – Red Dead Revolver hit the market on PlayStation 2 way back in 2004. And yet in the previous console generation we saw no less than three main entry GTA titles on the PlayStation 2: Grand Theft Auto III (2001), GTA: Vice City (2002) and GTA: San Andreas (2004). This doesn’t even count the PSP games that made their way to PlayStation 2 as ports – Liberty and Vice City Stories in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Now if Mario is Nintendo’s GTA – frequent releases, spin-offs aplenty – then Metroid must be its Red Dead. As long-time Metroid fans will know, Super Metroid was 1994 and the next true sequel was Metroid Prime for GameCube in 2002!

All told, the release gaps when it comes to truly beloved titles are just as agonisingly large whether it’s Nintendo or Rockstar at the helm.