8 Video Games Ruined By Being TOO Successful

8. GTA Online's Success Ruins GTA6 Prospects

At the time of writing and likely for many months after, Grand Theft Auto 5's online mode GTA Online, is Rockstars primary source of income as this online component for the latest installment in the franchise is making money hand over fist daily.

As such is it any wonder that a lot of love and attention has been paid to this mode? Of course not, and in fact the support for GTA Online has been incredible with free patches and expansive DLC rolling out continually making for one of the most chaotic experiences on the market.

However with this monumental success comes the trappings of expectations, and it's arguably been so successful that it's left devs working on GTA's future utterly sweating. The company has almost fully switched over to supporting this online feature, leaving their usual drive for immersive single-player content by the wayside. In the most basic of terms GTA Online has become what GTA is for many, and how GTA 6 will address this problem is anyone's guess.

With Dan Houser also leaving the company under the crunch culture backlash the series is now bereft of a creative lead and seeing as Houser was integral to the franchise, having helped plant the flag with GTA3, we have a strange case of a franchise so monolithically huge that success seems all but guaranteed, but without a clear plan moving forward.