Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser speaks on Bully 2 for the first time

We've heard several times over the years that Rockstar had at one point planned to make Bully 2. Various leaks have supported this idea over the years but now, former Rockstar head and co-founder, Dan Houser, has spoken publicly on it for the very first time.

Dan Houser, who now operates a new media company focused on TV, film, comics, games and even radio dramas, recently spoke to IGN (via comicbook) at Los Angeles Comic Con. Now free from his ties to Rockstar, Houser spoke on Bully 2 for the first time, saying that it didn't get made due to “bandwidth issues”.

Here is the full quote: “I think there was just bandwidth issues. If you’ve got a small lead creative team and a small leadership crew you just can’t do all the projects you want.”

Bully released in 2006, back when Rockstar was still shipping games every few years, rather than the massive 5-8 year development cycles it now works under. Bully 2 was said to be planned during the 2010s, but Rockstar ended up focusing its resources on Grand Theft Auto V. After that game released, Bully 2 was put on the backburner again while Houser and Co worked on Red Dead Redemption 2. Since then, the studio has been entirely focused on Grand Theft Auto 6, due for release next year.

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KitGuru Says: Bully was a staple of the Xbox 360 era but at this stage, GTA and Red Dead Redemption have blown up to inconceivable levels of popularity. You are unlikely to get that same mass appeal from something like Bully, so I don't expect the series to ever return at this stage. 

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