With traditionally single-player game studios like Bethesda Softworks and BioWare showcasing persistent-world multiplayer games at E3 2018, single-player-only games’ viability is once again a topic of discussion.
But despite his company’s most popular game ever benefiting from a multiplayer mode, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick still sees value in single-player experiences. Speaking to GamesBeat, Zelnick said he appreciates high-quality single-player games with strong stories and characters. He’s not deaf to all the talk of single-player games dying off, but he isn’t buying into that line of thinking.
Source: IGN.com Red Dead Redemption 2 Publisher Defends Single-Player Games