Rockstar co-founder and former GTA lead Dan Houser has been reflecting on the success of the Grand Theft Auto series and GTA 3 more specifically – a game that the devs believed could be something special despite the fact that "no one outside of our company" was excited about it until its launch.
In an appearance on the British TV show Sunday Brunch yesterday, Houser – who left Rockstar in 2020, but before that was a writer on blockbusters including GTA 3, 4, and 5 – is asked if he thought he could be "taking gaming to a different level" with GTA, prompting him to think back to Rockstar's 2001 installment.
